Tag: flow

31 JUL

Microsoft kills Word Flow keyboard for iOS, recommends SwiftKey instead

Microsoft has killed off its experimental keyboard app Word Flow, which debuted as a feature for Windows Phone and as a Microsoft Garage project for iOS in April 2016. SwiftKey is now Microsoft’s recommended, and only, keyboard for Android and iOS. Back in March, Microsoft changed its mind about what to do with its SwiftKey […]

22 JUL

German energy company wants to build flow batteries in old natural gas caverns

Enlarge (credit: EWE) A German energy company recently announced that it’s partnering with a university to build a massive flow battery in underground salt caverns that are currently used to store natural gas. The grid-tied battery, the company says, would be able to power Berlin for an hour. The technology that the project is based […]

30 JUN

Chocolate can stave off Alzheimer's: Cocoa boosts blood flow to the brain – new research

GETTY Snacking daily on dark chocolate could stave off Alzheimer’s disease Cocoa is rich in antioxidants called flavonols that boost blood flow to the brain. Older people who ate the nutrient daily performed better in mental tasks. It means regularly treating themselves could combat the devastating neurological condition, say scientists. They found chocolate increases the […]

01 JUN

Dakota Access Pipeline set to flow oil, as public commission considers violation rulings

Published time: 1 Jun, 2017 04:30 The Dakota Access Pipeline long protested by groups of Native Americans and environmentalists begins carrying oil Thursday. There may be an ebb in the oil flow, however, as the pipeline company faces scrutiny over how it cleared its construction path. Read more Three state regulators that make up the […]

20 MAY

Cascading lava flow pours from Hawaiian volcano (TIMELAPSE VIDEO)

Published time: 20 May, 2017 09:53 A stunning time-lapse video has captured an incredible glowing lava river cascading from the most active of Hawaii’s shield volcanoes, Kilauea. Filmed Thursday, the dramatic footage shows impressive amounts of molten rock flowing to the bottom of a cliff after traveling four miles along the volcano’s ridge line. READ […]

17 MAY

Google brings 45 teraflops tensor flow processors to its compute cloud

Enlarge / The 180 TFLOPS Cloud TPU card. (credit: Google) Google has developed a 45-teraflops chip for machine learning and artificial intelligence, its second generation tensor processor unit (TPU), and the company is bringing it to the cloud. The custom chips are 15-30 times faster and 30-80 times more power efficient than CPUs and GPUs […]

15 MAY

Germany and Italy want to take control of Libya-Niger border to stem flow of migrants

Published time: 14 May, 2017 23:59 Edited time: 15 May, 2017 00:01 The interior ministers of Germany and Italy have written to Brussels urging the creation of an “EU Mission” at the border between Libya and Niger “as soon as possible,” after over 40,000 people traveled through the North African country into Europe this year. […]