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BTS unveils track list for `Proof,` to skip Billboard Music awards

K-pop stars BTS, have announced their new album ‘Proof’ consists of three CDs that contain brand new tracks, members selections, demo versions, unreleased tracks and more. The first CD acts as a chronicle of BTS. CD1 starts with a remastered version of ‘Born Singer’ which was unofficially released in July 2013. Based on a song by American rapper J. Cole, ‘Born Singer’ unfolds BTS’s candid emotions they felt after one month of their debut. The CD consists of 19 tracks total,…

Arrival updates following Q1 report: Bus and Van on track for production in 2022

Following a call overseas today, commercial EV startup Arrival shared its Q1 financial report and offered updates to investors outlining its progress in bringing its electric Bus and Van into full-fledged production in the UK and US. Arrival is a growing EV startup focused on urban-centric mobility without the nasty emissions. Since being founded in 2015, the company has introduced an all-electric passenger Bus, a delivery Van, and a rideshare specific car designed alongside Uber. Current headquarters in both…

Researchers Track COVID-19 Infection Dynamics in the Saliva and Nasal Cavities

Light micrograph (LM) of the nasal cavity of a healthy (uninfected) person.A research team led by scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) tracked the rise and fall of <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>SARS-CoV-2</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19).…

Elon Musk and free speech: Track record not encouraging

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person on paper, is buying Twitter, the social media platform he has relied on for years to promote his interests and shape his public image."Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," said Mr. Musk in a statement when the…

How to track your menstrual cycles on a smartwatch

Although modern smartwatches and fitness trackers have been around for almost a decade, period tracking didn’t arrive until 2018. These integrations shared familiar features with your standard period-tracking app — but a big difference was that instead of having to pull out your phone, you could view or input data from your wrist. And, because these features were part of a wearable platform, users could see how their health trends correlated to their menstrual cycles in one place. Tracking your menstrual cycles…

Watch a swarm of drones autonomously track a human through a dense forest

Scientists from China’s Zhejiang University have unveiled a drone swarm capable of navigating through a dense bamboo forest without human guidance. The group of 10 palm-sized drones communicate with one another to stay in formation, sharing data collected by on-board depth-sensing cameras to map their surroundings. This method means that if the path in front of one drone is blocked, it can use information collected by its neighbors to plot a new route. The researchers note that this technique can also be used by the…

AMD: On Track to Improve Accelerated Datacenter Efficiency by 30x by 2025

The amount of data generated by people and machines has increased exponentially and this requires a steady increase of datacenter compute performance. To meet the requirements of next-generation datacenters, AMD last year set itself a goal to increase efficiency of its accelerated datacenter platforms used for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads by 30 times by 2025 when compared to its 2020 platforms.  This week the company shared its progress, and it appears that AMD is advancing…

Uttar Pradesh on Fast Track of Progress With Several Expressways

Once considered as a BIMARU (sick) state, Uttar Pradesh is on a fast lane to development. In the 80s BIMARU was popularly used to abbreviate Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for the lack of basis infrastructure. Today the state has gained the name as ‘Expressway State.’In January, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari announced building seven greenfield expressways in Uttar Pradesh while inaugurating and laying foundation stones of 364-km-long seven national highways and other…

German-Funded Consortium to Develop Battery Passport to Track Carbon Footprint

A German-funded consortium of carmakers and battery producers, including BMW, Umicore and BASF, is to develop a “battery passport" that traces the content and carbon footprint of batteries in Europe, Germany’s economy ministry said on Monday.The consortium of 11 partners has received 8.2 million euros ($8.78 million) of government funding to develop a common classification and standards for gathering and disclosing data on the batteries, which could soon become mandatory under European Union regulations.A European…