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Source: TechCrunch 13 Mar 2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s tweets are the subject of another lawsuit. A Tesla investor is suing the company board and Musk for continuing to send “erratic tweets” that violate a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that requires oversight of his social media activities.
Original written by: Aria Alamalhodaei
Source: The Verge 15 Mar 2021
India is reportedly moving forward with a sweeping ban on cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters, the country’s legislature will introduce a bill that criminalizes trading, mining, issuing, transferring, or possessing cryptocurrency. The bill is likely to pass if it’s introduced, giving India some of the world’s strictest digital currency laws.
Original written by: Adi Robertson
Source: University of South Australia 15 Mar 2021
Researchers have developed a cost-effective alternative that may make precision soil monitoring simple and affordable in almost any circumstance. The team has successfully tested a system that uses a standard RGB digital camera to accurately monitor soil moisture under a wide range of conditions. They developed a new technique to monitor soil moisture using a standard digital camera and machine learning technology.
Source: The Verge 15 Mar 2021
A Grand Theft Auto Online fan that goes by the moniker t0st posted an investigation into the game’s infamously slow load times on PC, with a solution that improved things by up to 70 percent. And it seems that Rockstar was paying attention: the company has confirmed to PC Gamer that t0st’s fix is legitimate, and it will be implementing their suggestions in a future update to the game.
Original written by: Chaim Gartenberg
Source: University of Waterloo 15 Mar 2021
Robotics researchers are developing exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The system combines computer vision and deep-learning AI to mimic how able-bodied people walk by seeing their surroundings and adjusting their movements.
Source: The Verge 16 Mar 2021
AMD has announced its new Ryzen Pro 5000 series mobile processors, its competitor to Intel’s vPro platform. The company claims the chips, based on the same Zen 3 architecture as most of its consumer-focused Ryzen 5000 series, will provide “uncompromised performance and battery life” for thin-and-light business laptops. They’ll appear in a slate of business notebooks including Elitebooks, ProBooks, ThinkPads, and ThinkBooks throughout this year.
Original written by: Monica Chin
Source: Louisiana State University 16 Mar 2021
Researchers from Louisiana State University have introduced a smart quantum technology for the spatial mode correction of single photons. In a paper, the authors exploit the self-learning and self-evolving features of artificial neural networks to correct the distorted spatial profile of single photons. The newly developed technique boosts the channel capacity of optical communication protocols that rely on structured photons.
Source: The Verge 16 Mar 2021
Instagram is introducing new policies limiting interactions between teenagers and adults to make its platform safer for young users. The app has banned adults from direct messaging teenagers who don’t follow them and is introducing “safety prompts” that will be shown to teens when they DM adults who have been “exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior.”
Original written by: James Vincent
Source: Florida State University 16 Mar 2021
A new research could help quantum computing fulfill its promise as a powerful computational tool. The researchers found a way to automatically infer parameters used in an important quantum Boltzmann machine algorithm for machine learning applications. The work could help build artificial neural networks that could be used for training computers to solve complicated, interconnected problems like image recognition, drug discovery and the creation of new materials.
Original written by: Bill Wellock
Source: University of Cambridge 16 Mar 2021
A new research has identified a material that could help tackle speed and energy, the two biggest challenges for computers of the future. The study shows that a material known as Ta2NiSe5 could switch between a window and a mirror in a quadrillionth of a second when struck by a short laser pulse, paving the way for the development of ultra-fast switching in computers of the future.
Source: The Verge 17 Mar 2021
Samsung has warned that it might not be able to ship a Galaxy Note phone in 2021 after all, citing difficulties in launching two flagship phones in one year, in comments at its annual shareholders meeting reported on by Bloomberg.
Original written by: Sam Byford
Source: University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science 18 Mar 2021
A team of researchers is on the path to inventing a new class of material with the potential to keep chips cool as they keep shrinking in size — and to help Moore’s Law remain true. The enables the researchers to be able to create a new polymer-based electrical insulation for circuits that could help put more power in smaller spaces.
Original written by Wende Whitman
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