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Unlike the myriad of folding phones we’ve seen so far, this TCL concept actually has an extendable screen. CNET‘s Jessica Delacourt guesses that the phone has one continuous flexible display and that the panel essentially unwraps when you pull out the screen using the phone’s sliding mechanism. [Read: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip’s ultra-thin folding ‘glass’ scratches like plastic] This could have the theoretical benefit of eliminating the creases that plague all current folding phones; the screen never has to endure a sharp fold....

“We’ll always be anchored in the physical — just to be clear — but digital needs to come in and augment that physical build process,” Bhardwaj clarifies. “Our business has scaled a lot in the last two years; we need to make sure that our platforms and our systems also scale.” The Lego Group’s earnings for 2021 saw revenue grow 27% year-on-year (to $8 billion), while consumer sales grew 22%....

Micromobility firm Lime has partnered with mapping provider what3words to help members of the public report mis-parked e-bikes and scooters more easily. The mapping company’s technology divides the earth’s surface into 57 trillion three-meter squares. A unique three-word address is assigned to each square, intended to identify exact locations that are not captured by conventional address systems, like large parks. As the number of dockless e-bikes and scooters continues to expand in cities, the technology will be utilized by Lime to identify the exact location of mis-parked or abandoned devices....

Whether you want to work in a server room or help guide a cloud-based computer network, there are some crucial benchmarks that can help you get noticed in your job search. For hiring managers tasked with filling those key roles, certifications from top-notch oversight bodies carry a lot of weight. If you know IT, then you already know the names. CompTIA. Cisco. Microsoft. Google. The approval of those heavyweights over a student’s training becomes a critical shorthand that that candidate is ready to step into a high stakes, high pressure environment....

For gasoline or diesel powered vehicles, fuel has never been as cheap as it was back then. However, thanks to a new specialist energy tariff, electric car drivers in the UK can charge their EVs and drive them for the equivalent of about 1.3 pence per mile, Motoring Research reports. EDF’s EV-specific tariff, called GoElectric 35, costs users just 4.5p per kWh off-peak. This means that charging the average long-range EV from 0 to 100% overnight at home would cost about £4 (about $6)....

Another day, another amazing development in the field of machine learning. Like, did you know computers can actually smell now? It’s true. This month, Google Brain team researchers explained how they’ve created AI machine learning algorithms which can evaluate a molecule’s structure, then accurately identify its particular odor. While the tech is still in a rudimentary stage, it’s a development that could have huge implications in the fields of chemistry, neuro-science and nutrition....

Facebook and Clearview AI have dealt with lawsuits and settlements for building databases of billions of face templates without people’s consent. In the United Kingdom, police face scrutiny for their use of real-time face recognition in public spaces. The Chinese government tracks its minority Uyghur population through face-scanning technologies. And yet, to grasp the scope and consequences of these systems we must also pay attention to the casual practices of everyday users who apply face scans and analysis in routine ways that contribute to the erosion of privacy and increase social discrimination and racism....

The survey asked 10,500 individuals who are residents of 15 cities over eight countries whether they were in favor of the ban. Cities included Paris, Budapest, and London. Of course, a ban of this nature is already set to come into force in the UK. Residents of Rome were most in favor, with 77% voting for a ban. An average of 29% were against the idea, and 8% said they didn’t know how they felt....

Deep space missions to Mars will be much more physically and mentally demanding than the journeys we’ve made so far during 60 years of human space exploration. A flight to Mars and back will last approximately 14 months, while the actual exploration mission will last at least three years. Sustained high levels of cognitive performance and effective teamwork are prerequisites for the safe and successful outcome of these missions. But a new study, published in Frontiers of Physiology, has discovered that the lack of gravity on such missions could have a negative impact on astronauts’ cognitive skills and emotional understanding....

Mercedes-Benz, one of the world’s oldest and most-respected premium automakers, is taking a big step into the future by partnering with super chipmaker Nvidia to create a new generation of software-defined cars. The plan is to embed a high-powered processor to power the software of all Mercedes, starting in 2024, allowing original software to be updated and new software to be downloaded, creating what potentially could be a 20-year-old car with state-of-the-art technology inside....

