Category: 3. Tech

  • Researchers use AI to make mobile networks more efficient

    Researchers use AI to make mobile networks more efficient

    Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new artificial intelligence (AI) model, developed by the University of Surrey, could help the UK’s telecommunications network save up to 76% in network resources compared to the market’s most robust Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) system—and improve the environmental sustainability of mobile networks by using less energy. In a study……

  • Samsung Electronics says Q3 operating profits down 77.57%

    Samsung Electronics says Q3 operating profits down 77.57%

    Samsung on Tuesday reported that operating profits were down nearly 80 percent for the third quarter. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its operating profits for the July to September period were down 77.57 percent from the year before, even as new smartphone releases boosted revenue. The company, which is one of the world’s…

  • How to save videos from Facebook

    How to save videos from Facebook

    Facebook probably has a lot of your favorite videos—from lovely, mischievous puppies and memes, to all the memories from that wonderful trip to Europe last summer. They don’t have to stay there, though: You can easily save videos from Facebook, if you want to. However, there are limitations. The platform doesn’t have a direct way…

  • Dutch eye boost to ‘fast charger’ EV network

    Dutch eye boost to ‘fast charger’ EV network

    The Netherlands is not just about bikes. At a service station near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a steady stream of motorists charge up their electric vehicles at “ultra-fast” power points. The whole process takes less than 20 minutes. “It’s really great in the Netherlands. When you leave the Netherlands, the network is a lot thinner,” Jeroen…

  • China’s electric bus revolution glides on

    China’s electric bus revolution glides on

    Chinese city Shenzhen ditched diesel buses and went fully electric in 2017 — a world first — with its taxi fleet not far behind. On a rainy afternoon in Shenzhen, damp passengers jostle their way onto the megacity’s buses, the quiet foot soldiers of an electric revolution for coal-guzzling China’s public transport network. Shenzhen ditched…

  • Stellantis confirms 2023 outlook despite US strike

    Stellantis confirms 2023 outlook despite US strike

    Stellantis put lost sales due to the strike by its US workers — now over — at 3 billion euros. Automaker Stellantis confirmed Tuesday its 2023 outlook thanks to a jump in third quarter revenue despite a costly strike in the United States. The French-Italian-US automaker said revenue rose by 7 percent compared to the…

  • New tool automates the formal verification of systems software

    New tool automates the formal verification of systems software

    Tang Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science Rongui Gu (left) and Professor of Computer Science Jason Nieh (right). Credit: Columbia Engineering Formal systems verification, which mathematically proves that code is secure in all circumstances, is a relatively new technology. Software is getting more complex and harder to get right using traditional software testing techniques. Making…

  • A Google Slides extension can make presentation software more accessible for blind users

    A Google Slides extension can make presentation software more accessible for blind users

    A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created A11yBoard for Google Slides, a browser extension and phone or tablet app that allows blind users to navigate through complex slide layouts, objects, images and text. Here, a user demonstrates the touchscreen interface. Credit: University of Washington Screen readers, which convert digital text…

  • Attribute augmentation-based label integration for crowdsourcing

    Attribute augmentation-based label integration for crowdsourcing

    Credit: Frontiers of Computer Science (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s11704-022-2225-z Crowdsourcing provides an effective and low-cost way to collect labels from crowd workers. Due to the lack of professional knowledge, the quality of crowdsourced labels is relatively low. A common approach to addressing this issue is to collect multiple labels for each instance from different crowd workers…

  • Lessons for the future of the technology

    Lessons for the future of the technology

    by Anne-Catherine Jung, Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung (ISI) Credit: CC0 Public Domain Led by Fraunhofer ISI, the BOLD project provided scientific support accompanying three field trials and 12 other research projects on electric trucks powered by overhead lines. Together with ifeu and Öko-Institut, Fraunhofer… Continue Reading News Source: techxplore.com