Solid-state automotive battery could transform EV industry
More powerful, longer lasting, faster charging.
Energy & Green Tech
09/12/2020
Security
Police arrest more than 20,000 worldwide in online fraud sweep
Authorities "on every continent" have arrested a total of over 20,000 people in the past year in an Interpol-coordinated blow against online and telephone fraudsters, the international organisation said Wednesday.
Dec 9, 2020
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Business
Global security giant G4S backs £3.8bn takeover
British security giant G4S, which guards sites including prisons, offices and COVID test-centres, has accepted a £3.8-billion takeover from US rival Allied Universal, while rejecting Wednesday a slightly smaller offer from ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Business
Boeing 737 MAX returns to sky with Brazil commercial flight
More than 20 months after it was grounded following two deadly crashes, Boeing's 737 MAX returned to the skies Wednesday with an incident-free commercial flight in Brazil, said AFP journalists on board.
Dec 9, 2020
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Business
China orders removal of 105 apps, including TripAdvisor
Companies including the Chinese arm of TripAdvisor Inc. have been ordered by regulators to overhaul their mobile phone apps in what the Chinese government said is a crackdown on pornography and other improper content.
Dec 9, 2020
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Engineering
Focus on human factors in designing systems
A new study has found one of the challenges in designing systems that involve people interacting with technology is to tackle the human trait of overconfidence.
Dec 9, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Should you get a heat pump? Here's how they compare to a gas boiler
Home energy use accounts for 14% of all the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, and much of that comes from gas boilers. Each time you turn up the thermostat, the burning natural gas generates heat through the radiators—and ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
New findings on how to save energy in Europe's historic buildings
Through rigorous experimentation, simulation and testing, a 5 million Euro EU research project has developed guidelines on how to handle internal thermal insulation in historic buildings. The resulting guidelines are now ...
Dec 9, 2020
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Other
Surprising ways that games challenge how people think about themselves and the world
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game with no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person whose psyche is slowing unraveling. Along the way, it touches on issues of depression, loneliness and self-doubt.
Dec 9, 2020
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Internet
Cloudflare teams up with Apple to give users a new privacy-friendly internet protocol
Cloudflare, a web-infrastructure and website-security company, has teamed up with Apple to give internet users a more privacy-friendly internet protocol. Called Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (ODoH) the new protocol is meant to ...
