Mark B., Tech Times 19 May 2021, 11:05 am Samsung Display flaunts its generation of OLED in the world’s largest display exhibition, SID Display Week, catching the attention of tech aficionados. The international leader in display tech opened its own virtual exhibition at the 2021 SID Display week. Samsung Display CEO JS Choi delivered the keynote address while Director SC Kim made his acceptance speech as he receives the Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize for his contributions toward efficient mass production of high-resolution OLED devices. (Photo : Samsung) ALSO READ: Samsung is set to Unveil S-Foldable, the Multi-Foldable Smartphone, Rollable Smartphone, and…
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In late February, a small company called Euphoria became the day’s main character in trans Twitter circles. The company tweeted an article about their suite of apps — Clarity, Solace, and Bliss — which were designed to be companions for trans people at different points in their transition. Euphoria was announcing a new round of funding from Chelsea Clinton, the Gaingels venture investment syndicate, and other investors, expressing gratitude “for the trust and confidence they’ve placed in us to continue to build more trans tech.” The company had received very little engagement on Twitter until then. But that tweet in…
Most people in the United States don’t want their digital data used to control the spread of COVID-19, a new study found. More than half of the people in the study remained wary of sharing their data in different scenarios, including a smart thermometer company sharing information with public health officials, or using the Google and Apple exposure notification app to track infections. “I was surprised a bit about the degree of skepticism when the potential benefits are so high,” says study author David Grande, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Grande and…
The New York state attorney general’s office has announced it is now investigating the Trump Organization also in a “criminal capacity”, broadening its civil probe in a significant escalation of legal risk for former president Donald Trump, a one-time New Yorker who now lives in Florida.Attorney general Letitia James’s office will join an ongoing criminal probe into the Trump administration being conducted separately by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance.Trump is also facing a criminal investigation in Georgia state for allegedly trying to overturn the outcome of the election in 2020.Trump and his wife Melania Trump now live in their Mar-a-Lago…
Joe Biden asked Netanyahu to move “toward the path to a cease-fire,” according to a White House description of their conversation. AFP | PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2021 07:44 PM IST President Joe Biden stepped up the pressure on Israel to end 10 days of violent skirmishes with Palestinians, making clear in a call Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expected “significant de-escalation” by day’s end.Biden asked Netanyahu to move “toward the path to a cease-fire,” according to a White House description of their conversation.There is pressure, too, on Biden to do more, with more than 200 people…
Like thousands of others in Gaza, Umm Jihad Ghabayin fled home with her children from Israeli bombardment without taking any essentials — let alone a facemask against the raging Covid-19 pandemic.In response to rocket fire from Gaza, Israeli strikes have pounded the crowded Palestinian enclave since May 10, killing at least 219 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry.As entire tower blocks tumble, reduced to smoking rubble by bombs, the immediate danger of devastating air strikes has replaced for Gazans the less obvious — but still deadly — risk of Covid-19.”Of course I’m afraid of catching coronavirus, but it will be…
Who would have thought that unused WiFi signals can be harvested and converted into energy to power small electronic devices? This is what a research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Japan’s Tohoku University (TU) discovered. (Photo : Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Deutsche Telekom)A general view as volunteers gathered at UCL to mark the launch of a brand new mobile phone game, Sea Hero Quest and become a part of scientific history on May 3, 2016 in London, England. Through this event, 350 people collectively playing the game for 10 minutes generated the equivalent of…
Some researchers claimed that their new dyes could identify if an EV’s electric motor is no longer usable. If this is true, then their latest invention could help consumers save their money by preventing useless or unnecessary motor replacements in the future. (Photo : Photo by Bryan Mitchell/Getty Images)The Tesla Model S electric vehicle seen plugged in on the show floor during the press preview for the world automotive press at North American International Auto Show in Cobo Center January 12, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. The 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) opens to the public January 16th. Also…
Google Chrome is the most popular web browser across different countries. However, security experts claimed that the search engine giant still tracks your search history, even if you delete it on your end. (Photo : Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)In this photo illustration, A thumbprint is displayed on a mobile phone while the Google logo is displayed on a computer monitor on August 09, 2017 in London, England. Founded in 1995 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google now makes hundreds of products used by billions of people across the globe, from YouTube and Android to Smartbox and Google Search.…
When it was announced that AMD will be making a B2 stepping for their current Ryzen 5000 series chips, there might have been a bit of excitement. But AMD themselves basically just said “hold your horses.” VideoCardz reports that the previously reported B2 stepping for AMD’s Vermeer CPUs will not offer any tangible performance improvement over the base chips. This was after an insider by the name Patrick Schur tweeted about the B2 stepping on May 18th: B2 Stepping for Vermeer?! 😮100-000000059-60_50/34_Y3.4 GHz (up to 5 GHz)Stepping: B2Cores: 16100-000000065-06_46/37_Y3.7 GHz (up to 4.6 GHz)Stepping: B2Cores: 6— Patrick Schur (@patrickschur_) May 17,…