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Researchers use drone-mounted microphones to suss out the shapes of rooms
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 16:00
In a newly published paper, researchers describe a microphone array and mathematical model that can determine the shape of a room from sound alone.
Understanding New York Yankee's Pitcher James Paxton's Back Surgery And Return To Play
Forbes - 6 Feb 2020 04:33
In what can only be described as surprising news, the New York Yankees announced Wednesday afternoon that starting pitcher James Paxton would miss the next three-to-four months after undergoing a microscopic discectomy p...
Take-Two Interactive results lackluster compared to last year's Red Dead 2 bump
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:32
Take-Two Interactive reported relatively weak results for the third fiscal quarter in a report that came just two days after a key Rockstar departure.
While Climate Change Is Real, Sustainability Is Still Having A Tantrum By The Meat Counter
Forbes - 6 Feb 2020 15:57
Climate change is indisputably the biggest threat currently facing us, efforts to change consumer behavior are at best sporadic, misguided, confused and lacking in coordination.
Grubhub threatens ChowNow over 'sky-high' fee accusations
New York Post - 6 Feb 2020 04:54
Knives are out at Grubhub after a competitor accused it of bleeding its restaurant partners dry with "sky-high" fees, The Post has learned. The Chicago-based food-delivery giant has sent a cease-and-desist order to rival...
Everything you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak in 30 seconds
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2020 00:48
AP Photo/Rick Rycroft A deadly coronavirus that originated in China has killed more than 560 people and infected more than 27,000. Here's what to know about the virus in 30 seconds. Visit Business Insider's homepage for ...
These Are The Equity Sectors That Lose Most Money When The Market Turns
Forbes - 6 Feb 2020 23:12
Maximum drawdown, or how much a security falls from a previous high, is a revealing measure and generally easier to understand than volatility.
New Solutions Emerge For Embodied Carbon In Buildings
Forbes - 6 Feb 2020 20:34
Heliogen, a clean energy startup, recently made a promising step toward addressing embodied carbon in cement, steel, and other building materials.
Pelosi On SOTU: I Don’t Need ‘Lessons About Dignity’ From This President
TPM - 6 Feb 2020 19:10
A notably animated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) decried President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Thursday, calling it...
Wuhan is ordering all 11 million residents to report their body temperature every day to combat the coronavirus
Business Insider - 6 Feb 2020 17:03
STR/AFP via Getty Images Since a fever is a primary symptom of the novel coronavirus tearing its way through Wuhan, China, the city has ordered its 11 million residents to report their body temperatures to health officia...
Vaping Crackdown Is a Mixed Blessing for Tobacco
Wall Street Journal - 6 Feb 2020 15:25Employees are expensing scooter rentals on company dime, study says
New York Post - 6 Feb 2020 04:27
Picture this: your employee goes on a business trip and he spends company money on ... a scooter. A firm called Certify, which sifts through expense reports, found that scooter rentals by traveling employees increased by...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sales up big over Black Ops 4
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:53
Call of Duty is back on the upswing, and it has Activision Blizzard in a strong position to continue growing, but the publisher is looking for more.
Call of Duty Mobile has passed 150 million downloads
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:53
Call of Duty is a hit on Android and iOS thanks to Call of Duty Mobile, which has already been downloaded over 150 million times.
AI, 5G, and IoT can help deliver the promise of precision medicine
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:47
As the world faces a critical shortage of healthcare professionals, new technologies, including 5G and the medical Internet of Things, are poised to help.
The Outer Worlds' Switch port delayed by coronavirus outbreak in China
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:41
Publisher Private Division announced today that The Outer Worlds' Switch port has been delayed due to the coronavirus.
U.S. 5G security is imperiled by Trump administration infighting and fantasies
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 23:14
Members of the Trump administration want to continue years of public infighting over 5G security plans, but the time for action is now.
Do You Have What It Takes To Make The Entrepreneurial Leap?
Forbes - 6 Feb 2020 22:35
What would lead someone to walk away from a 6 figure job for a job making 25k a year? For Gino Wickman, it was not only a passion for the company but more importantly a desire to save his father's failing business. He co...
Democratic presidential candidates take aim at a tax break for small businesses
CNBC - 6 Feb 2020 21:57
Democratic contenders for the presidency are taking aim at the 20% qualified business income deduction -- a tax break for "pass-through" entities, including S-corporations and sole proprietorships. Here's what that might...
FCC chairman backs $9.7 billion plan to clear 3.7GHz C-band spectrum for 5G
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 21:56
Mid-band spectrum is critically important to widely deploying 5G, so the FCC is proposing to buy out existing users, opening a large swath of frequencies.
Waymo's AI Content Search tool lets engineers quickly find objects in driving records
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 20:30
Waymo detailed Content Search, an internal tool that taps AI to allow its engineers to find objects among the billions in the company's database.
Amazon researchers distill knowledge from a large AI model to a simplified version
Venture Beat - 6 Feb 2020 20:20
In a study, Amazon researchers investigated a technique that distills knowledge from large language models to small models.