BBC to axe 450 newsroom jobs
The British Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday said it will axe 450 newsroom jobs as part of plans to adapt "to changing audience needs" and meet its savings target.
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Automotive
Frankfurt to lose German auto show: organisers
Frankfurt, which has been synonymous with one of the world's biggest auto shows, the IAA, for more than 70 years, has been eliminated from the race to host the next event in 2021, organisers said on Wednesday.
Jan 29, 2020
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Internet
News Corp aggregator aims to break free from tech platforms
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Wednesday unveiled an online news aggregation service, aiming to break away from the tech platforms that dominate digital media.
Jan 29, 2020
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Demand for drone delivery in e-retail is high, ability to meet that demand low
Consumers want what they want, and they want it now. Drone delivery has long been talked about as an option to satisfy consumer delivery demands, but how realistic is it? New research in the INFORMS journal Transportation ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Robotics
Researchers develop new bio-inspired wing design for small drones
Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient.
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Robotics
Engineers design bionic 'heart' for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices
As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will rates of heart disease in the United States. The demand for prosthetic heart valves and other cardiac devices—a market that is valued ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Engineering
Bionic jellyfish swim faster and more efficiently
Engineers at Caltech and Stanford University have developed a tiny prosthetic that enables jellyfish to swim faster and more efficiently than they normally do, without stressing the animals. The researchers behind the project ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Ring app shares your personal data with Facebook and others, report finds
Ring, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned maker of high-tech doorbells and home security cameras, markets itself as protection from the world outside users' homes. But its app collects data from users' phones and shares that information ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
AI could revolutionise DNA evidence – but right now we can't trust the machines
DNA evidence often isn't as watertight as many people think. Sensitive techniques developed over the past 20 years mean that police can now detect minute traces of DNA at a crime scene or on a piece of evidence. But traces ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Hybrids lose edge but Edmunds picks 5 still worth buying
Buying a hybrid in 2020 doesn't have the same cutting-edge feel that it used to back in the early 2000s. Today, all the hype surrounds the latest electric cars.
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