Disappearing messages come to Facebook-owned WhatsApp
Facebook-owned WhatsApp said Thursday it would introduce disappearing messages on WhatsApp, a move ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat.
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Energy & Green Tech
Lithium-ion battery research 'flowers'
Lithium-ion batteries work by shuffling lithium ions between a positive electrode (cathode) and a negative electrode (anode) during charging and in the opposite direction during discharging. Our smartphones, laptops, and ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Business
NY Times sees gains as subscriber base tops 7 million
The New York Times said Thursday profits rose in the past quarter, lifted by gains in paying digital readers, as its total subscription base topped seven million.
Nov 5, 2020
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Security
How Australia can reap the benefits and dodge the dangers of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already all around us. Online devices have become essential in industries from manufacturing and healthcare to agriculture and environmental management, not to mention our own homes. Digital ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Business
Alibaba posts solid revenue ahead of shopping festival
Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba on Thursday reported solid 30 percent year-on-year revenue growth for the July-September quarter, providing some much-needed good news amid turmoil over its Ant Group affiliate's abandoned ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Automotive
GM rides US love for trucks, SUVs to blowout 3Q profits
America's love of big autos translated into blowout results Thursday for General Motors, which also benefited from recovering sales in China following a big hit amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Nov 5, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Talc improves pipe performance in geothermal heat pump systems
Geothermal energy is an energy source of increasing importance. In the pursuit of energy efficiency to achieve set climate goals, it is important to get to understand the technical challenges in detail. The plastic pipes ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists develop energy-saving 'liquid window'
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a liquid window panel that can simultaneously block the sun to regulate solar transmission, while trapping thermal heat that can ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Robotics
Two motivational artificial beings are better than one for enhancing learning
Social rewards such as praise are known to enhance various stages of the learning process. Now, researchers from Japan have found that praise delivered by artificial beings such as robots and virtual graphics-based agents ...
Nov 5, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Next-generation computer chip with two heads
EPFL engineers have developed a computer chip that combines two functions—logic operations and data storage—into a single architecture, paving the way to more efficient devices. Their technology is particularly promising ...
Nov 5, 2020
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