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NSA and Cyber Command chief pledges muscular defense of November election
The preparations include sharing information with the Department of Homeland Security to help harden election systems against hacking, and with the FBI to help...
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Argonne Scientists Use AI to Strengthen Power Grid Resiliency
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created a new artificial intelligence technique that can help operators understand...
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Researchers Develop Detection Method to Protect Army Networks
U.S. Army researchers have developed a novel algorithm which, they say, can protect networks by detecting suspicious activity missed by current analytical methods...
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Michigan Plans Dedicated Road Lanes for Autonomous Vehicles
The state of Michigan and private partners are planning to build or assign dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles on a 40-mile section of highway between Detroit...
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Amazon's Cloud Unit to Offer Quantum Computing From Three Tech Companies
Amazon's cloud unit announced a commercial service allowing millions of customers to tinker with early-stage quantum computing platforms from D-Wave System, IonQ...
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The Lesson We’re Learning From TikTok? It’s All About Our Data
We should minimize how much we share with all of our favorite and not-so-favorite apps.
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Why Did We Go Digital?
Princeton University's Ken Steiglitz feels an attachment to the analog.
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Challenge to Scientists: Does Your Ten-Year-Old Code Still Run?
Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative.
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Machines can Spot Mental Health Issues—If you Hand Over your Personal Data
Digital diagnosis could transform psychiatry by mining your most intimate data for clues. But is the privacy cost worth it?
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U.S. Army Robo-Teammate Can Detect, Share 3D Changes in Real Time
U.S. Army researchers have shown that robots equipped with LiDAR can detect physical changes in their environment, and share that information in real time via augmented...
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Do Cloth Masks Work? Supercomputer Fugaku Says Yes
Japan's Fugaku supercomputer, the world's fastest, was used to determine that nonwoven fabric masks block virus-laden respiratory droplets more effectively than...
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Elephants vs Trains: AI Helps Ensure They Don't Collide
Researchers have developed a "smart ear" to help prevent fatal collisions involving elephants and trains in India.
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Visa Unveils More Powerful AI Tool That Approves or Denies Card Transactions
The deep-learning application makes more accurate decisions on behalf of banks experiencing network disruptions, Visa says.
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The Conscience of Silicon Valley
Tech oracle Jaron Lanier warned us all about the evils of social media. Too few of us listened. Now, in the most chaotic of moments, his fears—and his bighearted...
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Direct Communication
Brain-to-Brain interfaces give a new meaning to putting our heads together.
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White House Plans to Boost AI, Quantum Funding by 30%
The Trump administration has proposed a 30% increase in spending in the 2021 U.S. nondefense budget for artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science...
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AI Researchers Devise Cheap Data Collection Method to Scale Training Robots
Researchers have created a low-cost method of training robots, in an effort to scale the collection of training data and enable widespread adoption.
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MIT, Boston Dynamics Team Up on Robot for Remote Covid-19 Vital Sign Measurement
A diverse group of researchers developed a robot to remotely measure vital signs in patients for Covid-19 with contactless equipment.
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Army Researchers Develop Sensors for Small Drones
Researchers have developed a novel sensor and software application to help unmanned aerial systems avoid active power lines.
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