A study of almost a million tweets sent by over 10,000 Twitter users has revealed intriguing differences between the language used by liberals and conservatives. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied tweets sent between 15 and 30 June 2014 by people who followed either the US Republican or Democrat party official Twitter accounts. They found that liberals are more likely to use swear words, but are also more
Apes can recognise bits of movies and anticipate them, according to Japanese researchers who filmed themselves wearing King Kong costumes and carrying out attacks on people to prove it. Fumihiro Kano and Satoshi Hirata recorded a pair of short movies. In the first, a character in an ape costume terrorises humans. In the second, a human uses a tool to attack someone in an ape costume. Here’s the first movie,
Ever wanted to recreate the experiments that early 20th century scientists used to uncover the weirdness of quantum physics? Well now you can, from the comfort of your armchair, in a virtual quantum laboratory developed by the University of Vienna. Physicists there have created two complete, photorealistic computer simulations of laboratories. The goal is to allow university and school students, as well as the general public, to virtually access instruments
By Paul Carsten and John Ruwitch BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A year since it went public in the biggest stock listing ever, China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has spent more than $6 billion on everything from an electronics store chain to a robot maker. From dominance of a surging China, it must cope with saturation in a slowing economy where shoppers are beginning to tighten their belts. At the same time,
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court handed Apple a major victory Thursday in its ongoing smartphone fight against its biggest rival when it said the iPhone maker should have been awarded an injunction against certain features on Samsung’s devices that violate its patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. said the lower court abused its discretion when it denied
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it won’t release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer to fix than expected. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16.
Accenture has enhanced its cloud services arm by purchasing Cloud Sherpas. The deal, for which financial terms have not been disclosed, allows the global consultancy to add Cloud Sherpas’ expertise in assisting companies in the sometimes complicated task of incorporating cloud services into their business. The main brunt of the deal involves bringing Cloud Sherpas staff and their expertise into the Accenture Cloud First Applications team, which will involve some
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it will not release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer than expected to fix and that an error-free version would be released “shortly”. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16. (Reporting by Arathy S Nair
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hundreds of taxis from across Europe jammed central Brussels on Wednesday in protest against the driver-hailing app Uber, closing tunnels and disrupting commuters’ journeys. Taxis drove slowly through the Belgian capital towards Schuman roundabout, which houses the European Union institutions, stopping at major intersections on the way and blocking two main routes. Transport union FGTB-UBT said about 1,200 taxis, hailing from France, Britain, Switzerland,
Apple Inc. faces significant challenges selling its larger and more powerful iPad Pro to businesses because companies are reluctant to switch software vendors and use an expensive device that lacks specialized business apps, analysts said. The enterprise market, which is how Apple refers to its business customers, represents 10 percent of its $183 billion annual revenue, he said. Apple has at least one client so far: General Electric has given
