Microsoft ousts rivals from CES marquee as show moves online
This week, Microsoft had a big test on its hands—how to help transform the world's biggest gadget show into an online-only event.
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Internet
DOJ should investigate social media platform Gab and its CEO over Capitol riots, according to anti-hate group
A national anti-hate group is calling for the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate a conservative social media company and its CEO over allegations that they may have "intentionally aided, conspired with or directed" ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Business
Air Canada cuts 1,900 jobs due to COVID-19 travel restrictions
Air Canada said Wednesday it was cutting 1,900 staff because bookings plunged after the government imposed new stricter travel restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 illnesses.
Jan 13, 2021
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Internet
Airbnb, Google move to curb organized inauguration violence
Airbnb and Google on Wednesday unveiled steps aimed at heading off attacks on US democracy as inauguration day neared for President-elect Joe Biden.
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Automotive
NTSB says vehicle battery fires pose risks to 1st responders
Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators.
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Robotics
Taking the lab into the ocean: A fleet of robots tracks and monitors microbial communities
Researchers from MBARI, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa), and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, after years of development and testing, have successfully demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Engineering
Researchers create a highly sensitive biohybrid olfactory sensor
A keen sense of smell is a powerful ability shared by many organisms. However, it has proven difficult to replicate by artificial means. Researchers combined biological and engineered elements to create what is known as a ...
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Robotics
Fish-inspired robots coordinate movements without any outside control
Schools of fish exhibit complex, synchronized behaviors that help them find food, migrate and evade predators. No one fish or team of fish coordinates these movements nor do fish communicate with each other about what to ...
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Robotics
Wielding a laser beam deep inside the body
Minimally invasive surgeries in which surgeons gain access to internal tissues through natural orifices or small external excisions are common practice in medicine. They are performed for problems as diverse as delivering ...
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Machine learning & AI
How explainable artificial intelligence can help humans innovate
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has created computers that can drive cars, synthesize chemical compounds, fold proteins and detect high-energy particles at a superhuman level.
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