Amazon just took over a primary health care company for a lot of money. Should we be worried?
This week, Amazon announced plans to fork out US$3.9 billion (A$5.6 billion) to acquire U.S. health care company One Medical.
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Robotics
Warehouse robots that feel by sight
More than a decade ago, Ted Adelson set out to create tactile sensors for robots that would give them a sense of touch. The result? A handheld imaging system powerful enough to visualize the raised print on a dollar bill. ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Robotics
A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: A lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence
Disturbing footage emerged this week of a chess-playing robot breaking the finger of a seven-year-old child during a tournament in Russia.
Jul 27, 2022
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Engineering
Russians reportedly building a satellite-blinding laser. An expert explains the technology
Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations' ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Other
Gaming does not appear harmful to mental health, unless the gamer can't stop
Societies may tremble when a hot new video game is released, but the hours spent playing popular video games do not appear to be damaging players' mental health, according to the largest-ever survey of nearly 40,000 gamers ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Engineering
Boosting memory performance with strong ion bombardment
Recently, researchers have developed new technology that dramatically improves the performance of flash memory by a strong ion bombardment process. This memory platform can reliably express multiple data in a single device, ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers 3D print sensors for satellites
MIT scientists have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft. These plasma sensors, also known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs), are used by satellites to determine ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Rechargeable silicon batteries
A team of researchers from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology has developed a proof-of-concept for a novel rechargeable silicon (Si) battery, as well as its design and architecture that enables Si to be reversibly ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Processing social media with fuzzy logic
Fuzzy logic processing has been used to carry out an analysis of performance in social media networking. Details can be found in the International Journal of Fuzzy Computation and Modelling.
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Business
Twitter shareholders to vote on Musk buy in September
Twitter on Tuesday urged shareholders to endorse the $44 billion deal Elon Musk made to buy the online podium, setting a vote on the merger for September 13.
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