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WhatsApp may soon add a feature that will make it easier to call people
What you need to know WhatsApp is working on a new in-app dialer in the latest beta version.The messaging platform will likely add this convenience to help users call users whose numbers have not been saved.The app also brings a new setting in Communities that allows users to join groups only on an...
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What is so special about TikTok's technology
The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the U.S. ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app's U.S. assets or face a nationwide ban. Here is how it works and why it has attracted more...
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Extreme Connect 2024: AI in networks to live or die by trust
Over the past five years or so, artificial intelligence (AI) has proliferated throughout the world of networking driven by the complexity and scale of infrastructures, emerging as a transformative technology in optimising networks, and enhancing efficiency and reliability. However, according to...
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US banning TikTok? Your key questions answered
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional...
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US tech giants reviving Japan’s cutting edge
Blocked from operating and expanding in China, leading American computing and software companies have shifted their focus to Japan, reinforcing a longstanding partnership that is accelerating the recovery of Japan’s technological competitiveness. American tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft and Oracle...
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Opinion: An overhyped U.S.-China arms race in AI helps big tech and venture capital
It’s a familiar refrain in tech boardrooms and government corridors: China is aggressively challenging America to an arms race in artificial intelligence. Whoever wins will control the geopolitical landscape — and global economy — for generations. For years, Pentagon officials and...
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Elon Musk
An ex-NASA physicist warns cheap satellite 'megaconstellations' like Elon Musk's Starlink could disrupt Earth's magnetosphere exposing all life to deadly cosmic rays. Dr. Sierra Solter-Hunt's new study draws on new estimates that Musk's SpaceX is burning up over 2,755 lbs (1.3 tons) of wireless...
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Are EVs the future or merely a niche market?
The automotive industry is in a most difficult period of its history. How can it predict the future? Technological marvels enabled by digital electronics have periodically emerged as new consumer products and services. And what is most remarkable is how quickly they have become accepted as...
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Hubble spots a bright galaxy peering out from behind a dark nebula
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy partly hidden by a huge cloud of dust known as a dark nebula. The galaxy IC 4633 still shines brightly and beautifully in the main part of the image, but to the bottom right, you can see dark smudges of dust that are blocking the light from...
photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Acknowledgement: L. Shatz
Indian American scientist leads NASA mission to launch sounding rockets during solar eclipse
Aroh Barjatya, inspects the subpayloads that eject from the rocket mid-flight. The subpayloads carry the plasma density, neutral density, and magnetic field sensors. PHOTO: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility/Berit Bland On April 8, 2024, during the solar eclipse that traversed the United States, Canada,...
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