EU probes Apple's App Store, Google Play
The EU demanded on Thursday that Apple and Google provide more details on how they identified risks concerning their respective software hubs, the App Store and Google Play.
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GM's Cruise robotaxi unit lays off 900 workers with investigation into San Francisco crash ongoing
General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco.
Dec 14, 2023
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Internet
Why federal efforts to protect schools from cybersecurity threats fall short
In August 2023, the White House announced a plan to bolster cybersecurity in K-12 schools—and with good reason. Between 2018 and mid-September 2023, there were 386 recorded cyberattacks in the U.S. education sector and ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
More EVs will slash California's transportation budget, says report. Are gas taxes the answer?
California's plans to tackle climate change will lead to a significant decrease in state funding for transportation over the next decade, according to a report by the state legislative analyst's office.
Dec 14, 2023
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Business
Tech companies slash hundreds more Bay Area jobs as layoffs resurface
Tech layoffs have resurfaced just ahead of Christmas and New Year's, with high-tech companies, finance firms and a Pac-12 unit revealing plans to slash hundreds of jobs in the Bay Area, state files show.
Dec 14, 2023
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Google will reconstruct Chicago's Thompson Center starting early 2024, but will retain the building's atrium
Chicago's James R. Thompson Center will undergo a floor-by-floor gut rehab beginning early next year, but the building will retain its atrium while also opening up the base of the structure to retail, according to renderings ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Engineering
Upcycling leftover cardboard to make a new type of foam packaging
With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based foam cushioning, such as ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Engineering
Self-driven and sustainable removal of oil spills in water using textiles
Researchers at the ITA, the University of Bonn and Heimbach GmbH have developed a new method for removing oil spills from water surfaces in an energy-saving, cost-effective way and without the use of toxic substances.
Dec 14, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researcher creates VR sequences to test eyewitness statements
Eyewitness statements are one of the key sources for identifying perpetrators—and one of the most error-prone. For example, the Innocence Project—an organization that works to clear up miscarriages of justice in the U.S.—states ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers develop world's first universal metasurface antenna for high-security 6G communications
A research team led by Professor Chan Chi-hou, Chair Professor of Electronic Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (CityU), achieved an unprecedented advance in antenna technology by making possible the manipulation ...
Dec 14, 2023
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