Lyft slashes workforce in face of major hit from pandemic
Lyft said Wednesday it plans to shed nearly a thousand workers to help the ride-sharing group survive the pandemic's hit to its business.
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Robotics
Researchers give robotic arms a steady hand for surgeries
Steady hands and uninterrupted, sharp vision are critical when performing surgery on delicate structures like the brain or hair-thin blood vessels. While surgical cameras have improved what surgeons see during operative procedures, ...
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Business
US cites Amazon's foreign platforms over counterfeit goods
Amazon was placed on a US government "notorious markets" list Wednesday over complaints that it failed to crack down on sales of counterfeit merchandise in five of its global e-commerce platforms.
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Consumer & Gadgets
The new smartband iFeel-You is able to read body temperature and enforce social distancing
A wearable smartband to support people in dealing with COVID19 pandemic at work or in everyday life: this is the prototype, called iFeel-You, that researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia developed using their expertise ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Zero-day exploit hits Sophos Firewall XG
Sophos rushed patches to users of its popular XG Firewall network system following reports the company received last week that hackers were actively exploiting an SQL injection vulnerability.
Hardware
Researchers develop world's top-class 400-Gbps optical engine
Researchers in South Korea have developed ultra-fast transmitting/receiving optical engine that can provide stable and improved data transfer speed for data centers.
Apr 29, 2020
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Computer Sciences
New privacy threat combines device identification with biometric information
A study by computer scientists at the University of Liverpool has revealed a new privacy threat from devices such as smartphones, smart doorbells and voice assistants that allows cyber attackers to access and combine device ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Security
Galileo positioning aiding COVID-19 reaction
As European governments plan their phased recoveries from the lockdown states triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the positioning delivered through satellite navigation is becoming more important than ever before. Location ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Business
Back in black: Spotify profits as subscribers rise despite virus
Music streaming service Spotify said Wednesday it had bounced back into profit during the first quarter, posting growing subscriber numbers as much of the world is in lockdown over the new coronavirus.
Apr 29, 2020
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GE reports higher profits, sees deeper virus hit in 2Q
General Electric reported higher first-quarter profits Wednesday on a gain from a divestiture, but warned that the current quarter would see a bigger hit from the coronavirus pandemic.
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