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When workers for Lockheed Martin began assembling the crew seats for a spacecraft designed to return astronauts to the moon and pave the way for human exploration to Mars, they had no need for paper instructions or tablet ...
Oct 2, 2020
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We want to make sure our phones no longer disturb us at the wrong moment. To achieve this, we first have to better understand where our attention lies when using smartphones. Computer scientists at ETH have now developed ...
Sep 30, 2020
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When Facebook warns that a change to Apple's upcoming mobile operating system will negatively affect how closely it will be able to track you on mobile phones, you know you're going to like iOS14.
Sep 15, 2020
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We've seen more than a few dual-screen smartphones that fold and flip to expand. Now, there's one that swivels.
Sep 15, 2020
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Samsung hasn't given up on its most expensive phone, announcing Tuesday an even steeper price for the sequel to last year's foldable phone. The new Galaxy Fold Z 2 phone will be priced at a cool $1,999.
Sep 1, 2020
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Google announced a new kids initiative with videos, books and apps on upcoming Lenovo tablets, but parents beware—the content will be full of ads.
Aug 31, 2020
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Internet
About 1.13 million people had downloaded the federal government's COVIDSafe app by 6am today, just 12 hours after its release last night, said Health Minister Greg Hunt. The government is hoping at least 40% of the population ...
Apr 27, 2020
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If the idea of spending $1,000 or more for a new, top-of-the-line Samsung phone rubs you the wrong way, may we interest you in a model from the same company for $109.99?
Apr 8, 2020
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Every afternoon Flora, 9, and Kate, 10, turn on their laptops and iPads to collaborate on a play called "World War III," a futuristic tale of two sisters who try to save the world after being blown back in time by a bomb.
Mar 30, 2020
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A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines. Glasses can reinforce polymers to generate composite ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Screening, in general, is the investigation of a great number of something (for instance, people) looking for those with a particular problem or feature. One example is at an airport, where many bags get x-rayed to try to detect any which may contain weapons or explosives. People are also screened going through a metal detector. Even though the procedure aims at a large number of screens, it is always equivalent to sampling in statistics, because the complete population is almost always inaccessible for screening.
Screening has other, more specific meanings:
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