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Battery-free technology can power electronic devices using ambient radiofrequency signals
Ubiquitous wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G rely on radio frequency (RF) signals to send and receive data. A new prototype of an energy harvesting module—developed by a team led by scientists from the ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
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Google's aborted deals show antitrust's long shadow over tech
In recent months, Google showed interest in two companies, either of which would have been the biggest-ever purchase for the internet giant. And both times, the deals fell apart.
Business
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New learning-based method trains robots to reliably pick up and place objects
Most robotic systems developed to date can either tackle a specific task with high precision or complete a range of simpler tasks with low precision. For instance, some industrial robots can complete specific manufacturing ...
Study: When allocating scarce resources with AI, randomization can improve fairness
Organizations are increasingly utilizing machine-learning models to allocate scarce resources or opportunities. For instance, such models can help companies screen resumes to choose job interview candidates or aid hospitals ...
Computer Sciences
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Spain's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Apple App Store
Spain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday it had opened a probe into the conditions Apple imposes on developers of mobile applications sold on its App Store.
Business
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Ferrari to accept crypto-payments in Europe
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari said Wednesday its European dealers will start accepting cryptocurrency, following a similar move in the United States.
Business
1 hour ago
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Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
Crowdstrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week's global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts ...
Internet
1 hour ago
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Delta Air Lines expects outage-related cancellations to end by Thursday, CEO says
Delta Air Lines expects flight cancellations and delays that resulted from a global technology breakdown last week to be resolved by Thursday, the carrier's chief executive said.
Business
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France quietly catches rivals in battle for data center supremacy
At the end of a narrow suburban street north of Paris, a giant structure shrouded in a skin of mesh and steel looks like a football stadium, but is in fact a vast data center.
Business
6 hours ago
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Meta takes down thousands of Facebook accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria
Meta says it has taken down about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in financial sextortion scams—along with groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers.
Internet
1 hour ago
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Renewables overproduction turns electricity prices negative
With the proliferation of solar panels and wind turbines an unusual phenomenon is becoming more and more frequent: wholesale electricity prices turn negative.
Energy & Green Tech
7 hours ago
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FTC orders 8 companies to provide information on 'surveillance pricing' practices
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered information from eight companies that the agency says offer products and services that use personal data to set prices based on a shopper's individual characteristics.
Business
7 hours ago
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Tesla's 2Q profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion as sales drop despite price cuts and low-interest loans
Tesla's second-quarter net income fell 45% compared with a year ago as the company's global electric vehicle sales tumbled despite price cuts and low-interest financing.
Automotive
7 hours ago
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In fuel-guzzling Saudi Arabia, electric cars pique interest
For Hamed al-Rafidain, a Saudi human resources worker, an electric vehicle offers welcome savings, especially since his other car is a fuel-guzzling four-wheel drive favored by motorists in the desert kingdom.
Automotive
6 hours ago
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Google's corporate parent still prospering amid shift injecting more AI technology in search
Google's corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.
Internet
6 hours ago
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Vietnam allows big companies to buy clean energy directly to meet their climate targets
Vietnam will let electricity-guzzling factories buy electricity from wind and solar power producers, helping big companies like Samsung Electronics meet their climate targets and relieving pressure on the country's overstrained ...
Energy & Green Tech
6 hours ago
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US Senate to vote on kids online safety bills
The US Senate will vote on a pair of bills this week designed to protect children online which would be the first major legislation targeting the tech industry in a generation.
Internet
6 hours ago
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Compact atmospheric water harvesting device can produce water out of thin air
Earth's atmosphere holds an ocean of water, enough liquid to fill Utah's Great Salt Lake 800 times. Extracting some of that moisture is seen as a potential way to provide clean drinking water to billions of people globally ...
Engineering
17 hours ago
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Multimodal agent can iteratively design experiments to better understand various components of AI systems
As artificial intelligence models become increasingly prevalent and are integrated into diverse sectors like health care, finance, education, transportation, and entertainment, understanding how they work under the hood is ...
Computer Sciences
18 hours ago
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Mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected, according to researchers
A research team led by faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York has been exploring how mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected. Their theory: since layoffs create conditions where disgruntled ...
Security
18 hours ago
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