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A 1990s Macedonian film set in 2019 foreshadows a xenophobic future

Like other sci-fi before it, it imagined the present year as a post-apocalyptic wasteland.




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Analog and Interface Treelink Products Presentation PowerPoint - Jan 15




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Microchip’s Low-Power Radiation-Tolerant (RT) PolarFire FPGA Enables High-Bandwidth Space Systems with Lower Total System Cost

Microchip’s Low-Power Radiation-Tolerant (RT) PolarFire FPGA Enables High-Bandwidth Space Systems with Lower Total System Cost




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Microchip Announces Industry’s First Space-Qualified COTS-Based Radiation-Tolerant Ethernet Transceiver and Embedded Microcontroller

Microchip Announces Industry’s First Space-Qualified COTS-Based Radiation-Tolerant Ethernet Transceiver and Embedded Microcontroller




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Nigerian atheist faces death threats for blasphemy against Islam

"Nigeria is a secular state and freedom of speech is one of the fundamental characteristics of a modern democratic state. Criticizing a religion is not a criminal offence."






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Illegal buildings in Tamil Nadu face the axe

CHENNAI: Thousands of unauthorised buildings in the state are facing demolition after the Madras high court on Monday quashed two government orders that proposed to legalise illegal structures built till July 1, 2007. The first bench comprising Chief Justice R K Agrawal and Justice M Sathyanaryanan said: “But for the lackadaisical attitude on the part of the authorities, such an alarming and mushrooming growth of unauthorized and illegal constructions would not have come into place.” The bench was delivering verdict on two PILs against October 30, 2012 government orders extending amnesty schemes for illegal buildings constructed between 1999 and July 1, 2007. “The state government and statutory authorities concerned are […]




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PIC32 Family Reference Manual, Sect. 43 Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI)

PIC32 Family Reference Manual, Sect. 43 Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI)




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Resolver Replacement Reference Design

Resolver Replacement Reference Design




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Microchip Delivers 50 Millionth MOST® Technology 50 Mbps Automotive Intelligent Network Interface Controller

Microchip Delivers 50 Millionth MOST® Technology 50 Mbps Automotive Intelligent Network Interface Controller




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Gentex Purchases Microchip’s 25 Billionth MCU, Advancing its HomeLink Interface

Gentex Purchases Microchip’s 25 Billionth MCU, Advancing its HomeLink Interface




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AN3433 - Touchpad With Built-In Surface Gesture Recognition Using Peripheral Touch Controller

AN3433 - Touchpad With Built-In Surface Gesture Recognition Using Peripheral Touch Controller




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MNCs increasingly prefer buying to leasing office space

MUMBAI/BANGALORE: Multinational companies are increasingly buying properties to set up their offices instead of leasing offices as they preferred for years, marking a strategic shift that signals the growing importance of the Indian market and the long-term commitment of the global firms. Foreign firms including GlaxoSmithKline Pharma, Sanofi Aventis, Adobe, Honeywell, SanDisk and Amazon have recently bought office space in India. MNCs accounted for 35% of total commercial asset sales in the country in the first three months of 2014, according to a report by real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. In 2012, MNCs contributed as much as 60% to the total commercial asset sales, backed by two deals […]




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Pune Municipal Corporation has no place to dump construction debris

PUNE: If the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) wants to check further degradation of water bodies, land, public spaces and green areas in the city, it has to look for immediate solutions to recycle and reuse construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Hundreds of constructions have come up across the city and with as many renovations of flats and other properties, the debris is being dumped recklessly, much to the alarm of environmentalists. City engineer Prashant Waghmare said the PMC had not identified a dumping ground. “The civic body is trying hard to locate places around the city, but no village in the fringes is ready to give land for the debris. […]




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HARMAN Opens First Experience Store in Europe creating a unique space where speed meets sound

MUNICH, Germany – HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the opening of its first Experience Store in Europe....




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HARMAN Embraces the Spirit of Community During COVID-19

Helen Keller, author, lecturer, and political activist, once said, “Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” For over sixty years, HARMAN has demonstrated our passion for working together to support the communities where we live and work...




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HARMAN, Peter Maffay, and Tabaluga bring smiles to little faces

Among HARMAN’s core beliefs is the power of music to bring people together, to enhance wellbeing, and to inspire. That is why for decades, music has been at the heart of HARMAN’s entrepreneurial initiatives, with a special focus on children and young...




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HARMAN and the 1,000 Dreams Fund Launch Third Annual New Face of Tech Scholarship Program

STAMFORD, CT – November 7, 2019 – HARMAN – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, together with the 1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF), today announced the...




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HARMAN Races from Hype to Hyperdrive at CES 2020

In January, a plethora of companies and brands were in Las Vegas to kick off the New Year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). From smart TVs and refrigerators to digital assistants, robots, and more, CES is the place to be to experience the latest...




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HARMAN Speed Races into China with Auto Shanghai 2017

With its highly strategic and importance place in the world, China is a critical market for international expansion for a wide range of global businesses including those in the automotive space. HARMAN is dedicated to expanding its footprint in the ...




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Quantum weirdness isn't real – we've just got space and time all wrong

A radical new idea erases quantum theory's weird uncertainties – by ripping up all we thought we knew about how the universe works, says physicist Lee Smolin




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What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

A bold new perspective suggests space-time isn’t a fundamental entity but emerges from quantum entanglement, says physicist Sean Carroll




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Bye bye space-time: is it time to free physics from Einstein’s legacy?

