Apple patents keyboard with dynamically changing key functions
Apple may be preparing to reinvent the keyboard.
Business
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Robotics
A system to automatically detect and collect garbage
Numerous countries worldwide are currently facing major problems related to waste collection, particularly in urban areas, due to the large amount of waste generated daily by the population. Technology could play a significant ...
Computer Sciences
DeepMind researchers develop neural arithmetic logic units (NALU)
The ability to represent and manipulate numerical quantities can be observed in many species, including insects, mammals and humans. This suggests that basic quantitative reasoning is an important component of intelligence, ...
Hardware
Samsung SSDs open a new chapter with fail-in-place
Samsung Electronics has a new series of PCIe 4.0 SSDs that demonstrate technologies to benefit data centers and businesses. The solid state drives (SSDs) use the PCIe 4.0 standard, whereby sequential read and write speeds ...
Computer Sciences
Researchers say AI emergent abilities are just a 'mirage'
There seems to be no end to predictions of storm clouds when computers eventually decide to take matters into their own hands (or should we say, their own processors).
Energy & Green Tech
Forever Battery a compelling talking point at CES
Well, this lead was impressive, coming from a tech watcher who if you read his articles regularly know that he does not swoon easily. Andrew Liszewski, Gizmodo. "After covering CES for 10 years, nothing I've seen at the show ...
Computer Sciences
Text2App: A framework that creates Android apps from text descriptions
Researchers at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA) recently developed a framework that can create Android applications from text descriptions. This new ...
Software
Google Nest hacker finds evidence of Google considering getting rid of 'Hey Google' hot words
Jan Boromeusz is a recognized Nest Home hacker with what many in the press describe as a proven track record in discovering new Google Nest features before they are announced or released by Google. He makes his announcements ...
Software
A new advanced Android malware posing as system update
In recent weeks, Zimperium zLabs researchers revealed unsecured cloud configurations exposing user data across thousands of legitimate Android and iOS applications. Now, zLabs is advising Android users about a clever and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Running a power plant on carbon dioxide instead of steam
(Tech Xplore)—A team with NET Power is currently in the process of building a power plant in Texas that will use a form of carbon dioxide to turn turbines instead of using steam to make electricity. The plant will be the ...
