Apple warns EU law 'risks destroying iPhone security'
The EU's proposed new rules to rein in tech giants risk undermining the security of the iPhone, Apple chief Tim Cook warned Wednesday.
Jun 16, 2021
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Automotive
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo gets $2.5B to fuel ambitions
Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn't allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service.
Jun 16, 2021
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Socially distanced robots serve Mecca holy water ahead of Hajj
Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Mecca this week in preparation for a socially distanced Hajj pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Jun 16, 2021
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Business
Google to open first retail store steps away from Apple in NYC
Google will open its first retail store in New York City, highlighting the internet giant's effort to promote its consumer hardware devices.
Jun 16, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Facebook AI can now use just one word to mimic text style from images
Facebook has announced their new AI project TextStyleBrush, a software capable of copying the style of handwritten or printed text in an image using only one word. Users can utilize this model to alter and replace text in ...
Robotics
Subterranean investigations: Researchers explore the shallow underground world with a burrowing soft robot
We've seen robots take to the air, dive beneath the waves and perform all sorts of maneuvers on land. Now, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Georgia Institute of Technology are exploring a new frontier: The ground beneath ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Security
Ukraine police seize cash in raids on major ransomware gang
Ukrainian police have carried out nearly two dozen raids targeting alleged associates of a Russian-speaking ransomware gang it blamed for a half billion dollars in cyberattacks and extortion that hit the United States and ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Software
Microsoft's next operating system, Windows 11, reportedly leaked online
A preview of Microsoft's new Windows 11 operating system may have been leaked online.
Jun 16, 2021
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Robotics
Electrohydraulic arachno-bot offers light weight robotic articulation
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany and at the University of Boulder in Colorado in the US has found a new way to exploit the principles of spiders' joints to drive articulated ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Internet
Facebook beefs up tools for keeping group chats civil
Facebook on Wednesday beefed up automated tools to assist group moderators striving to keep exchanges civil in a time of clashing viewpoints.
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