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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The Saudi-led coalition is prepared to use "calibrated force" to push the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement to withdraw from Yemen's Hodeidah port city under a U.N.-sponsored deal, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Wednesday. Yemen's warr...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Naval sonar has been linked to mass strandings of otherwise-healthy whales for nearly two decades, but the precise mechanisms of how it affects whales has eluded scientists. Now, researchers have explained key details of how this disruptive signal tr...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The world’s largest contract-electronics manufacturer is reconsidering whether it is economically feasible to develop liquid-crystal displays at its Wisconsin plant, Louis Woo, special assistant to Chairman Terry Gou, said on Wednesday. The signaled...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The world’s largest contract-electronics manufacturer is reconsidering whether it is economically feasible to develop liquid-crystal displays at its Wisconsin plant, Louis Woo, special assistant to Chairman Terry Gou, said on Wednesday. The signaled...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Hanson Robotics, the people who presented the world with the human-like robot Sophia have added a new member to their family. She's called "Little Sophia," and is a 14-inch robot meant to get kids hyped on STEM, coding and AI. Read more...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Jizhong Chen was seen by a fellow Apple employee taking photographs Jan. 11 with a wide-angle lens inside a secure work space that houses the company’s autonomous car project, about six months after he signed a strict confidentiality oath when he was...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
On the heels of a report outlining ways Facebook Inc. is collecting data, Apple Inc. revoked a key set of testing tools that the social networking giant uses to ensure its apps are ready for use on the iPhone and iPad. The move also shut down intern...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Make no mistake, this is a multibillion-dollar opportunity for the home robotics specialist.
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The Sudanese army issued a statement on Wednesday saying it would not allow the state to collapse, following weeks of mass protests demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir's 30-year rule. "The armed forces will not allow the Sudanese state to f...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
Exploring Antarctica to investigate the nightmare scenario of melting ice that could spell disaster for a warming planet
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The social-media company has been grappling with a number of headwinds, including a data breach and privacy concerns. Facebook has warned that higher spending and other initiatives to protect user privacy will slow its growth. The stock is back to...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The rise of “self-aware” robots has come a major step closer following the invention of a machine capable of thinking for itself from scratch, scientists have said. Engineers at Columbia University claim to have smashed one of the biggest barriers in...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
The managers of Israel’s first mission to the moon say their lunar lander has passed a crucial set of tests in preparation for February’s launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with an assist from a Seattle space company. SpaceIL’s lander — which has be...
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Heidi Harley
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5 years ago
A rare species of primitive human roamed the forests of Eurasia 200,000 years ago and may have made tools and even jewellery, according to new research published Wednesday. Denisovans -- a cousin of Neanderthals -- were discovered in 2010 when scien...