Samsung reports 2 percent gain in 2Q net profit
Samsung Electronics Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones are displayed at the company's showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Samsung Electronics Co. reported Thursday forecast-beating earnings results that were the best in two years as consumers snapped up its Galaxy smartphones in signs of a revival in its mobile phone business. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) syndication.ap.org SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. reported Thursday forecast-b..>> view originalMysterious streak of light across night sky is re-entry of Chinese rocket, expert says
A streak of light burst across the night sky late Wednesday, generating a frenzy and prompting questions:Was it a meteor or meteor shower? A fireball or smoldering satellite? From witness accounts, the glowing trail was spotted in Nevada, Utah and across California -- and perhaps elsewhere.A spokesman for U.S. Strategic Command said the agency would not provide details until Thursday morning. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mas..>> view originalFord and MIT project provides on-demand electric shuttles for students
Ford is working with MIT on a research project that will deploy a new fleet of on-demand electric shuttles that can ferry students from class-to-class both on campus and on city roads at MIT’s Cambridge, Mass. location. Students can hail one of three electric shuttles using an app on their smartphone, and a driver will arrive quickly to pick them up. The research projects hopes to shed light on pedestrian traffic patterns, using LiDAR and other sensors combined with data including weather info..>> view originalHere's another sign that Amazon is betting big on Alexa, its smart personal assistant
The Amazon Echo Dot.APAmazon's Echo has become a sleeper hit, setting an industry standard for how voice-controlled speakers should work. But the real crown jewel of the Echo is Alexa, the name of the talking virtual assistant that powers the gadget. Amazon has big ambitions to turn Alexa into a much broader platform used by as many developers as possible. Already, Amazon allows third-party hardware makers to integrate Alexa into their apps and devices, like Samsung has done with its refrigerat..>> view originalYahoo's upgraded Messenger App is now on desktops
Yahoo corporate offices and headquarters in Sunnyvale, California Moment Editorial/Getty Images It's been a busy week for Yahoo, following its reported acquisition by Verizon. Now, the company's upgraded messenger app has launched on Windows and Mac desktops, Yahoo announced in a blog post.First made available on mobile in December 2015, the desktop version brings over new features designed to streamline sharing ..>> view originalApple Reports Q3 2016 Earnings of $7.8B on $42.4B in Revenue
Apple today announced financial results for the third fiscal quarter (second calendar quarter) of 2016. For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $42.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $7.8 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $49.6 billion and net quarterly profit of $10.7 billion, or $1.85 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. As expected, the results represent the second consecutive year-over-year declines in quarterly revenue and iPhone sales. Gross margin f..>> view originalScientists find only one true wolf species in North America
How many species of wolves live in America? A new study suggests there is just one.The new work, published Wednesday in Science Advances, finds that the gray wolf is the one true wolf in the United States. The red wolf, which lives in the Southern U.S., and the eastern wolf, now found primarily in central Ontario, are in fact coyote and gray wolf hybrids, the authors say. “We found that the red wolves are about 75% coyote ancestry, and the eastern wolf has more gray wolf ancestry, about 75%,” s..>> view original
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