Views from Taiwan (5): Who is the top dog to hit a big time for 5G handsets?
Following the 5G commercial launch, 5G handsets have experienced a surge in shipments since 2020, and China is the foremost market in terms of volume, keeping other countries at bay......»»
Schools in the path of April"s total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching moment
Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" playing in teacher Nancy Morris' classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt......»»
SWAT team’s Spot robot shot multiple times during standoff
It's believed to be the first time Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot has taken a bullet during active duty and highlights how it can make police work safer......»»
The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket whose time has come and gone, will fly once more
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting. Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's final Delta IV Heavy rocket, seen here in December when ground crews rolled it to the launch pad at Cape Cana.....»»
Triassic biostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy and paleogeography of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
In a paper published in Science China Earth Sciences, a team of scientists proposes a comprehensive summary of the main fossil sequences and lithostratigraphy of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) during the Triassic time......»»
In a distant stellar system, the JWST sees the end of planet formation
Every time a star forms, it represents an explosion of possibilities. Not for the star itself; its fate is governed by its mass. The possibilities it signifies are in the planets that form around it. Will some be rocky? Will they be in the habitable.....»»
Canva’s Affinity acquisition is a non-subscription-based weapon against Adobe
But what will result from the companies' opposing views on generative AI? Enlarge / Affinity's photo editor. (credit: Canva) Online graphic design platform provider Canva announced its acquisition of Affinity on Tuesda.....»»
Phil Schiller will be Apple"s ecosystem defender for quite some time
Phil Schiller is Apple's biggest defender of Apple's ecosystem, a profile into the Apple Fellow declares, with the executive publicly beating the drum to maintain the vision of co-founder Steve Jobs.Phil Schiller, Apple FellowApple's many regulatory.....»»
Canva’s Affinity acquisition is a subscription-based weapon against Adobe
But what will result from the companies' opposing views on generative AI? Enlarge / Affinity's photo editor. (credit: Canva) Online graphic design platform provider Canva announced its acquisition of Affinity on Tuesda.....»»
Climate change is messing with how we measure time: Study
Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world's timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is affecting Earth's rotation—and in turn, how we keep track of time......»»
Veterinary surgeon: Spare flat-faced pets the respiratory distress
The demand for bulldogs and other flat-faced pets is at an all-time high. According to the American Kennel Club, from 2006-2016, the number of registered bulldogs and French bulldogs in the U.S. increased by 60% and 476%, respectively. In 2023, the F.....»»
Watch a real-time map of Starlink satellites orbiting Earth
In an effort to enhance the educational outreach of their Starlink constellation, SpaceX has an interactive global map of their Starlink internet satellites, which provides live coverage of every satellite in orbit around the Earth......»»
10 best PG-13 horror movies ever, ranked
Films don't need to go for an R-rating to bring the scares, as you'll see in the 10 best PG-13 horror movies of all-time......»»
Google Maps gets Three Big Updates just in Time for Summer
Google's been cooking up some pretty nifty ways to help you get around and make the most of your summer excursions. The post Google Maps gets Three Big Updates just in Time for Summer appeared first on Phandroid. With the Summer season jus.....»»
“The king is dead”—Claude 3 surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena for the first time
Anthropic's Claude 3 is first to unseat GPT-4 since launch of Chatbot Arena in May '23. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus large language model (LLM) surpassed OpenAI's GP.....»»
Piston Automotive wins $8.5M state grant for plant to supply GM in suburban Detroit
The project marks a return to former stomping grounds for company owner Vinnie Johnson, a two-time NBA champ nicknamed “the Microwave” during his Detroit Pistons heyday......»»
How to watch the final launch of ULA’s mighty Delta IV Heavy rocket
United Launch Alliance is about to launch its Delta IV Heavy rocket for the final time. Here's how to watch a live stream of the mission getting underway......»»
Sniffing out bacteria: Team develops a novel approach for rapid bacterial species identification
Do you ever wonder how researchers identify bacterial infections? Traditionally, they collect samples from the infected site, grow the bacteria in a lab, and analyze them using a method called MALDI-ToF-MS. Although accurate, this method is time-cons.....»»
Extreme weather forecasts: Algorithm "nudges" existing climate simulations closer to future reality
To assess a community's risk of extreme weather, policymakers rely first on global climate models that can be run decades, and even centuries, forward in time, but only at a coarse resolution. These models might be used to gauge, for instance, future.....»»
Solar eclipse could scramble bird behavior
On April 8, the shadow of a total solar eclipse will race across North America. At the same time, researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and partners will be hurrying to measure the impact of daytime darkness on the movements of birds, bats,.....»»
Research concludes women have higher levels of personal growth among deaf people
One of the features of the deaf community is that it is highly diverse. As well as including people of different ages and genders, the members of the community do not all share the same type of deafness or form of communication. Firstly, the time of.....»»