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Siri, Alexa Targeted as E.U. Probes Internet of Things
The European Commission is mounting an antitrust investigation into the Internet of Things, targeting voice assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. ...
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Google Announces 100,000 Scholarships for Online Certificates in Data Analytics, Project Management, UX
Google has launched new online certificate programs in data analytics, project management, and user experience design, through the online learning platform Coursera...
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Machine Learning Helps Robot Swarms Coordinate
A new machine learning technique can govern the coordinated movement of flying robot swarms in order to avoid collisions.
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U.K. Government Test-and-Trace Program Illegal under GDPR
The government skipped essential data privacy impact assessments in its rush to get the system up and running.
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Google, Amazon, J&J Join WHO to Fight Covid-Era Smoking
Google, Amazon, and Johnson & Johnson have joined the World Health Organization effort to combat the global Covid-19 pandemic's threat to smokers, partly with artificial...
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A Hacker Used Twitter's Own 'Admin' Tool to Spread Cryptocurrency Scam
A hacker this week accessed an "admin" tool on Twitter to commandeer prominent Twitter accounts to spread a cryptocurrency scam, according to a person with direct...
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This Device Keeps Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
An international team of researchers has developed a Raspberry Pi-based device that eventually may be able to warn users when Amazon's Alexa and other voice assistants...
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A Life-Saving Jog to the Memory
An artificial intelligence-based sensor system can prevent children from being forgotten in locked cars.
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How 'Sustainable' Web Design Can Help Fight Climate Change
To cut the carbon, programmers are cutting the code. Call it green programming.
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A Brazen Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam
In a major show of force, hackers breached some of the site's most prominent accounts, a Who's Who of Americans in politics, entertainment and tech.
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Bill Gates-Backed Company to Hunt for Cobalt Near Glencore Mine
Kobold Metals, a startup backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and others, aims to search for cobalt near a nickel mine in northern Quebec using data analytics.
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Supercomputer Finds Existing Osteoporosis Drug with Potential for Treating Covid-19
A European Union-supported supercomputing platform has identified a generic osteoporosis drug's potential effectiveness against Covid-19.
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Tech to Contain Coronavirus on College Campuses Sparks Fresh Privacy Concerns
U.S. colleges are racing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with technology including contact-tracing applications and facial recognition, prompting concerns about...
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Coping with Burnout in IT
Supporting staffers working from home adds another layer to the stress many IT professionals already were feeling.
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Tech Sector Job Interviews Assess Anxiety, Not Skills
Researchers have found that technical interviews for many software engineering positions do not focus on whether the candidate is competent at coding, but whether...
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AI Seeks ET: Machine Learning Powers Hunt for Life in the Solar System
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is testing a pilot artificial intelligence system for use on a future Mars mission.
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Scaling Up the Quantum Chip
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed a process for manufacturing and integrating artificial atoms with photonic circuitry.
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No Masks, No Coughs: Robots Can Be Just What the Doctor Ordered in Time of Social Distancing
In Japan, a country with a long fascination with robots, automated assistants have become bartenders, security guards, deliverymen, and more, since the onset of...
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UNESCO Launches Worldwide Online Public Consultation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
UNESCO is inviting interested stakeholders to comment on the draft text before July 31.
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