According to a report from Jefferies analysts, Huawei has overtaken Apple’s iPhone as the smartphone market share leader in China. The analysts said smartphone sales in China have showed positive growth year over year, driven primarily by high double-digit growth in Android sales led by Huawei, Xiaomi and Honor devices. Read more…
A study conducted by Duke University researchers suggests that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, may be a potential cause of the mysterious kidney disease CKDu that has affected rural communities in Sri Lanka and similar regions around the world. The findings have been published in Environmental Science and Technology Read more…
Baidu’s founder Robin Li declared his company’s large language model has finally caught up with OpenAI’s advanced GPT-4, claiming the lead in his country’s race to develop AI that can rival the US. The billionaire took the stage in Beijing Tuesday to run Ernie 4.0 through a Q&A designed to Read more…
The U.S. government is one of the world’s biggest holders of bitcoin, but unlike other crypto whales, it doesn’t care if the digital currency goes up or down in value. From a report: That is because Uncle Sam’s stash of some 200,000 bitcoin was seized from cybercriminals and darknet markets. Read more…
A new book by Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton”feels like an existential crisis,” writes Fast Company, “as he questions his own legacy — and wonders whether policies prescribed by economists over the years have unintentionally contributed to inequality” in America. Angus Deaton: People who have a four-year college degree are Read more…
This week Bloomberg explored so-called “zombie viruses” — that is, long-dormant microbes which they call “yet another risk that climate change poses to public health” as ground that’s been frozen for “milleniums” suddenly starts thawing — for example, in the Arctic, which they write is warming “faster than any other Read more…
“Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric,” reports Dezeen magazine, “winning the country’s national James Dyson Award in the process.” Titled REVR (Rapid Electric Vehicle Retrofits), the kit is meant to provide a cheaper, easier alternative to Read more…