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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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Voting-Roll Vulnerability
It is relatively easy for hackers to buy enough personal information to potentially rig online voter registration information in as many as 35 states and Washington...
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Operational Limits Played Key Role in Tesla Crash on Autopilot: Ntsb
The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday "operational limitations" in the Tesla Model S played a "major role" in a May...
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Will Quantum Computers Surpass Encryption?
The fundamentally different paradigm of quantum computation will require fundamentally different security.
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When Strangers Can Control Our Lights
Researchers have discovered security problems in smart lighting systems developed by GE, IKEA, Phillips, and Osram.
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New Software Can Detect When People Text and Drive
New algorithms can accurately determine when drivers are texting or engaged in other distracting activities.
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For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
For many Russian students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin.
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The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election
Sometimes an international offensive begins with a few shots that draw little notice.
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Choose Better Passwords With the Help of Science
A team of researchers has been conducting experiments into improving password security.
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Siri and Alexa Can Be Turned Against You By ltrasound Whispers
Researchers have developed a method to hijack intelligent voice assistant using sounds above the range of human hearing.
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How to Make Robots That We Can Trust
The design of trustworthy autonomous systems must entail consideration of the ability to explain decisions and recourse options when things go awry.
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How Apple Finally Made Siri Sound More Human
The first time Alex Acero saw Her, he watched it like a normal person.
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Artificial Intelligence Cyberattacks Are Coming--but What Does That Mean?
Artificial intelligence could play a key role in the next major cyberattack.
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The Smartphone's Future: It's All About the Camera
We all know the drill. For the last decade, smartphones have gotten thinner and faster and thinner and faster and, well, you get the picture.
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Eu Drafting Rules to Protect Technology From Foreign Takeovers
Law might follow German rules that let Berlin veto takeover.
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White House Floats Vision For It Modernization
The report sets as high-level goals a vision for the future of federal IT, and a plan to jumpstart government transition to that vision.
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Your Broadband Provider Can se Your Smart Devices to Spy on You
Internet service providers can access the data on Internet-connected devices people use in their homes, even when those devices are set up to protect users' privacy...
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With a Simple Dna Test, family Histories Are Rewritten
Bob Hutchinson's mother told him and his siblings almost nothing about her family, no matter how often they asked. "She was good at brushing people off," said Mr...
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Niac Cybersecurity Report Regarding Critical Infrastructure Issued
The draft report warns the U.S. is falling short on its ability to defend critical systems against aggressive cyberattacks.
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Big Brother Is Watching You
Not only that, facial recognition technologies inform him of who you are and what you did.
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