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Researchers Say: Soft Robot Seamlessly Transitions Between Land and Sea
Key Highlights Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed soft robots that can effortlessly switch between different modes of movement, such as walking, swimming, crawling, and rolling,...
Trend Micro Reports 55% Increase In Cyber Threats Blocked in 2022
Pointers at Glance The Trend Micro report utilized threat intelligence generated from various sources such as mobile, IoT, PC, and server endpoints, email, web and network...
Biden Proposes Additional $400 Million To USDA Broadband ReConnect Program
Pointers at Glance According to the budget proposal, investing in high-speed internet can create high-paying union jobs and strengthen rural economies, leading to higher property values,...
BHP Group Reiterates Commitment To Copper And Nickel
Pointers at Glance Sonia Scarselli of BHP Xlpor, the company’s division that invests in junior mining firms, stated at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada...
Noema Pharma Raises $112m To Develop Therapies For Central Nervous System Disorders
Pointers at Glance Two new board members, Nanna Lüneborg from Forbion and Rachel Mears from Jeito Capital, will also join Noema Pharma. The funding will be...
Addionics Launches State-of-the-Art Pilot Line for Smart 3D Electrodes™
Pointers at Glance The newly opened facility and its existing locations in the US, UK, and Germany will serve as the company’s headquarters. Launching this new...
Study Finds: Calorie Restriction Shown To Slow Aging In Humans
Pointers at Glance A groundbreaking study led by the Butler Columbia Aging Center at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has found that calorie...
Education Department Releases Guides On Title IX In School Sports
Pointers at Glance The Education Department has released guides to help people identify potential violations of sex discrimination laws in school sports teams. Despite Title IX...
Integra Has Been Approved For Kansas Incentive Package
Pointers at Glance Integra, a semiconductor assembler, has been approved for a Kansas state incentive package for its new facility. The incentive, called the Attracting Powerful...
ChatGPT: AI Technology Used By Job Seekers To Write Resumes
Pointers at Glance The online job site, Resume Builder, surveyed 2,153 job seekers earlier this month and found that almost half used ChatGPT to help write...
Testing of Legged Robots Essential Before Deployment in Real World
Pointers at Glance Unlike wheeled robots, legged robots rely on mechanical limbs for movement. The study found that current models are often hard to predict in...
Proper Oral Health Habits May Protect Your Brain
Pointers at Glance The study’s lead author, Cyprien Rivier, MD, a neurology researcher at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, stated that it...
Daasity Launched ELT+ Solution For Commerce
Pointers at Glance With ELT+, brands can quickly implement a custom data stack that benefits from Snowflake’s dynamic workload scaling and secure data-sharing features. Dan LeBlanc,...
Google Unveils AI Chatbot Bard To Rival ChatGPT
Pointers at Glance The technology behind Bard is based on LaMDA, Google’s large language model for dialogue applications. In a blog post, Google mentioned that it...
Why Is Data Masking Important In IoT Landscape?
Pointers at Glance Hiding data from attackers is an important technique to combat major data challenges. As per IoT, the data masking technique helps protect personal...
Tips For Maximising Confidential Data To Achieve Business Scalability
In the current digital age, data is a valuable asset for businesses. However, a significant amount of data remains untapped due to the lack of a...
Avatar: The Way of Water Grosses $2 Billion At The Global Box Office
Key Highlights Avatar The Way of Water film has generated strong ticket sales in France, Germany, and Korea, despite a muted showing in China due to...
China Reopens Borders For Travelers: New China’s Airlines For 2023
Pointers at Glance China is one of the best tourist destinations in the world. The step taken on reopening the borders of China for travellers will...
US Health Department Extends Public Health Emergency Status For COVID-19
Pointers at Glance On 11th January 2023, the US health department announced that it extended the status of the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency....
New SPOTS Method Locates Gene Activity & Cellular Organization Within Tissues
Pointers at Glance A team of researchers led by Dr. Dan Landau of Weill Cornell Medicine and Dr. Marlon Stoeckius of 10x Genomics have developed a...
Seattle Schools Files Lawsuit Against Social Media Companies
Pointers at Glance Seattle Schools filed a lawsuit against social media companies such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for...
The Basics of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are often used interchangeably, but they are different. Artificial Intelligence refers to the ability of a machine or computer...
DOE Research Focuses On Developing EV Charging Infrastructure
Pointers at Glance Charging the increasing number of electric vehicles needs a robust network of charging stations for consumers and fleets. The trends show that there...
AI Assists Software Developers But Creates More Buggier Code
Pointers at Glance Stanford University computer scientists conducted a recent study and have found that developers using AI-powered assistants produce more buggier code. A paper was...
Potential of AI Driving ChatGPT To Detect Early Signs of Alzheimers Disease
Pointers at Glance ChatGPT is a natural language processing (NLP) system capable of understanding and responding to human conversations. It is used to identify subtle changes...
