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Musk found not liable in Tesla tweet trial
Jurors on Friday cleared Elon Musk of liability for investors' losses in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private.... Read more
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US climate subsidies unsettle Europe's green industry plans
An empty field near Heide in a corner of Germany known more for its cabbage farming is the chosen site for a huge battery factory and potential pillar of the country's future green economy.... Read more
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Jury mulls whether Musk's 2018 Tesla tweet was fraud
Jurors on Friday began deliberating whether Elon Musk committed fraud and should pay dearly for 2018 tweets falsely claiming that he had funding in place to take Tesla private.... Read more
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Researchers: Energy-efficient construction materials work better in colder climates
Researchers from Lithuania and Cyprus claim that the energy payback period of using phase change materials, new technology in the construction industry, is the shortest in a colder climate. The optimal location for their usage is the interior on the northern side of the building. The study provides informed answers... Read more
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Major Florida hospital hit by possible ransomware attack
A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology.... Read more
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Energy-efficient neighborhood redevelopment for affordable housing
In the "smood—smart neighborhood" project, 16 companies, four research institutions and an association have been working together, with the scientific support of Fraunhofer, on the future of energy-related renovation measures over the past few years. Covering everything from digitalized planning processes and innovative district storage systems for electricity and heat... Read more
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Activision to pay $35 mn to settle charges from US securities regulator
Videogame giant Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle charges from a US securities regulator over its disclosure policies on workplace harassment complaints, regulators said Friday.... Read more
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Spain court rules against Amazon over freelance drivers
A Spanish court has ruled that over 2,000 people who used their own vehicles to deliver packages for Amazon as self-employed freelancers should have been hired by the firm as formal employees.... Read more
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Piloting drones reliably with mobile communication technology
Drones are operating increasingly in areas out of sight of the person controlling them. However, conventional remote controls have a limited range, which makes them unsuitable for these flights. On the other hand, simple mobile network-based systems have so far been unable to guarantee a reliable connection when mobile network... Read more
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Google, Apple, Amazon give investors reason to fret
Wall Street has its eyes on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances.... Read more
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Ford returns to Formula One in partnership with Red Bull
Formula One's booming popularity in the United States has lured another American brand to the series as Ford said Friday it would return to the globe-trotting series as the engine provider for Red Bull Racing.... Read more
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Industry and community must work together for a hydrogen future, say researchers
Investment in the hydrogen economy is accelerating at unprecedented rates, but a large misalignment between industry and community is holding Australia back from effective adoption.... Read more
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Abandoning wood cook stoves would be great for Africa, if families could afford it
Replacing traditional biomass-burning cookstoves across sub-Saharan Africa could save more than 463,000 lives and US $66 billion in health costs annually, according to a new analysis of the most socially optimal cooking technologies in Africa.... Read more
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Text-to-audio generation is here: One of the next big AI disruptions could be in the music industry
The past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of image and text generators is delivering impressive results. Now AI has also found applications in music, too.... Read more
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Western Australia outback proves no match for Aussie nuclear know-how
A dedicated team of radiation specialists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) are behind the successful detection and rapid retrieval of a missing radioactive source in outback Western Australia.... Read more