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Iraqis Find Escape, Success on a Virtual Battleground

The online star, known as G2G, is one of many Iraqis hooked on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds—a battle royale first-person shooter game that's reminiscent of the...

Australia Installs Record-Breaking Number of Rooftop Solar Panels

Data from the Clean Energy Regulator analyzed by CSIRO shows that in 2020, around Australia, over 362,000 rooftop solar PV installations were issued with...

Amazon, Apple and Google Unite to Certify Smart Home Devices

Tech giants Amazon, Apple, and Google have announced their support of Matter, a standard focusing on capable and secure smart devices for homes. Also...

The Brain Game: What Causes Engagement and Addiction to Video Games?

History tells us that games are an inseparable facet of humanity, and mainly for good reasons. Advocates of video games laud their pros: they...

Tesla Supercharger Network Reaches 25K-Milestone

Elon Musk-owned Tesla's Supercharger network has now reached a total of 25,000 chargers a big milestone for the fast-charging network. At the end of 2020,...

Indian Consumers Believe AI Drives Better Experiences

Indian Consumers rely very much on technology for making life easier. Technology in the initial days required a lot of user information and details...

Smartphone Breath Alcohol Testing Devices Vary Widely in Accuracy

Alcohol-impaired driving kills 29 people a day and costs $121 billion a year in the U.S. After years of progress in reducing alcohol-impaired driving fatalities, efforts...

Algorithm for Shoe-Based Blind Assistance System

A shoe that tells you where to go: The Lower Austrian company Tec-Innovation has developed an intelligent shoe for detecting obstacles. The shoe, known...

Microsoft Introduces New Tools for Hybrid Learning

In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day in the United States, Microsoft has announced the release of several learning tools designed to support both...

Online Gaming Industry Touches Rs 7,700 crore: Study

Slouched on a bean bag Saturday afternoon and tapping the smartphone screen in lazy elegance reminiscent of Laxman’s ‘very, very special’ silken drives through...

India’s Smartphone Shipments Hit 37.1 Million in Q1: Report

Smartphone shipments in India hit 37.1 million units in the first quarter of this year, registering 11 percent year-over-year growth, said a new report. According...

Gaming Industry Worth $300 bn After Pandemic Surge: Study

The value of the gaming industry has topped $300 billion following a pandemic-fueled surge, with some 2.7 billion players worldwide, a research report said...

AI is Improving Google Assistant Conversations

In order for Google Assistant to really help users with daily tasks, the tool should be able to understand the human user. This means...

AI Enabled Gaming Characters, Sony’s Latest Ace in the Hole

A recently published patent has revealed that the entertainment company Sony has managed to program artificial intelligence to help users customize their video game...

Researchers Develop Smartphone-Powered Emergency Alert System

A team of computer science researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have created and tested a new, Bluetooth-based system for disseminating emergency...

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