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New Technology Like 3D Printing Emerges—Companies Collaborate, Integrate Traditional With Cutting Edge
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Micromachined fiber guide with optical fibers (left). Completed fiber guide with lighting fiber ends (right). [Courtesy of Kugler GmbH.] Although it's something much of the world may not think about, the combination of ultraprecision manufacturing and ...

South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol smiles while he speaks during a press conference after finishing the fourth match of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 13, 2016. The champion Go player scored his first win over Go-playing computer software on Sunday after losing three straight times in the ancient Chinese game. (Source: AP)
A champion Go player scored his first win over Go-playin

International Business Times UK
Russian media mogul Dmitry Itskov is using technology to help grant eternal life
International Business Times UK
Russian media mogul and multi-millionaire Dmitry Itskov has a simple goal: use technology to live forever. To accomplish this he is spearheading a science-based project called the '2045 Initiative' which aims to 'upload' a human consciousness into an ...and more »

Apple iPhone users trying to save on battery life? The ‘kill all apps’ in multi-tasking menu, doesn’t do anything for your battery. (Source: Reuters)
If you’re an Apple user who’s trying to save on battery life, you might have gone to the multi-tasking menu, and shut all the running apps to prolong the same. Except that you probably wasted time for nothing.
Apple’s Senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi confirmed the same, when he replied to an App

Yahoo’s LiveText app, is among the products that are getting shut down.
Yahoo has announced that it will be shutting down products like Yahoo Games, Yahoo LiveText, its regional media properties, and more as it tries to streamline business.
The Internet giant, which has been struggling for sometime now, announced in a Tumblr post that it will focus on seven core consumer products: Mail, Search, Tumblr, News, Sports, Finance and Lifestyle.
Yahoo Games site and publishing channel will be di

Yahoo’s LiveText app, is among the products that are getting shut down.
Yahoo has announced that it will be shutting down products like Yahoo Games, Yahoo LiveText, its regional media properties, and more as it tries to streamline business.
The Internet giant, which has been struggling for sometime now, announced in a Tumblr post that it will focus on seven core consumer products: Mail, Search, Tumblr, News, Sports, Finance and Lifestyle.
Yahoo Games site and publishing channel will be di

A US-based market researcher in its study said that 68 percent of smartphone owners in the country listen to music via streaming outlets on a daily basis. Parks Associates has released new data that reaffirms the mobility of music fans in today’s world. Within this group, Parks also found, on average, users are listening to streaming music approximately 45 minutes per day.
The study also found the change in rankings while comparing the popularity of music subscription services between fixe

Apple has no wholly-owned store in India and sells products through distributors such as Redington and Ingram Micro. (AP) iPhone and iPad maker Apple has resubmitted its application for opening single-brand retail stores in the country as there were certain gaps in its earlier proposal.
“The proposal is being processed by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi too has submitted an application,” an official said.
In January, Apple ha

Facing competition from both Samsung and inexpensive Chinese phones, Micromax plans to increase production in India. A salesman displays a Micromax mobile phone inside a store in Kolkata in this December 4, 2013 file photo. (Source: Reuters)
A year ago, Micromax vaulted past Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to become India’s leading smartphone brand. Today, its market share has nearly halved, several top executives have resigned, and the company is looking for growth outside India.
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US govt is looking at WhatsApp’s encryption next, says a NYT report.
Even as the Apple vs FBI debate rages on, a New York Times report indicates that the US government is setting sights on WhatsApp and its encryption next.
According to the New York Times report, which quotes sources within the Justice Department, the US government is looking at how to proceed in a criminal investigation case, where the judge has approved a wiretap, but “investigators were stymied by WhatsApp&rs