Twitter CEO Dorsey to 'reconsider' Africa plans
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said Thursday he is rethinking plans to spend as long as six months in Africa, partly due to concerns over the new-coronavirus epidemic.
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Layered solar cell technology boosts efficiency, affordability
The future's getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to date, by layering cells and using a unique combination ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Engineering
Team develops new laser defense system against autonomous drones
A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher has developed a laser-based defense system to defend against the next generation of autonomous attack drones in a wide range of homeland security settings.
Mar 5, 2020
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TAP Air Portugal cancels 1,000 flights
Portugese airline TAP said Thursday it would cut roughly 1,000 flights in March and April as it seeks to adjust to a drop in demand due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
Mar 5, 2020
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Engineering
Drones can now scan terrain and excavations without human intervention
Drone pilots may become superfluous in the future. New research from Aarhus University has allowed artificial intelligence to take over control of drones scanning and measuring terrain.
Mar 5, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Discovery of accurate and far more efficient algorithm for point set registration problems
A point set registration problem is a task using two shapes, each consisting of a set of points, to estimate the relationship of individual points between the two shapes. Here, a "shape" is like a human body or face, which ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Engineering
The unfoldable bridge
There are many different methods for erecting bridges—but the new technique developed by TU Wien, the balanced lowering method, is quite spectacular: the bridge is not built horizontally, as would normally be case, but ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Self-driving car trajectory tracking gets closer to human-driver ideal
Have you taken an Uber ride and disagreed with the "fastest" route that the GPS app suggested because you—or the driver—know a "better" way?
Mar 5, 2020
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Security
FDA says pacemakers, glucose monitors and other devices could be vulnerable to hackers
Federal agencies warned patients and manufacturers Tuesday that a recently discovered problem with Bluetooth Low Energy communications may allow computer hackers to remotely disable or access pacemakers, glucose monitors, ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Business
Google cancels major I/O developer conference amid COVID-19 concerns
The coronavirus has claimed yet another major tech conference.
Mar 5, 2020
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