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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Sharing Secrets (without Giving Them Away)
Secure multiparty computation protects privacy while sharing vital data.
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How Russian Trolls Lie Their Way to the Top of Your News Feed
Going viral used to be harmless.
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Facebook Struggles to Contain Russia Narrative
Facebook has been happy to keep congressional investigators focused on the Russian-bought online ads that helped sway voters in last year's election—despite the...
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Secure Payment Without Leaving a Trace
Researchers in Germany have developed a secure system for making online payments that that works anonymously and prevents misuse.
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AI Model Fundamentally Cracks Captchas
Researchers at the artificial intelligence company Vicarious say they have developed a computer model that can solve CAPTCHAs.
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Twitter Bans Russian Government-Owned News Sites Rt and Sputnik from Buying Ads
Twitter is banning two Russian government-affiliated news sites from advertising on its platform, the social network said Thursday.
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Inspired By Brain's Visual Cortex, New AI tterly Wrecks Captcha Security
Computer algorithms have gotten much better at recognizing patterns, like specific animals or people's faces, allowing software to automatically categorize large...
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Bloated Browser Functionality Presents nnecessary Security, Privacy Risks
Researchers have identified browser functionalities that are rarely used or needed by Websites, but which pose security and privacy risks.
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U.s. Should Invest More in Global Quantum Race, Researchers Tell Congressional Committee
Researchers told the U.S. House Science Committee that more federal funding is required to train specialists and advance real-world quantum computing applications...
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Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder to Fake
In 2005, shortly after earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, Sam Cape was looking for work online when he came across a cryptic help...
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A Block on the Old Chip
Block copolymers may help transistors shrink to tinier dimensions.
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Censoring Sensors
Amid growing outcry over controversial online videos, tech firms grapple with how best to police online advertising.
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Overcoming Disabilities
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
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Fbi Couldn't Access Nearly 7k Devices Because of Encryption
The FBI hasn't been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access in less than a year, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sunday...
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For $1,000, Anyone Can Purchase Online Ads to Track Your Location and App se
Researchers suggest it could cost only about $1,000 for someone to buy and target online ads in order to monitor the location of others, as well as their application...
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It Takes Just $1,000 to Track Someone's Location with Mobile Ads
When you consider the nagging privacy risks of online advertising, you may find comfort in the thought of a vast, abstract company like Pepsi or Nike viewing you...
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Serious Flaw in Wpa2 Protocol Lets Attackers Intercept Passwords and Much More
Researchers have discovered a severe flaw in the WPA2 protocol that enables hackers within range of a vulnerable device or access point to intercept passwords and...
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China's Xi Calls For More Technology Development
President Xi Jinping called Wednesday for the ruling Communist Party to lead development of Chinese technology industries, an area fraught with trade tensions and...
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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords
When David Stinson finished high school, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1977, the first thing he did was get a job building houses.
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