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China becomes growth champion at European Patent Office

Patent applications originating from China at the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 29.2 percent in 2019, the highest growth rate among the ten leading patent filing countries, to 12,247 applicati

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Google Cloud launches new tools for deploying ML pipelines

Google Cloud today announced the beta launch of Cloud AI Platform Pipelines, a new enterprise-grade service that is meant to give developers a single tool to deploy their machine learning pipelines,

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Unity acquires Dublin-based deep learning startup Artomatix

Unity has acquired AI game developer tools startup Artomatix.The Dublin startup builds developer tools that allowed game studios to more easily create deep learning-enhanced textures that scale more c

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Extra Crunch members get design tool Canva Pro free for 90 days

Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new community perk from design and publishing platform Canva. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 90 days of their Pro plan fo

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Chinese researchers release first pathology report for COVID-19

The first pathology report of a dead patient with novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) was published on the Journal of Forensic Medicine on Friday.The report indicates that this patient's lungs

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Extra Crunch Anniversary: 9 lessons from building a media subscription product

Last year we embarked on a mission to democratize information for startups, and today we are celebrating the one-year anniversary of our membership program, Extra Crunch. Since launching Extra Crunch,

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Helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and 8 others had special approval

The helicopter carrying American basketball great Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other passengers, had special approval to fly in foggy weather.Visibility was poor enough

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U.S. limits visas in effort to restrict birth tourism

New visa rules aimed at women who come to the U.S. for "birth tourism" go into effect on Friday.By imposing restrictions on tourist visas for pregnant women traveling to the U.S., the Trump admini

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Live film '2020 Spring Festival Gala' to hit big screens

Live film 2020 Spring Festival Gala, the first of its kind, will be displayed on several new media outlets and big screens, a press conference was told in Beijing on Thursday.The launch of the 4K live

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China Media Group to air well-chosen TV plays, documentaries during Spring Festival holiday

China Media Group (CMG), one of the major media outlets in the country, said Friday it will entertain audiences with a score of well-chosen TV plays and documentaries during the Spring Festival holid

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China, Italy to celebrate year of culture, tourism

The China-Italy year of culture and tourism is scheduled to kick off on Jan. 21 in Rome, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said Wednesday. Over 100 events will be held during the one-year activ

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Chinese court rules BBC infringed in trademark lawsuit

A Chinese court has ruled in favor of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a trademark infringement lawsuit that a Beijing firm made unauthorized use of the "BBC" logo. The Haidian district peo

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Chinese scientists reveal how brain decodes visual information

Chineseneuroscientistshavegainedadeeperunderstandingonhowpeoplesimultaneouslyrecognizethefaceofachild,whileatthesametimevisuallyresolvingindividualeyelashhairs.

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Google Glass may create blind spots

U.S. researchers who tested Google Glass said Tuesday the head-mounted display systems may create a partial peripheral vision obstruction, causing blind spots that may affect safety while doing routine tasks such as driving.