Tecnology After Google acquisition, some Fitbit users worry about privacy On Nov. 1, Google said would be buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion in hopes of boosting its hardware business getting a foothold in the health space. Google explicitly said in the announcing
Technology AI's ethics problem: Abstractions everywhere but where are the rules? Machines that make decisions about us: what could possibly go wrong? Essays, speeches, seminars pose that question year after year as artificial intelligence research makes stunning advances. Baked-in biases in algorithms are only
Technology An imitation learning approach to train robots without the need for real human demonstrations Most humans can learn how to complete a given task by observing another person perform it just once. Robots that are programmed to learn by imitating humans, however, typically need to be trained
Technology Upper Trishuli 3 'A' Hydroelectricity Project Comes Online After A Decade Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun jointly inaugurated the 60-megawatt-capacity project, the former from the Action Room at the Office of the Prime
Technology Apple bans vaping apps from the App Store Apple said Friday it will ban vaping-related apps from its App Store and has removed all 181 vaping-related currently available. The move comes amid reports of thousands of vaping-related illnesses and 42 vaping-related
Technology Google enters battle for cloud gaming market Ever-expanding Google becomes a gaming company Tuesday with the launch of its Stadia cloud service that lets people play console-quality video games on a web browser or smartphone. The internet giant hopes to
Technology 5G tech in spotlight at Shenzhen fair The application of 5G technology in various industries grabbed the spotlight at the China High-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, the country's largest technology event. Telecom equipment maker Huawei showcased its 5G applications for the
Technology Swiss-made ankle bracelets ride global prison reform trend Electronic monitoring of convicted offenders is now being used in many countries for short sentences. Swiss company Geosatis has become one of the principal suppliers of electronic ankle bracelets worldwide. Made of plastic
Health Swiss-led research team identifies gene targets to eradicate malaria In 2017, there were 219 million cases of malaria and some 400,000 people died of the disease. The infectious disease is transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite
Technology Researchers capture moving object with ghost imaging Researchers have developed a way to capture moving objects with the unconventional imaging method known as ghost imaging. The new method could make the imaging technique practical for new applications such as biomedical
Technology Driverless shuttles gain steam in Michigan After Michiganders tested the first wave of driverless buses, the greatest gripe was the lack of music. That’s good news for officials worried about the public’s more substantive concerns about getting
Technology Yahoo Japan, Line to merge business to form online giant Online services Yahoo Japan and Line Corp. have announced they are merging. The combination in a joint venture through a tender offer will form an online giant with retail services, advertising and other
Technolgy Etihad launches more fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner Abu Dhabi’s flagship carrier Etihad has partnered with Boeing to launch what they say will be one of the world’s most fuel-efficient long haul airplanes as the company seeks to save
Technology Mid-Range VS Flagship- Which Smartphone Should You Get? Every year, manufacturers release dozens of smartphones. All of them fall in different categories. The cheap ones are termed budget smartphones, if you go slightly higher, you get mid-range phones, similarly, there are
Technology The Evolution of Sports Cheating As long as we’ve had sports, we’ve had cheaters. And those cheaters have used the best technology of the day to get a leg up (and eventually get caught). With this
A hierarchy of artificial intelligence machines ranked by their learning power shows their abilities—and their limits. The ultimate goal of the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is to construct machines that are at least as smart as humans at specific tasks. AI has been successful in developing machines that
Technology Seeing the "Sixth Sense" It takes a special set of nerve cells for us to know where our body parts are without looking at them. This propioceptive system is sometimes referred to as our “sixth sense,” and
Technology Italian scientists find weeds are good for crops not the reverse Weeds can help make farms more productive and not the opposite as is commonly believed, according to a new study out Friday by Italy's Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies located in the Tuscan
Technology China plans to complete space station construction around 2022: expert China plans to complete the construction of a space station and have it put into operation around 2022, said Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China's manned space program, at a forum held
Technology China sends two global multimedia satellites into planned orbit Two global multimedia satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sunday. The two global multimedia satellites, KL-a-A and KL-a-B, was launched by Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A)
Technology What Ads Are Political? Twitter Struggles With a Definition The Alzheimer’s Association was so concerned that it contacted Twitter this month to express misgivings about the political ads ban. “We’re not really sure how it’s going to impact us,
Technology Onix Adds Slack To Collaborative Cloud Solutions Portfolio Leading cloud solutions provider Onix has made a further commitment to providing innovative cloud solutions for customers by adding Slack services to its ever-growing portfolio. Slack is a collaboration hub that connects you
Technology Cloud Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Software Market to Grow Significantly by 2019-2026 Focusing on Leading Players Microsoft, Bitrix, 3CX, Digium, Mitel Networks, CloudTalk, Monster VoIP A professional survey done by Research N Reports has formulated a report titled “ Cloud Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Software Market”, which instills a crisp idea of the influential aspects affecting the growth of
Technolgy Technology Innovations For Capturing And Reusing Carbon Eventually, the world needs to find a way to dispose of its rapidly accumulating carbon dioxide emissions. Produced majorly as a byproduct of combustion, carbon dioxide is toxic, and while many technologies currently
Technology Common tech hurdles when starting a small business Entrepreneurs love a challenge. But when starting a small business, there’s one challenge that can prove especially difficult: technology. Savvy business owners know they need the right technology to compete in today’
