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How 5G Drove Moves by Apple, Qualcomm and Intel
Apple Inc and Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday settled an acrimonious two-year legal dispute. Shortly afterward, Intel Corp said it will exit the smartphone modem chip business...
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Censorship Pays: China's State Newspaper Expands Lucrative Online Scrubbing Business
People.cn, the online unit of China's influential People's Daily, is boosting its numbers of human internet censors backed by artificial intelligence to help firms...
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.S. Regulators Want Public's View on Cars with No Steering Wheel, Brake Pedals
A U.S. regulator is asking for public comments on whether autonomous cars lacking steering wheels and brake pedals should be allowed on the nation’s streets.
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Coffee Farmers Bet on Blockchain to Boost Business
A report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says blockchain technology could address challenges faced by smallholder coffee farmers.
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Germany to Restrict Facebook's Data Gathering Activities
Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices in Germany after a landmark ruling on Thursday that the world's largest social network abused its...
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Volvo's Self-Driving Car Venture Gets Nod to Test on Swedish Roads
A joint venture between Volvo Cars and Veoneer has won approval to begin hands-free testing of its software for self-driving cars on Swedish highways.
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At Alibaba's Futuristic Hotel, Robots Deliver Towels and Mix Cocktails
A hotel that opened in China last month utilizes robots and a suite of other high-tech tools that drastically reduce the hotel's cost of human labor.
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Fearful of Bias, Google Blocks Gender-Based Pronouns From New AI Tool
In May, Google introduced a feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type, but will not suggest gender-based pronouns.
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Virtual Singapore Project Could Be Testbed for Planners—and Plotters
The Virtual Singapore project will offer state agencies and, eventually, the public access to a three-dimensional model of the city.
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphones Vulnerable to Hacking
Researchers say they have determined a way to exploit a microchip security flaw in Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones.
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Run Your Dishwasher When the Sun Shines: Dynamic Power Pricing Grows
One day, the weather could drive your domestic schedule. Your dishwasher springs to life at the windiest time of day. The washing machine starts spinning when the...
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Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Alphabet subsidiary Loon plans to deploy a system of balloons to provide high-speed Internet access to rural and suburban populations in Kenya next year.
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'You Cannot Be Serious': IBM Taps Emotions for Wimbledon Highlights
IBM's Watson artificial intelligence platform is analyzing players' emotions at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
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At Beijing Security Fair, an Arms Race for Surveillance Tech
It can crack your smartphone password in seconds, rip personal data from call and messaging apps, and peruse your contact book.
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The Auto Plants of the Future May Have a Surprisingly Human Touch
Carmakers have big plans for their next generation of factories: smarter designs, artificial intelligence and collaborative robots building a wide range of vehicles...
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Russia to Ban Telegram Messenger Over Encryption Dispute
A Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, heralding possible communication disruption for millions of...
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...
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Apple Moves to Store iCloud Keys in China, Raising Human Rights Fears
When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users' iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities...
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Twitter Bars Tactics sed by 'Bots' to Spread False Stories
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it would no longer allow people to post identical messages from multiple accounts, cracking down on a tactic that Russian agents and...
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