Virus-hit Air New Zealand offered US$515 mn bailout
The government in Wellington on Friday announced an NZ$900 million (US$515 million) loan deal with Air New Zealand to help the flag carrier survive the coronavirus crisis.
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Engineering
Chip-based device opens new doors for augmented reality and quantum computing
Researchers have designed a new chip-based device that can shape and steer blue light with no moving parts. The device could greatly reduce the size of light projection components used for augmented reality and a variety ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Coronavirus: Lime removes scooters in US, other countries
Transport company Lime is pulling its electric scooters from nearly two dozen countries, including the United States, as the new coronavirus spreads worldwide.
Mar 19, 2020
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Internet
Google strengthens security system for all users
Google announced today that it is bolstering its malware protection system for Google account holders. It will broaden the protective web provided by its Advanced Protection Program (APP) that has been offering additional ...
Business
Uber shares surge after citing signs of rebound from virus slump
Uber shares surged Thursday after the ridesharing giant suggested it is seeing the "beginnings of a recovery" in parts of the world following a brutal coronavirus-induced slump.
Mar 19, 2020
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Internet
Facebook appears to have a bug flagging posts as 'spam'
If you're trying to post a news story on Facebook, the platform might just stop you from doing that—even if the link is to a reputable source.
Mar 19, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Nature-inspired green energy technology clears important development hurdle
Scientist Heinz Frei has spent decades working toward building an artificial version of one of nature's most elegant and effective machines: the leaf.
Mar 19, 2020
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Engineering
Portable AI device turns coughing sounds into health data for flu and pandemic forecasting
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning—called FluSense—which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyze the data to ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Business
Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services
Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans held captive at home by the coronavirus can turn to Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streaming ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
We're getting better at wildlife conservation, AI study of scientific abstracts suggests
Researchers are using a kind of machine learning known as sentiment analysis to assess the successes and failures of wildlife conservation over time. In their study, appearing March 19 in Patterns—a new open access data ...
Mar 19, 2020
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