The Digital Revolution: How Technology Is Transforming Our Lives
Technology has revolutionized the way we live and work in countless ways. Technology has transformed every aspect of modern life, from how we communicate and access...
Artificial Intelligence Helps, But Sometimes It Hurts Mankind
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly popular tool among developers, as it has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our lives, from healthcare and...
5 Software Quality Assurance Trends & Benefits
Software development markets demand bigger, faster, and highly accurate software. Unfortunately, these three elements in several industries represent a zero-sum game, increasing one detract from the...
Mortgage Refinance Demand Grew By 6% With The Reduction In Rates
Pointers at Glance According to the seasonally adjusted index of the Mortgage Bankers Association, the interest rates of a mortgage reduced again. Due to that, there...
Advent International Acquires Maxar For Nearly $6.4 Billion
Pointers at Glance Advent International is a private equity firm that is committed to providing $3.1 billion of equity financing in Maxar. Also, $1 billion is...
8 IT Services Industry Trends In 2023
Consultants, integrators, and MSPs are looking at a mixed assortment of prospects for 2023. The macroeconomic signals are several and varied. According to updated figures from...
Technologies Involved In Enhancing An AI-based E-learning Platform
Pointers at Glance Understanding the significance of AI in the education industry, an innovative, AI-based platform was created by researchers that could enhance remote learning. This...
Construction Planning Numbers Raise For Third Consecutive Month
Pointers at Glance Demand for hotel and data centre projects improved the commercial component of the momentum index by 4.3%. According to the report, modest growth...
Pulses Activated By Artificial Intelligence Tame Quantum Systems
Pointers at Glance Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan have said that they can use artificial intelligence to discover these...
International DJ Paul Kalkbrenner To Open Terra Solis Dubai Officially
Pointers at Glance Legendary German DJ and Tomorrowland regular Paul Kalkbrenner will present his unique style to the decks to celebrate the official opening. Tickets start...
Robust Human Intestinal Organoids Are Created In The Lab
Pointers at Glance Researchers from Japan have developed a novel approach that enables intestinal mini-organs to be grown more easily and efficiently in the lab. It...
Mortgage Demand Rises 2.2% As Interest Rates Decline Slightly
Pointers at Glance Mortgage applications to buy a home increased by 3% for the week, but they were down 41% from a year ago. Some potential...
Delta Air Lines Gets Closer To Labor Deal With Pilots
Pointers at Glance Airlines are profitable again, but negotiations have remained challenging throughout the industry. Delta, American, United, FedEx, and Southwest pilots have picketed to demand...
Environmental DNA (eDNA) Successfully Captures Marine Biodiversity
Pointers at Glance Several academic institutions, environmental consultants, and government agencies worked on highlighting the challenges involved in using eDNA. Zack Gold, the lead author of...
Butterfly Bot’ Is Yet The Fastest Swimming Soft Robot
Pointers at Glance Jie Yin, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and the corresponding author of a paper on the work,...
2024 Volvo EX90 Electric SUV Seems To Brand’s EV Future
Pointers at Glance The 2024 Volvo EX90 will be the car that cements the Swedish maker’s drive into electric vehicles for North America. This new battery-electric...
AstraZeneca Signs Up With Indegene To Scale Up Its Omnichannel Operations
Pointers at Glance Indegene is helping biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca scale up its omnichannel operations across the globe to bring in a more personalized customer experience. The...
Meta’s Protein-folding AI Reminds Us It Is Not Just A Metaverse Firm
Pointers at Glance Meta has released a new protein-folding AI that could be revolutionary for science and the development of new medicines. As the company was...
Zinc Supply Fears Ousted By Demand Headwinds
Pointers at Glance Production cuts in Europe due to the energy crisis and low inventories have sustained zinc prices over the last year. Still, headwinds emerging...
Airbus Eyes Saudi Deal For Approximately 40 A350 Jets
Pointers at Glance Industry sources said that Saudi Arabia is in advanced negotiations to order nearly 40 A350 jets from Airbus (AIR.PA) as part of a...
Archer Aviation Plans To Build 250 Air Taxis In 2025
Pointers at Glance Archer Aviation Inc said it aims to make nearly 250 battery-electric air taxis in 2025. It will scale up production in the coming...
Construction Input Prices Fall Slightly
Pointers at Glance Construction input prices fell slightly in September, though the wholesale prices businesses receive for products increased more than expected. According to an Associated...
How Black Creators Are Changing The World Of Interior Design
Pointers at Glance BADG will present BADG of HONOR on 26th October, in which the BADG honors five design community members at a block party at...
Colombia Becomes The No. 1 Travel Destination Of South America For Nomads
Pointers at Glance According to a study conducted by Destination Analyst, Colombia, the most biodiverse country per sq km in the world, has become the preferred...
