Need a bite at Seattle-Tacoma airport? A robot will now deliver food to you at your gate
You don't have to leave your gate or get in line to order food at the airport anymore, thanks to "Gita," the robot that delivers.
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Seattle cracks down on food delivery apps with one of the strictest laws in country
During the pandemic, restaurants around Seattle started to notice they were getting more food orders from different versions of their menus that sometimes dated as far back as 2014. Worse, when the kitchens couldn't fulfill ...
Sep 13, 2021
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China to target biggest payment app Alipay in tech crackdown: FT
Chinese regulators have ordered sweeping changes to the country's biggest payment app Alipay, as the ruling Communist Party attempts to rein in "the unruly growth" of the tech giants.
Sep 13, 2021
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Improve machine learning performance by dropping the zeros
KAUST researchers have found a way to significantly increase the speed of training. Large machine learning models can be trained significantly faster by observing how frequently zero results are produced in distributed machine ...
Aug 23, 2021
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China's youth react to gaming curbs with anguish and cunning
It is Zhang Yuchen's last summer break before high school, but events have taken an unwelcome turn—the 14-year-old's game time has been decimated as China's tech firms try to dispel accusations that they are selling "spiritual ...
Aug 15, 2021
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Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism
The co-founder and CEO of the fact-checking site Snopes.com has acknowledged plagiarizing from dozens of articles done by mainstream news outlets over several years, calling the appropriations "serious lapses in judgment."
Aug 14, 2021
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Faster path planning for rubble-roving robots
A new algorithm speeds up path planning for robots that use arm-like appendages to maintain balance on treacherous terrain such as disaster areas or construction sites, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown. ...
Aug 13, 2021
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A robotic fish tail and an elegant math ratio could inform the design of next- generation underwater drones
Underwater vehicles are typically designed for one cruise speed, and they're often inefficient at other speeds. The technology is rudimentary compared to the way fish swim well, fast or slow.
Aug 11, 2021
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Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant.
Aug 5, 2021
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NY Times reaches 8 million subscribers, profits up
The New York TImes said Wednesday it now has more than eight million subscribers in a quarterly update showing improving revenues and profits.
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