New bill seeks to ban Huawei from any US government contracts

The bill references a 2011 report from the United States China Commission alleging Chinese governmental influence upon Huawei and other companies, a 2013 statement by General Michael Hayden of the… See the rest here: New bill seeks to ban Huawei from any US government contracts

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Bathrooms are getting smarter, for better or worse

The futuristic bathroom I just described isn’t that far away from becoming reality. In fact, at CES 2018, Kohler unveiled a new addition to its toilets and shower devices that let you ask Amazon’s… Excerpt from: Bathrooms are getting smarter, for better or worse

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Europe enters race to build world-class supercomputers

To give you an idea of how far behind, China has the world’s fastest supercomputer, the Sunway TaihuLight, with 93 petaflops (93 million billion floating point operations per second) of computing… See the original post here: Europe enters race to build world-class supercomputers

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Google bought a UK startup that turns screens into speakers

According to filings, Google took control of the startup back in August and then subsequently shut down the company’s website. Previous demonstrations show Redux playing back music via a tablet… See the original post here: Google bought a UK startup that turns screens into speakers

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Ingestible gut sensors reveal potential new immune system

The capsule is the size of a vitamin pill and works by detecting and measuring gut gas in real time, then sending data to a mobile phone. Trials have uncovered bodily mechanisms never seen before,… See the article here: Ingestible gut sensors reveal potential new immune system

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