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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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Every time you use your voice to generate a message on a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone or activate a Google Home device, you’re using tools Chanwoo Kim helped develop. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif., Kim saw a role for his expertise in the endeavor—he has a Ph.D.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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The researchers used Landsat imagery to map annual changes in urban extent at a 30 m resolution for the period 1985 to 2015 on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. —Liu et al. Finally, they assessed the accuracy of all derived products over the past three decades.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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”—Henn Tan, as told to the Straits Times Many of these electronics products, including the chips in them, were produced in Asia, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand—and Singapore—under the OEM system. His son, Wayne Tan, continues as Trek’s deputy chairman. Meanwhile, the thumb drive lives on.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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Timing: PVB production is in South Korea with the North America on-sale date to be announced. Polestar and Google All Polestar vehicles have Google Built-In , but now the technology will have enhanced features. The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi.

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