Business
Canada is in talks with the United States to seek ways for both to reduce their dependance on China for rare earth elements, key minerals for high-tech products, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.
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Internet
Facebook said Monday it plans to pay only a portion of the publishers whose stories appear in a news "tab" set to launch in the weeks ahead.
Sep 30, 2019
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Engineering
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have designed 3-D printed mesh-like structures that morph from flat layers into predetermined shapes, in response to changes in ambient temperature. The new structures can transform into configurations ...
Sep 30, 2019
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Business
Slovenia's flag carrier Adria Airways announced Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy.
Sep 30, 2019
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Business
WeWork, which replaced its controversial chief executive last week, announced Monday that it will withdraw a plan to go public for now as it shifts into austerity mode.
Sep 30, 2019
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Internet
The whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm linked to using social media for targeted political ads, has a book deal.
Sep 30, 2019
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Business
Ailing French airline XL Airways said Monday that it had halted all flights after failing to attract any takeover offers over the weekend, heightening the likelihood of bankruptcy just days after another French airline collapsed.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Alexa, will you stop recording and storing my queries?
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Security
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is limited by its astronomical electricity consumption and outsized carbon footprint. A nearly zero-energy alternative sounds too good to be true, but as School of Computer and Communication Sciences ...
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Robotics
Researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia have recently introduced a new strategy to enhance interactions between humans and robotic swarms, called SwarmTouch. This strategy, presented ...
