New Technology

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  China’s Huawei unveils triple-folding phone with hefty price tag

  Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled the world’s first triple-folding phone at more than three times the price of the newest iPhone, hours after its US competitor lifted the curtain on its own new [...]

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  The iPhone 16, new AirPods and other highlights from Apple’s product showcase

  Apple squarely shifted its focus toward artificial intelligence with the unveiling of its hotly anticipated iPhone 16 along with a slew of new features coming with the next update to the device’s operating system. While [...]

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  India’s green energy wind drive hits desert herders hard

  Whirring wind turbines in India’s Thar desert supply critical green energy for the world’s most populous nation, but those living in their shadows say it comes at their expense.This article was originally published on this [...]

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  Scientists use attosecond X-ray pulses to shed new light on the photoelectric effect

  A team of scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has uncovered new information about the photoelectric effect, a phenomenon first described by Einstein over a century ago. Their method provides a [...]

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  Delivery drivers at third-party company in California are Amazon employees, NLRB finds

  Workers at a company that delivered packages for Amazon are considered employees of the e-commerce giant, the National Labor Relations Board said, rejecting Amazon’s claim that it is not responsible for the subcontractor’s staff.This article [...]

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  Advances in fiber-based wearable sensors with machine learning

  The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the past decade has greatly enhanced the ability of wearable devices to process complex data. Among them, machine learning—a major category of AI algorithms—and its important branch, [...]

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  Paying for groceries with your face? Not all are sold on it

  As the use of Facial Recognition Payment Technology (FRPT) grows, taken up by retailers, governments, hotels and others, some consumers do not completely trust its use say QUT researchers.This article was originally published on this [...]

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  Adaptive-k: A simple and effective method for robust training in label noisy datasets

  Training deep learning models on large datasets is essential for their success; however, these datasets often contain label noise, which can significantly decrease the classification performance on test datasets.This article was originally published on this [...]