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Couchbase launches a fully managed database service

Couchbase, the popular NoSQL database, today announced the launch of Couchbase Cloud, a fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering for enterprises. Once the service is generally available la

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East China province launches online exhibitions amid epidemic

East China's Jiangxi Province has rolled out a series of online exhibitions for people to enjoy a cultural feast via the Internet while local museums and memorial hall

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Uber’s self-driving unit starts mapping Washington, D.C. ahead of testing

Uber Advanced Technologies Group will start mapping Washington, D.C., ahead of plans to begin testing its self-driving vehicles in the city this year.Initially, there will be three Uber vehicles mapp

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APD | South Korea to pour 1 trillion won in chip industry in next 10 years

By APD writer AliceOn January 19, South Korea said that it will invest 1 trillion won ($863 million) in the next 10 years to develop the next-generation semiconductor sector.Over the past five years,

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APD | South Korea to pour 1 trillion won in chip industry in next 10 years

By APD writer AliceOn January 19, South Korea said that it will invest 1 trillion won ($863 million) in the next 10 years to develop the next-generation semiconductor s

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China's Spring Festival gala to dazzle viewers with new technologies

The upcoming annual Spring Festival gala will bring television audience new viewing experiences by using 5G, virtual reality and higher-definition display technologies

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Compound’s Mike Dempsey on virtual influencers and AI characters

In films, TV shows and books — and even in video games where characters are designed to respond to user behavior — we don’t perceive characters as beings with whom we can establish two-way relat

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Chinese podcasting and audio content app Lizhi debuts on Nasdaq

Lizhi, one of China’s biggest audio content apps, is debuting on Nasdaq today under the ticker symbol LIZI. It is the first of its major competitors, Ximalaya and Dragonfly, to go public (though Ximal

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Renewable energy use by Chinese tech companies on rise

Chinese technology giants are trimming their carbon footprint by using more renewable energy.Chindata is switching over to green energy at the fastest rate and also maintaining transparency in ene

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Samsung unveils AI-powered digital avatar

Samsung's 'artificial human'./Photo from NEON twitter account. A Samsung lab on Tuesday unveiled a digital avatar it described as an AI-powered "artificial human," claiming it is able to "con

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Qualcomm's autonomous driving computer to hit roads by 2023

Qualcomm on Monday announced a computing system for autonomous vehicles designed to handle everything from lane controls to full self-driving that it aims to have on the road by 2023.The system, d

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What to expect from CES 2020?

01:01 CES, The Consumer Electronics Show will kick off this week in Las Vegas. More than 4,500 exhibiting will launch and nearly 20,000 new transformative tech products from 5G, virtua

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CES 2020 to kick off next week in Las Vegas

The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's premier tech show, will kick off on Jan. 7 in Las Vegas. More than 4,500 exhibitors will launch nearly 20,000 new transformative tech products t

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Singapore explores rules to protect investors in cryptocurrencies

Singapore’scentralbankisassessingwhetheradditionalregulationsarerequiredtoprotectinvestorsincryptocurrencies,anofficialsaidinaspeechreleasedonThursday.Thecity-s

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Facebook pulls gun game from conservative gathering

FacebookpulledavirtualrealitygungamefromamajorUSconservativepoliticalgatheringFriday,sayingthedemowasamistakegiventherecentdeadlyschoolshootinginFlorida."Weremo

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European officials: Virtual currencies are no way to pay

SeveralofEurope’stopfinanceofficialsareskepticalaboutvirtualcurrencieslikebitcoin,sayingtheyareriskyforinvestorsandinefficientasawaytopayforthings.Germany’stopm

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Virtual reality may reduce paranoia in psychotics: study

Virtualreality-basedtherapycombinedwithstandardtreatmentreducedparanoiaandanxietyinpeoplewithpsychoticdisorders,scientistsreportedFriday.Inclinicaltrialsinvolvi