French auto sales plummet on virus shock
French new car sales in March plunged more than 72 percent and could be down 20 percent for the full year as the coronavirus outbreak sinks the market, industry figures showed Wednesday.
Apr 1, 2020
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Business
Foxconn says China factories operating at 50% over virus outbreak
Taiwanese tech giant and iPhone assembler Foxconn said Tuesday its Chinese factories are operating at 50 percent of seasonal capacity and are expecting to take a hit for the current quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 3, 2020
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Panasonic April-December operating profit hit by China sales
Panasonic said on Monday its operating profit for the April-December period dropped 18 percent on lower sales in China but it left its full-year forecast intact despite the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Feb 3, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Hey Google, are my housemates using my smart speaker?
Surveys show that consumers are worried that smart speakers are eavesdropping on their conversations and day-to-day lives. Now University of British Columbia researchers have found that people are also concerned about something ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A communal energy hub
The amount of energy produced by renewable sources ebbs and flows. The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM has found a smart work-around for these fluctuations. Its scientists developed an innovative energy ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Hotel room rates: Human work or algorithmic plaything?
You would like to book a hotel room and browse the internet for which rooms and rates are an offer. The rates provided depend on forecasted demand and come about through the use of computer algorithms. However, the rates ...
Nov 5, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Los Alamos AI model wins flu forecasting challenge
A probabilistic artificial intelligence computer model developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory provided the most accurate state, national, and regional forecasts of the flu in 2018, beating 23 other teams in the Centers ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Internet
Amazon eating Google online search ad share: eMarketer
Amazon is eating into Google's giant slice of online search advertising in the US as businesses target the online retail platform's shoppers, according to an eMarketer forecast released on Tuesday.
Oct 15, 2019
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Telecom
Trump 5G push could hamper forecasting of deadly storms
As atmospheric rivers dumped record volumes of rain on California this spring, emergency responders used the federal government's satellites to warn people about where the storms were likely to hit hardest.
Jun 24, 2019
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NOAA satellites helped rescue 340 people in 2018
The pilot of the rowboat Alba had a noble goal – to raise awareness and funds for the Scottish Association for Mental Health. And he was going to row 3,400 nautical miles, from Norfolk, Va., to his home in Scotland, to ...
Feb 15, 2019
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