Lyft to offer 60 million free and discounted rides to vaccination sites
Lyft announced it would provide 60 million rides to and from vaccination sites for low-income, uninsured and at-risk communities as vaccines roll out.
Dec 22, 2020
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Security
Can we be manipulated into sharing private info online? Yes, says study
Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have determined.
Dec 22, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
It's electrifying! This is how Earth could be entirely powered by sustainable energy
Can you imagine a world powered by 100% renewable electricity and fuels? It may seem fantasy, but a collaborative team of scientists has just shown this dream is theoretically possible—if we can garner global buy-in.
Dec 22, 2020
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Business
Google, Facebook, coordinated antitrust response: report
Google and Facebook worked together to help fend off an antitrust investigation into the two tech giants which dominate digital advertising, according to a media report citing a draft of a state lawsuit.
Dec 22, 2020
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Engineering
Cornell University to extract energy from manure to meet peak heating demands
Cornell University is developing a system to extract energy from cattle manure to meet the campus's peak demands for heat in the winter months. In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, scientists involved with ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Engineering
The first endovascular technology that can explore capillaries
At EPFL, Lucio Pancaldi, a Ph.D. student, and Selman Sakar, an assistant professor, have harnessed hydrokinetic energy (mechanical energy resulting from the motion of liquids) to get an instrument into places in the human ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Software
EA Sports' sees momentum in 'Madden NFL 21' and other sports games amid coronavirus pandemic
Professional and college sports have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. But sports played on virtual athletic fields and courts have thrived.
Dec 22, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Anti-counterfeiting technology performs reliable AI authentication under extreme conditions
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a new method of anti-counterfeiting called DeepKey. This security innovation uses two dimensional (2-D)-material tags and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Telecom
Wi-Fi technology with fibre-optic-like performance for Industry 4.0
Despite significant advances in wireless technology, the manufacturing industry continues to turn to wired forms of communication such as Ethernet or fiber optics for its most critical tasks. A new study by Cristina Cano ...
Dec 22, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers identify which West Coast regions hold greatest wave energy potential
Washington and Oregon coastlines are home not only to sea stacks and vistas, they also hold the most promising areas to pull power from West Coast waves, according to a recent study published in the journal Energy and led ...
Dec 22, 2020
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