Einstein’s framework for the universe, space-time, is at odds with quantum theory. Overcoming this clash and others is vital to unravelling the true nature of the cosmos




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Google's qubit rivals: The race to useful quantum computers has begun

Google recently claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy, but many companies are still hoping their own quantum computers will soon overtake Google's




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Amazon enters quantum computing race with cloud quantum processors

Amazon has combined three types of quantum computing processors from D-Wave Systems, IonQ, and Rigetti Computing into a cloud service to test quantum algorithms




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The end of the open plan office? Workspaces get post-pandemic makeovers

One-way corridors, buffer zones around desks, and clear plastic screens to guard against colleagues' coughs and sneezes may become office standards after coronavirus stay-at-home orders are lifted,...




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Test flight shows balloon space tourism no flight of fancy

Arizona-based company World View Enterprises says it has taken a major step towards launching commercial balloon flights to the edge of space, with a successful unmanned test flight that reached an altitude of about 23 miles. The company hopes to begin taking tourists to near space in 2016 with advanced technology it says will open up a new view of the Earth. Sharon Reich reports.




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Small businesses in Houston face long road to recovery

Josh Beasley and his fiancé bought Houston's Body3 Personal Fitness on July 1, less than two months before Tropical Storm Harvey swamped the gym with a foot of water and left behind the dank stench of fetid mildew.




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The crowded race of self-driving startups

The race among start ups to win the self driving car billions is heating up and the field is crowded with 75 of them in Silicon Valley alone and more than 240 around the world.




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Wallace & Gromit's creators make new animation to try to save the seas

Olivia Colman and Helen Mirren have teamed up with the creators of Wallace & Gromit in a film called Turtle Journey to raise awareness about climate change and ocean pollution




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The mysterious microbes shifting humanity's place in the tree of life

Puzzling, slow-living microbes named after Loki, the trickster of Norse mythology, are helping solve one of evolution's biggest mysteries: the origin of complex life




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Watch this fish hop across the surface of water and climb on land

Mudskippers are known for their unusual ability to climb trees, but now they have been spotted hopping across water. They are thought to be a living example of how fish transitioned to land




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Watch tadpoles breathe by sucking in air bubbles at water's surface

Most tadpoles breathe air but they are too weak to break the elastic "skin" on top of ponds created by water tension – so they suck air bubbles from the surface




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Cretaceous insect discovered with extremely weird antennae

Amber from the Cretaceous period trapped a leaf-footed bug with extremely long and wide antennae, which may have helped disguise the insect or confuse predators




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Meet Carlo, an ancient reptile who had part of his face bitten off

A fossil of a predatory reptile from the dinosaur era is missing the front of its jaws, suggesting it was attacked by a rival that bit them off




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Dazzling damselflies and a SpaceX plume commended by photo awards

An aerial view of crabeater seals in Antarctica, mating damselflies and a twilight rocket launch were among the most lauded entries to the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award




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Your Money: Get aid or go bust? Small businesses face dilemma

Sara Pauly is not one of those small business owners scrambling to fill out paperwork for part of the more than $350 billion in government aid available through the Paycheck Protection Program or the...




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NASA’s deep-space mission to a $10 quintillion all-metal world

The unique metal asteroid Psyche may be a space miner's fantasy – but there are better reasons to want to visit it, says mission leader Lindy Elkins-Tanton




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Special report: The new megaprojects changing the face of our planet

Across the world, new roads, railways, dams and power lines are encroaching on previously virgin territory – with untold consequences for Earth’s wildlife




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Don’t miss: Earth from space, asteroid workouts and nature’s giants

Watch a new series charting our planet from above, read all about the biggest living things, fend off space rocks for fun, plus more picks for your diary




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Super-deep diamonds contain traces of a pristine chunk of early Earth

Diamonds that formed twice as deep as normal contain evidence of a pristine hunk of original Earth rock hiding deep underground




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Wallace & Gromit's creators make new animation to try to save the seas

Olivia Colman and Helen Mirren have teamed up with the creators of Wallace & Gromit in a film called Turtle Journey to raise awareness about climate change and ocean pollution




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Dazzling damselflies and a SpaceX plume commended by photo awards

An aerial view of crabeater seals in Antarctica, mating damselflies and a twilight rocket launch were among the most lauded entries to the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award




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Color Out of Space: Another Nicolas Cage film that's so bad it's good

Nicolas Cage grapples with a weird luminous alien presence in the movie Color Out of Space. It's a story that has roots in a late-19th-century obsession with new forms of radiation, says Simon Ings




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Why the human race may be less gullible than you think

Many classic psychology experiments have found humans to be pretty gullible. But book Not Born Yesterday argues that such a trait runs against the logic of natural selection




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The Good Place review: It is over, but I’m never going to say goodbye

The Good Place, a sitcom on Netflix about an afterlife with characters who represent me at my worst – and best – is over, but I can’t stop rewatching the show, says Chelsea Whyte




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Autism isn't a defect – here's why we should embrace neurodiversity

After finding out she was autistic, Siena Castellon sparked a global school movement that celebrates neurodiversity, which now includes nearly half a million students




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Twitter was once a fun place – now it is heading towards destruction

Twitter used to be full of cat memes and had a culture of sharing. Now, I pay a company to make sure my presence on the site is extremely limited, writes Annalee Newitz




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Seagulls aren't menaces – they are fascinating and complex creatures

Gulls are often misunderstood. Many people think of them as chip-stealing pests, but that's just because they haven't spent the time to get to know them, says Madeleine Goumas