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U.K. Regulator Gives Green Light to Delivery Drone Trials
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority authorized a trial in which drone company Sees.ai will operate drone flights beyond the pilot's line of sight at remote industrial...
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The Future of Wearables: 'Women Have Used Earrings for 7,000 Years. We've Just Upgraded the Experience'
German startup Nova Audio has created pearl earrings that double as earphones, with a tiny speaker, two microphones, an antenna, a Bluetooth chip, and a battery...
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Women Primed to Fill Cybersecurity Talent Gap
Cybersecurity analysts are in great demand thanks to the surge in remote work due to the pandemic; hiring more women can help narrow the talent gap.
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Japan Inc. Finds New Business Case for Robotics During Covid-19
Heavy investment in robots helped many Japanese businesses manage an increase in online orders during the pandemic.
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Bowls, Vases, Lamps: How 3D Printing Came Home
Designers and engineers are modifying three-dimensional printing technology to make domestic products, like furniture and homeware, that would be impossible or...
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Companies Wrestle With Growing Cybersecurity Threat: Their Own Employees
As companies navigate an increase in cyberattacks amid the coronavirus pandemic, they must contend with the security threats posed by their own employees.
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Automation Finds Home in Building Design
Startup Higharc iteratively creates customized three-dimensional home designs via algorithmic modeling.
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Novartis, Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Drugs Using AI
Novartis and Microsoft have agreed to a five-year partnership to use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop new drugs faster, and with greater precision.
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.S. niversities Reconsider Links With Chinese AI Company
U.S. universities are reevaluating their ties to Chinese artificial intelligence firm iFlyTek, whose voice recognition and analysis products are used by Chinese...
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How the .K. Plans to Teach Computer Science to Every Child
The Raspberry Pi startup will train 40,000 U.K. teachers to teach computer science, with the ultimate goal of teaching computer science to all U.K. schoolchildren...
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Facebook Raises Fears with Ad Tracking
Facebook is working with a controversial data company called Datalogix that can track whether people who see ads on the social networking site end up buying those...
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Google to Map Inflation Using Web Data
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the "Google Price Index"—a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative...
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Fears Over Dearth of Engineers in Europe
The European Roundtable of Industrialists says that Europe needs to take action to encourage people to become engineers or risk losing out to India and China.12