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WeWork lays off 2,400 employees
2019-11-21 17:35:17
The beleaguered office-sharing start-up is laying off employees in an attempt to right-size the business.
Fresh Thyme blackberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak in 3 states: officials
2019-11-21 17:35:17
A hepatitis A outbreak that’s affecting residents in at least three states – Indiana, Nebraska and Wisconsin – is possibly linked to fresh blackberries sold at Fresh Thyme Farmers Market.
Against guilty pleasures: Adorno on the crimes of pop culture – Owen Hulatt | Aeon Essays
2019-11-21 17:35:00
For Adorno, popular culture is not just bad art – it enslaves us to repetition and robs us of our aesthetic freedom
Aeon | a world of ideas
2019-11-21 17:34:23
Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays, incisive articles, and a mix of original and curated videos — free to all.
Rise of the bots: Research team completes first census of Wikipedia bots
2019-11-21 17:15:25
Since launching in 2001, Wikipedia has evolved into a sprawling repository of human knowledge, with 40 million collaboratively-written articles and almost 500 million monthly users. Maintaining that project requires more than 137,000 volunteer editors—and, increasingly, an army of automated, AI-powered software tools, known as bots, that continually scour the website to eliminate junk, add and tag pages, fix broken links, and coax human contributors to do better.
Secure data transmission with ultrasound on the mobile phone
2019-11-21 17:15:24
Ultrasound communication is an entirely new method for data exchange between IoT devices and mobile phones. The communication between these is inaudible and the hardware requirements are kept to a minimum: microphone and loudspeakers. Researchers of the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences have now developed a first open communication protocol including an open-source development kit for ultrasound communication by the name of SoniTalk.
Put together your favorite TV streaming package for less than $30 a month
2019-11-21 16:00:06
It's never been more tempting for TV viewers to cut the cord and dive into "the stream." But with the recent launch of Disney+ and Apple TV+, the waters can appear murky. And they're about to get even muddier.
Electric cars a major challenge for supermarkets, gas stations
2019-11-21 15:49:01
The rise of electric cars is proving a challenge not only for auto makers but also gas stations, supermarkets and malls forced to adapt as more and more electric vehicles hit the road, experts say.
Xerox holds firm on HP offer, sets Monday deadline
2019-11-21 15:49:01
Xerox said Thursday it was holding firm on its $33 billion takeover offer for computer and printer maker HP, and warned it would take the matter to shareholders directly without a deal by Monday.
When de-aging De Niro and Pacino, 'Irishman' animators tried to avoid pitfalls of the past
2019-11-21 15:49:01
If you thought 76-year-old Robert De Niro and 79-year-old Al Pacino were done starring in blockbuster gangster films, think again.
Uber may contribute more transport pollution than solution: study
2019-11-21 15:49:00
Ride-hailing pioneer Uber, rather than being part of the solution to urban transport may be adding to related problems, especially pollution from diesel cars, a study showed Thursday.
Free streaming options abound
2019-11-21 15:49:00
There are more free streaming channels than you might suspect. Most are low-profile, compared with Netflix or Hulu, but they have more content than you will ever consume in six lifetimes. Since there's no such thing as a free lunch or a free viewing of "Free Willy," you'll have to endure ads, as we all did in the prehistoric network era.
New report: The world is awash with fossil fuels and it's time to cut off supply
2019-11-21 15:49:00
A new United Nations report shows the world's major fossil fuel producing countries, including Australia, plan to dig up far more coal, oil and gas than can be burned if the world is to prevent serious harm from climate change.
What to expect from this week’s impeachment hearings
2019-11-21 15:45:40
Nine witnesses will testify at five hearings between Tuesday and Thursday.
Home Depot sales miss, shares plunge
2019-11-21 15:45:37
The home-improvement retailer earned $2.8 billion in the third quarter.
Is The Mustang Mach-E A Ford Killer?
2019-11-21 14:47:46
No, that's not a typo. As I watched the reveal last tonight, I was curious about how the Mustang Mach-E is going to be positioned within the Ford lineup, and after some time looking into it more, I find this new pony to be an incredible business risk to Ford.
Uber shows a big rise in government requests for rider information
2019-11-21 14:32:11
Uber said on Wednesday that the number of requests for data on its riders from government officials in the United States and Canada rose sharply last year due, in part, to a "rising interest" in information on the ride-hailing company's users.
A multi-camera optical tactile sensor that could enable vision-based robotic skins
2019-11-21 14:32:10
A team of researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has recently developed a multi-camera optical tactile sensor (i.e., a tactile sensor based on optical devices) that collects information about the contact force distribution applied to its surface. This sensor, presented in a paper prepublished on arXiv, could be used to develop soft robotic skins based on computer vision algorithms.
Google, Facebook at center of escalating political-ad tension
2019-11-21 14:32:10
Facebook Inc. and Google were drawn into an escalating battle of wills Wednesday over the use of political advertising on social media.
Apple reportedly focusing on its buggy iOS problems again with iOS 14
2019-11-21 14:29:26
iOS 13 woes have forced Apple to rethink how it tests iPhone updates

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