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Global shipments of wearables nearly doubled in the third quarter

Makers of wearable devices shipped 84.5 million units in the third quarter, an increase of 94.6% and a single-quarter record, IDC reported Monday. Most of that growth was attributed to increased demand for hearables such as earbuds. “Hearables have become the new go-to product for the wearables market,” Ramon T. Llamas, research director for IDC’s Wearables Team, said in a …

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Drone

A human defeated a computer-piloted drone in the Drone Racing League’s first man-vs.-machine competition. But the programmers behind the AI-powered drone, Team MAVLab from the Netherlands, can take consolation in a $1 million prize for creating the fastest self-piloting aircraft this season. The Drone Racing League mostly involves human pilots, but this year it began its first computer-piloted drone competition, …

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