Konami teased the release by tweeting a closed box emoji and a link to GOG. A mere 15 minutes later, GOG tweeted the news. Up to now, the rumor seemed to be that these games would be getting some kind of a PC release, but we didn’t know exactly when — but now we do. KONAMI Collector’s Series: Castlevania & Contra, with 5 games, is a real treat for retro gamers!...

Of the 44.7 million metric tonnes of electronic waste (often shortened to “e-waste”) produced around the world in 2017, 90% was sent to landfill, incinerated, or illegally traded. Europe and the US accounted for almost half of this – the EU is predicted to produce 12 million tonnes in 2020 alone. If nothing is done to combat the problem, the world is expected to produce more than 120 million tonnes annually by 2050....

According to a report by the Financial Times, the Seattle-based tech company wants to buy TikTok’s global business operations. Sources familiar with the matter told FT that a “deal is in works” for Microsoft to buy TikTok India. However, if it falls through, Bytedance might look for foreign or Indian investors. The Chinese tech giant would also look to license its technology and share revenue with new investors. Last month, India banned TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps after a skirmish at the border between the two nations....

Now, researchers at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), MIT, have developed a new system called TextFooler that can trick AI models that use natural language processing (NLP) — like the ones used by Siri and Alexa. This is important to catch spam or respond to offensive language. TextFooler is a type of adversarial system that is often designed to attack these NLP models to understand their flaws. To do that, it alters an input sentence by changing some words without changing its meaning or screwing up grammar....

Modern image editing tools make it incredibly easy to modify an image of a person, sometimes to make them seem more attractive, others to ridicule them. For better or worse, Adobe has been a major player in this era questionably real images. About Face seeks to remedy that. Simply plug an image into the tool, and About Face is able to estimate the chances the image was manipulated. The tool doesn’t look at the image as a whole like a face detection algorithm, but rather at the individual pixels....

Facebook plans to relinquish control of its upcoming cryptocurrency GlobalCoin to external companies, The Information reports. It will officially unveil its digital currency later this month. The social media giant has been courting financial institutions and other tech companies to form an independent foundation to govern the digital asset. Before you think this is going to create some kind of democratic representation of the people, think again. There’s no mention if Facebook/GlobalCoin users will be represented in the foundation....

Indeed, excessive forgetting is a major problem, but “normal” forgetting is actually necessary. After all, it is more crucial to remember what is important right now than to remember everything. There’s no point in remembering the phone number of the house you lived in 10 years ago – that may in fact block your memory for your current phone number. But exactly how the brain forgets unnecessary memories has long been unclear....

— Ninja (@Ninja) September 10, 2020 Blevins broke with Twitch last August, complaining of poor treatment by Twitch staff, and joined the competition… or at least, the closest thing the monolith that is Twitch had at the time: Microsoft’s Mixer. He wasn’t the only one either, as several other streamers left Twitch for other platforms. Shroud also joined Mixer, for example, while several other streamers joined either YouTube or Facebook....

The company announced today its plan to build a huge battery plant in Sunderland that is said to produce 10,000 vehicles per year, including a new-generation electric crossover. Who and how Nissan has partnered up with the Chinese battery tech company Envision AESC and Sunderland City Council on the project. The plant itself will be built by Envision, which will invest $621 million to manufacture what will be the UK’s first gigafactory....

The deal will see Nvidia further develop its AI computing platform to reach more devices and applications, while also radically reshaping the global semiconductor industry. Jenson Huang, the company’s CEO, noted: [Read: Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked] …For Arm’s ecosystem, the combination will turbocharge Arm’s R&D capacity and expand its IP portfolio with NVIDIA’s world-leading GPU and AI technology. Arm, which designs processors for a wide range of consumer products including phones and laptops, will retain its headquarters in Cambridge, but also add on an AI-focused R&D center there....