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Supermarkets Grapple with Checkout-Free Stores
J Sainsbury recently opened a checkout-free shop in London's Holborn district, where Amazon and Tesco also operate checkout-free stores.
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Climate Change Data Deluge Sends Scientists Scrambling for Solutions
Scientists are racing to store, analyze, and preserve massive volumes of climate change data collected by sensor-equipped satellites, aircraft, and other instruments...
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High-Speed Cell Holography Spots Beacons of Disease
Duke University scientists have engineered a holographic system that can image and analyze tens of thousands of cells per minute to identify disease indicators....
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Discovery Opens the Way for Brain-Like Computers
Researchers successfully combined a memory function with a calculation function in the same component.
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U.S. Military Has Acted Against Ransomware Groups
The head of Cyber Command said a new cross-functional effort has been gathering intelligence to combat criminal groups targeting U.S. infrastructure.
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Island Becomes Open-Air Lab for Tech-Savvy Volcanologists
Volcanologists are using cutting-edge technologies to study a rare volcanic eruption on La Palma, one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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South Korea Trials Robots in Preschools to Prepare Children for High-Tech Future
The South Korean government has launched trials of small robots in 300 nurseries and childcare centers in Seoul as teaching aids.
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New Attacks on Web Browsers Detected
Information technology scientists detected 14 new types of Web browser-targeting cross-site leaks.
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F.T.C. Sues to Stop Blockbuster Chip Deal Between Nvidia and Arm
The proposed deal would give Nvidia control over computing technology and designs on which rival firms rely.
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Busted for Not Social Distancing by a COVID-19 Mobile Surveillance Robot
Surveillance robot could help reduce disease spread and also aid contact tracing.
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AI Has Learned to Read Time on Analog Clock
Artificial intelligence trained on computer-generated images of analog clocks captured at different angles learned to read the time.
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Shifting Colors for On-Chip Photonics
On-chip frequency shifters can convert light in the gigahertz frequency range using continuous and single-tone microwaves.
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Timber or Steel? Study Helps Builders Reduce Carbon Footprint of Truss Structures
Architects and engineers could design truss structures minimizing embodied carbon by using a new set of computational tools.
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Data in the Wild Might be Key to Better Public Health
"Social determinants of health have really come to the forefront in terms of who has been most greatly impacted."
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Those Cute Cats Online? They Help Spread Misinformation.
A mainstay of the Internet is regularly used to build audiences for people and organizations pushing false and misleading information.
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Robotaxis Roaming Around Yokohama Are Winning Over Unlikely Fans
The Nissan demonstration is the largest of its type in Japan to date.
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Facebook Reveals Broad Takedown of Global Disinformation Networks
The takedowns described in the company's monthly threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating.
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