Google pays France over $1 billion to settle tax case
Tech giant Google said Thursday it has paid over one billion dollars to French authorities to settle a years-long dispute over allegations of tax fraud.
Sep 12, 2019
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Business
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Lyft to add more safety features for riders and drivers
After facing lawsuits and criticisms related to the safety of its riders, Lyft said it will implement new measures designed to improve the security of its customers and its drivers.
Sep 12, 2019
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Robotics
Can San Diego's Brain Corp. become the Microsoft of self-driving robots?
Ten years ago computational neuroscientist Dr. Eugene Izhikevich walked away from a successful career in academia to co-found Brain Corp. with the ambitious goal of building artificial brains for robots.
Sep 12, 2019
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Engineering
GymCam tracks exercises that wearable monitors can't
Wearable sensors such as smartwatches have become a popular motivational tool for fitness enthusiasts, but gadgets do not sense all exercises equally. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that a stationary ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Device generates light from the cold night sky
An inexpensive thermoelectric device harnesses the cold of space without active heat input, generating electricity that powers an LED at night, researchers report September 12 in the journal Joule.
Sep 12, 2019
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Engineering
Prototype of a high-temperature heat pump for recovering industrial waste heat
Scientists from the Thermal and Energy Systems Engineering research group (Istener) at the Universitat Jaume I, in collaboration with the company Rank, have developed the first functional prototype of a high-temperature heat ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Engineering
Engineers develop multimaterial fiber 'ink' for 3-D-printed devices
A new method developed by MIT researchers uses standard 3-D printers to produce functioning devices with the electronics already embedded inside. The devices are made of fibers containing multiple interconnected materials, ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Estimating people's age using convolutional neural networks
Over the past few years, researchers have created a growing number of machine learning (ML)-based face recognition techniques, which could have numerous interesting applications, for instance, enhancing surveillance monitoring, ...
Engineering
New solution to end struggle with lofted beds
College life requires sacrifices. In the name of space, many residence hall rooms across the country use lofted beds. Those setups can pose challenges for students in climbing up and down from the top bed, especially when ...
Sep 12, 2019
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The election's on: Canadians should watch out for dumbfakes and deepfakes
Dumbfakes and deepfakes are edited or altered videos. In just the past few years, the capability to produce and share these videos has increased exponentially due, in part, to artificial intelligence.
Sep 12, 2019
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