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Samsung Electronics reported its first year-on-year decline in operating profit in three years on Thursday. South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Thursday said its third-quarter operating profits were down 31.39 percent year on year after a global economic downturn hit demand for consumer electronics. Earnings in its crucial memory...

Credit: DALL-E How would an artificial intelligence (AI) decide what to do? One common approach in AI research is called "reinforcement learning." Reinforcement learning gives the software a "reward" defined in some way, and lets the software figure out how to maximize the reward. This approach has produced some excellent...

A car passes Facebook's new Meta logo on a sign at the company headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021, in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook parent Meta unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2022, with the hope that people will soon be using it to work and play in...

A person with a polymer-based skin-attachable auditory sensor on the neck (upper left), a schematic diagram of the patch-type sensor (upper right), and an example of quarantine activities using such sensors (lower). Credit: POSTECH Face masks, a new normal since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, muffle sound, making it...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The use of shared micromobility services has increased in recent years, particularly in urban areas. But can shared e-scooters and e-bikes contribute to the sustainability of cities and their transportation systems? To answer these and other questions, Fraunhofer ISI conducted a new study on behalf of...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A University of Missouri engineering team has devised a new way to determine how many times you can recharge a lithium-ion battery before it needs to be replaced. Lithium-ion batteries are common in electronics such as laptops, and they're a key component to getting electric vehicles...

Apple's second-generation AirPods Pro Charging Case is equipped with a set of little metal holes at the right side, with the holes designed to accommodate a lanyard. Apple does not provide a lanyard with the ‌AirPods Pro‌, and is in fact selling just one on its website and in retail...

I don’t consider applying lipstick to be a high-tech experience. But this morning, while I was applying a bespoke shade of bright red, I realized that’s exactly what I’d had. I’d taken a photo of my clothes with my phone, and an app had created a few colors to match....

This image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in San Francisco. Musk posted a video Wednesday showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday deadline to close his $44 billion...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Electrification of public transport is widely seen as a promising way to save energy and reduce emissions. Electric buses generally have a low range and long charging time, which can lead to "range anxiety" among operators and drivers. Accurate energy consumption estimations of electric buses can...