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The logo of the Central Intelligence Agency is seen at CIA
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SoftBank’s human-like robot named Pepper’ poses for pictures in its role as a PR manager of Tottori prefecture at the prefecture speciality store in Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2015. Pepper will work at the store until July 2, as the first workplace venue for its temporary staffing service. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
New Social Robot Learns Moving in Crowded Places
San Francisco, London- A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a new programmed robot that respects social manners regulating pedestrians’ movements. The new robot will overtake on the left or right, allowing people to...Caption:
People wait in front of the Apple store in Munich, before the 2015 worldwide launch of the iPhone 6s. (AP)
Apple Tests Consumer Loyalty and Pockets with $1,000 iPhone 8
Apple is expected to unveil on Tuesday the iPhone 8 ten years after co-founder Steve Jobs released the first version. A decade later, the new phone is likely to sell for $1,000, making it the company’s most expensive yet. Crossing into a new financial frontier, this...Caption:
The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Facebook: Likely Russia-Based Operation Bought US Ads with Political Message
Social media network Facebook said on Wednesday it had found that an operation probably run from Russia spent $100,000 on thousands of US ads promoting divisive social and political messages in a two-year-period through May. Facebook said 3,000 ads and 470...Caption:
A screen image from Hello Neighbor. Credit Hello Neighbor
Using YouTube as an Accelerant for Video Games
New York- When Dynamic Pixels, a small Russian game developer, decided to make a stealth horror video game about sneaking into an ominous neighbor’s house, it turned to the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The campaign for the game — called Hello Neighbor — flopped,...Caption:
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