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Goldman Sachs analysts estimated in a note to investors that Apple could lose 29 percent of its profits if China decided to ban Apple sales in the country to retaliate against the Huawei ban in the US. 17 percent of Apple’s sales come from China, so such a move would undoubtedly be debilitating. Mind you, this is a theoretical scenario and China has no to ban Apple beyond politicking as far as we’re aware – though you could say the same about the Huawei ban....

One of the most-important characteristics of a telescope is its diameter — which limits how much light it can take in at a single time. The main mirror in Xuntian will have a diameter around two meters (six-and-a-half feet) across, roughly the size of the mirror at the heart of the Hubble Space Telescope. However, the CSST will be able to see 300 times as much sky at one time as its older compatriot....

CNBC reports that the search giant is in talks with venture capital firms GGV and IDG Capital about investing in the venture. The company would sell chips to customers in various industries, including automakers, and could also support Baidu’s work on electric and autonomous vehicles. A source told CNBC that Baidu would likely be the majority shareholder of the subsidiary. [Read: How Polestar is using blockchain to increase transparency] The news comes as China pushes to strengthen its homegrown chip sector....

Qualcomm is the second chipmaker to pump money in Jio Platforms after Intel invested $253 million to pick up a 0.39% share. The US-based chipmaker is a key player in 5G development, especially when it comes to mobile phones. The investment can help both companies test 5G in India. Mukesh Ambani, Reliance’s Chairman, said Qualcomm offers insights that will help us deliver our 5G vision: In the past few months, Jio has raised a total of $15....

I’m going to drop all pretense of unbiased reporting here because Civilization VI is one of my favorite games of all time. I developed a two-year case of gamer claw (when your hand cramps into a computer mouse-shaped claw) when the original entry into Sid Meier’s 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) was released way back in 1991. And I’ve relished every title in the franchise since. The most recent, VI, released in 2016, is a gem that still stands head and shoulders above the competition in my humble opinion....

Other firms contributing to the $100 million sum included some prominent names, such as Tiger Brokers, Tiger Global Management, Arena Holdings, Tru Arrow Partners, Sky9 Capital, DCM Ventures, and Gobi Partners. The company — backed by Coinbase in Series A investment round — caters to both individual and institutional cryptocurrency investors. However, its primary focus is to engage with wealthy investors with an aim to provide a “private banking experience to the everyday customer....

In 2010, California hired the consulting firm Deloitte to overhaul the state website people use to apply for unemployment benefits. Things didn’t go well: Later that year, technical errors led to the halting of payments for some 300,000 people, according to the Los Angeles Times. And, the paper reported that, at $110 million, the final cost of the system was almost double the initial estimate. A decade later, the taxed, aging system built by Deloitte in California is struggling again, this time under the strain of new applicants put out of work by the pandemic....

We conducted a non-representative survey of 730 people on May 11 – six days into the trial – which has thrown up some findings that could help work out what would convince people to use this app. Overall, we found multiple concerns about how it operates. Amid concern that the app would gather information in a central database, respondents were less worried about that and more about who would be able to access the data and how it would be stored....

The Zizi Show invites audiences to choose a deepfake drag artiste and performance to watch. As the digital bodies move across the virtual stage, viewers can switch between the different AI identities to expose the methods used to generate them. The project is the brainchild of artist Jake Elwes, who created the virtual cabaret by training a neural network on videos of 13 drag performers. “There are drag kings, queens, biologically female drag queens, trans drag kings and queens, drag monsters,” he said....

On the one hand, VCs continue to invest billions of dollars each year to help consumer brands grow, with the hopes that they will go public or even reach unicorn status. On the other hand, we have started to see cracks in these strategies, with many brands not focusing enough on early profitability and caving to pressure from VCs to meet the valuation expectations of the market at all costs....

The controversial billionaire–cum–leader of the free world shared his disdain with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Facebook’s upcoming Libra in a string of tweets earlier today. Trump said cryptocurrencies were not money and took issue with their highly volatile value “based on thin air,” as well as their potential to facilitate criminal activity. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 12, 2019...

To some, it may seem that there is never any good news anymore. This is of course not true, but when we’re doomscrolling – spending an excessive amount of screen time devoted to reading negative news – we can become locked into thinking it is. Doomscrolling can promote feelings of anxiety and depression. For example, consider how sad and exhausted you may feel when watching a drama with tragic events and sad music in the background....

Well, she just won an award! Ellen was recognized as the leader in the transport and mobility category in the 2020 European Solar Prize awards run by Eurosolar, a non-profit organization that advocates for renewable energy. “Today’s winners demonstrate how the world can become fully renewable, a generative reality – wonderful ambassadors of the Regenerative Earth Decade Eurosolar calls for,” the president and chairman of the jury Prof. Peter Droege said....

According to a Bloomberg report, Musk claimed that the company has resolved many of the fundamental challenges associated with building a Level 5 self-driving vehicle: [Read: Ford workers want to stop making US police cars, CEO dismisses idea] This might just be Elon being Elon, but current Tesla vehicles are nowhere near being capable of driving themselves. The misleadingly named Autopilot and Full-Self Driving packages are Level 2 of automation classification; they’re just partially automated driver aids....

And after reading Hands-on Machine Learning, I must say that Geron does not disappoint, and the second edition is an excellent resource for Python machine learning. Geron has managed to cover more topics than you’ll find in most other general books on Python machine learning, including a comprehensive section on deep learning. But there are some caveats, and unless you come prepared, you won’t be able to appreciate everything Hands-on Machine Learning has to offer....

If these two estimations are anything to go by then it’s quite clear than many companies and more specifically the global recruitment market is making much less than it is possible to track. This has been attributed to the huge gap between employer demanded skills and skills that recently graduated higher education students have. An ideal solution is therefore very important. BitDegree is the perfect solution. So what is BitDegree?...

Outwardly, this may seem like a sensible move. But problems occur when policy makers see these large tech platforms as ‘the internet,’ when in fact they are nothing more than the ‘top layer’ — the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Policy ideas and initiatives that underestimate the complexity of the internet ecosystem, with all its different parts, players, and business models, are dangerous and can ultimately lead to unintended consequences....

said Matteo Renoldi, Impact Specialist at Dealroom, a Dutch data provider on startups, investment activities and overall tech ecosystems in Europe and around the globe. “Of course, there are many more elements to diversity than just gender. Ethnicity is a very important one.” This data gap has huge consequences for Europe’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, which is estimated to be worth $3tn according to a European Startups report and makes up 43% of European job growth....

“It is with a heavy heart that the Museum of Digital Art announces today its untimely closure at the end of July 2020,” a MuDA rep wrote in an announcement. “Left with high rental costs, the non-profit project is forced into a premature end.” In March, museums across Switzerland were forced to temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike most other museums in the country, MuDA didn’t rely on public funds to run, and instead operated on paid admissions and private donations....