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Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers

Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.

3 days ago
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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide

In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." ...

1 week ago
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AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco

President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter, was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.  ...

1 week ago

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'Smart crib' aims to help rockabye baby

As every new parent knows, sleep can go out the window after the arrival of a newborn.

5 years ago
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GoPay now a payment option on Spotify Premium

Users of GoPay can now use the e-wallet to pay for music on streaming platform Spotify.

5 years ago
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Google, Apple roll out built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications to phones

Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.

5 years ago
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Samsung's new foldable smartphone to hit market on Sept. 18

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that its latest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold2, will become available Sept. 18 in some countries including the United States and South Korea with a starting price of $1,999.

5 years ago
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Trump still wants US to get piece of any TikTok sale

President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his demand for a piece of the action from any sale of TikTok's US operations for forcing such a deal.

5 years ago
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Canada researchers investigating acai berry to fight COVID

Canadian researchers said Monday they are investigating a popular superfood -- the acai berry -- as a treatment to prevent COVID-19's most severe symptoms.

5 years ago
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Amazon gets US approval to fly delivery drones

Amazon on Monday said a freshly-issued Federal Aviation Administration certificate has cleared the launch pad for drone deliveries in the US.

5 years ago
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Apple preparing to build 75 million 5G iPhones later this year: Bloomberg

Apple Inc has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, along with new Watch models, a new iPad Air and a smaller HomePod, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

5 years ago
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Japan looks to AI as coronavirus challenges go-and-see quality control mantra

Robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors, as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota's vaunted "go and see" system which helped revolutionize mass production in the 20th century.

5 years ago
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Online global hackathon aims to tackle local issues

Around 2,300 participants participated in the event, mostly from Indonesia, India, the US and Canada.

5 years ago
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Pakistan tells YouTube to block 'objectionable' content

Pakistani regulators have asked YouTube to immediately block all videos they consider "objectionable" from being accessed in the country, a demand criticized by rights campaigners.

5 years ago
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Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if US bans WeChat: Ministry warns

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China's foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.

5 years ago
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Zuckerberg says Facebook's failure to remove militia page an 'operational mistake'

Facebook Inc made an "operational mistake" in not acting sooner to remove a page for a militia group that posted a call to arms in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the company's Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday.

5 years ago
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Apple blocks Fortnite maker from game developer tools

Apple said Friday it has followed through on its decision to block the maker of Fortnite from developer tools needed to update games on its mobile devices.

5 years ago
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Musk shows off progress merging brains and machines

Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Friday demonstrated progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains with computers, saying the work is essential to the future of humanity.

5 years ago
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Blue planet: Study proposes new origin theory for Earth's water

Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a longstanding scientific debate.

5 years ago
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New Amazon health wristband gauges happiness

Amazon on Thursday unveiled a wristband that goes beyond simply tracking activity to gauging how happy a person is by the sound of their voice.

5 years ago
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YouTube removes 600,000 Indonesian videos last quarter

Around 10 million videos removed by YouTube potentially violated the platform's guidelines as they were indicated to contain extremism, violence or could harm minors.

5 years ago
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Amazon's latest grocery store concept opens, with high-tech carts

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said it is opening a supermarket in Los Angeles with shopping carts that let customers skip checkout lines, as the e-commerce company builds out its offline presence.

5 years ago
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New season of 'Fortnite' is here, Apple users miss out

Epic Games launched the new season of hit video game "Fortnite" on Thursday, pitting Marvel super heroes against Fantastic Four-villain Galactus in the first update to exclude iPhone and iPad users due to a legal fight with Apple Inc.

5 years ago
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Walmart says teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok

US retail giant Walmart said Thursday it had teamed with Microsoft to buy TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form video app that has come under fire from the administration of President Donald Trump.

5 years ago
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Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes

The French company InnovaFeed, specialized in the production of insects to feed livestock, is partnering with the Australian research World Mosquito Program (WMP) to develop what it says is the first industrial-level production of mosquitoes.

5 years ago
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits: Memo

TikTok Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayer has left the company and General Manager Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis.

5 years ago
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Artificial intelligence has role to play in enforcing COVID-19 health protocol

Never has the potential of AI been greater than in this moment of crisis.

5 years ago
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Is Nintendo planning an upgraded Switch console for 2021?

Nintendo is planning to bring out a new and more powerful version of its Nintendo Switch console in early 2021, according to reports from Bloomberg and the Economic Daily News. The launch will likely be accompanied by a major release of new games.

5 years ago
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Fitbit unveils stress-tracking smartwatch with Google deal pending

Fitbit Inc on Tuesday unveiled a fitness tracker and two smartwatches, including one that purports to help monitor users' stress levels, as the company's pending sale to Alphabet Inc's Google remains mired in antitrust reviews globally.

5 years ago
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YouTube video removals soar as software enforces rules

YouTube said Tuesday that video removals soared in the second quarter of this year as the company relied more on software to enforce content rules to protect workers from the pandemic.

5 years ago
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Apple defeats bid to return 'Fortnite' to App Store

A US court has rejected a bid by the makers of Fortnite to reinstate the video game sensation immediately to the App Store, saying its eviction by Apple was a "self-inflicted wound."

5 years ago
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Facebook News feature to expand beyond US

Facebook on Tuesday said it is speeding up plans to go international with a news tab feature that involves paying publishers for stories delivered through the leading social network.

5 years ago
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Platform for virtual gatherings offers larger-than-life social interaction

A team of three young developers in Toronto has launched a new platform which promises to make video meetings  more natural and much closer to real-life gatherings.

5 years ago
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