Smartphone sales see modest rebound after two-year slump: survey
Global smartphone sales increased modestly in the third quarter, the first growth for the segment after a two-year slump, a market tracker said.
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Computer Sciences
Movement and flow: Simulating complexity of fluids and strands in the virtual world
Simulating the physics behind the movement of liquids and how fluids—thick or thin—interact with other objects is a key problem in visual effects. Bringing to life such scenarios as a brush stirring and spreading oil ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
This AI birdwatcher lets you 'see' through the eyes of a machine
It can take years of birdwatching experience to tell one species from the next. But using an artificial intelligence technique called deep learning, Duke University researchers have trained a computer to identify up to 200 ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Automotive
Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot to create fourth-biggest carmaker
Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Peugeot said Thursday they have agreed to merge to create the world's fourth-largest automaker with enough scale to confront big shifts in the industry, including a race to develop electric ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Security
Security firm says Chinese hackers intercepted text messages
Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider's servers, ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Business
HBO Max will be more expensive than Netflix, Disney or Apple. Does that mean it'll be a tough sell?
Welcome to the hard sell.
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Engineering
Mimicking body's circulatory AC could keep airplanes, cars and computers cooler
The complex network of veins that keeps us cool during the heat of summer has inspired engineers to create novel thermal management systems. But replicating the circulatory system, in form or function, has been no easy task. ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Seattle AI lab's free search engine aims to accelerate scientific breakthroughs
The Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is expanding its free search tool Semantic Scholar to include papers in multiple domains such as natural, social, interdisciplinary and social sciences. ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Business
Google invests in affordable housing project in San Jose that will provide units for people with disabilities
Google has invested $5.3 million in a large affordable housing project near downtown San Jose that will set aside units for people with developmental disabilities, the search giant and the project's developer said Tuesday.
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Energy & Green Tech
Shedding new light on the charging of lithium-ion batteries
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have reported a new mechanism to speed up the charging of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Simply exposing the cathode to a beam ...
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