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Drivers may need behavioural training to cope with autonomous vehiclesResearchers from the University’s Human Factors Research Group studied two groups of experienced drivers in a high-fidelity driving simulator to observe their behaviour while ‘driving’ a car with level 3 automation. The study found that drivers who received behavioural training were more measured in their behaviour […]

Fake news detectors tricked with malicious user contentFake news detectors, which have been deployed by social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to add warnings to misleading posts, have traditionally flagged online articles as false based on the story’s headline or content. However, recent approaches have considered other signals, such as network features and user engagements, in addition to the story’s content […]

View from India: Manufacturing for both local and global marketsThe pandemic has nudged us from the familiar world of the physical to that of the not-so-familiar world of the virtual. The pandemic has also brought along a host of opportunities waiting to be tapped. For instance, the thrust for domestic products has never been as […]

US finally exits Paris Agreement but election result will determine for how longAlthough paperwork was originally filed by the Trump administration a year ago, the lengthy process to exit from the agreement has only been formally concluded today (Wednesday 4 November). The move still leaves some 189 countries that remain committed to the 2015 Paris […]

VW to revamp Greek island transport system with electric vehiclesThe project, which will initially run for six years, has been created with the intention to build a “model island” for climate-neutral mobility. Energy will be primarily generated from local green power sources, such as solar and wind, and residents will have access to an all-electric […]

PUBG Mobile plots return to India following banPUBG Mobile, the sleeper hit title that was banned in India two months ago over cybersecurity concerns, is plotting to make a return in the world’s second largest internet market, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The South Korean firm has engaged with global cloud service […]

China’s cash-burning video sector: how Kuaishou lost $1B in 6 monthsRumors have been floating for months that ByteDance is going public with TikTok and Douyin separately. Just last night, Bloomberg reported that ByteDance is seeking a pre-IPO round of $2 billion at a staggering valuation of $180 billion. Before any of that materializes, ByteDance Chinese […]