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An image showing the OpenET data explorer raster view of evapotranspiration. Credit: DRI/OpenET Sustainable water management is an increasing concern in arid regions around the world, and scientists and regulators are turning to remote sensing tools like OpenET to help track and manage water resources. OpenET uses publicly available data produced by NASA and USGS Landsat and other satellite systems to calculate…

The OnePlus Open, a $1,699 foldable device was durability tested by Zack Nelson from JerryRigEverything. For context, or OnePlus’s track records in his tests, the OnePlus 11‘s back glass was shattered and the OnePlus 10 Pro was cracked in half. The OnePlus Open is subject to a million folds, a feat proclaimed by the company and demonstrated in a controlled environment. The durability testing of the OnePlus Open begins with a scrutiny of the surface or the external elements. In the scratch test, the Ceramic Guard glass…

Durability has always been a key concern when it comes to foldables, so Samsung uses a fleet of robots to ensure that everything works as expected – it did it last year and again this year for the new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Z Fold5. It starts with the open and close test, putting the phones through 200,000 cycles (as verified by Bureau Veritas). Then comes the tumble test – the new Flex Hinge design includes a dual rail structure, which helps dissipate the force of an impact. Next up, the water resistance trials – Samsung…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaking at the 2021 Concordia Annual Summit. Khosrowshahi previously said Uber had no plans for broad layoffs at Davos 2023.Image: Riccardo Savi (Getty Images)Uber is reportedly pursuing an unorthodox approach to performance reviews at the ride-share company. While Uber says it has no plans for broad layoffs, so to speak, it does have plans for upcoming performance reviews to include potential cuts to the company’s workforce.As detailed by Insider, the cuts are not layoffs, and Uber is echoing…

How to compare ML models reliablyWe often hear or read that modern Machine Learning (ML) research lacks scientific rigor. After a few years conducting research in ML and reviewing papers for conferences and journals, I now think that I have a good understanding of how to assess rigorously the effectiveness of an ML approach. This post is intended as a simple guide to help ML researchers and developers to design proper experiments and analyses to evaluate their work. Hopefully, after reading this post, you should never…

Tribune News Service New York, January 20 Google will lay off 12,000 jobs across the globe, its CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Friday, becoming the latest tech giant after Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon to retrench staff en mass amid the global economic downturn. In an email to employees, the Indian-origin CEO said: “I have some difficult news to share. We’ve decided to reduce our workforce by approximately 12,000 roles.” Pichai…

Scientists have demonstrated that Einstein's theory of general relativity is correct to a remarkable degree of accuracy, despite having been around for more than a century.  The team behind the research wanted to test a component of Einstein's theory of general relativity called the weak equivalence principle, which states that all objects, regardless of their mass or composition, should free-fall the same way in a particular gravitational field when interference from factors like air pressure is eliminated. To do so,…

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4 make their market debut today, but even though they are the fourth generation foldable phones by the company a lot of people still have concerns about their durability. To further ease those off Samsung shared a video showing some of the tests they have undergone before been deemed fit for release. The short 100-second clip reveals all the rigorous tests that the foldables go through, including multiple button pressing, folding and unfolding, and testing their water resistance.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ages 14 through 24 are marked by critical transitions as youth begin to make decisions about the future. Early employment is one type of formative experience that can have significant benefits for youths' trajectory into adulthood: In their first one or two jobs, youth can start to develop connections to employers, a work history, and soft skills that can be used in multiple areas of their…