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Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm
In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man's arrest for a crime he did not commit.
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President Trump Just Suspended the Tech Industry's Favorite Visa
The administration said the move will give U.S. workers access to an additional 525,000 jobs. But sectors with lots of H-1B visas tend to have low unemployment....
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Your Smart Home Devices Could All Be About to Stop Working
Experts say thousands of connected smart home devices could shut down with the expiration of their Secure Sockets Layer certificates.
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Manufacturers Use Technology to Stay Running
Venture-backed startups are providing software, sensors, robotics, and artificial intelligence tools to help factories open safely amid the coronavirus pandemic...
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Machine Learning Clusters in Azure Hijacked to Mine Cryptocurrency
Microsoft's Azure Security Center reported a cryptojacking scheme in which attackers hijacked machine learning clusters inside the Azure cloud computing service...
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Bolstering Bandwidth with Dual-Channel Wi-Fi
Looking at solutions to handle growing Wi-Fi traffic.
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Quantum Satellite Links Extend More Than 1,000 Kilometers
The new system brings us one step closer to practical quantum cryptography.
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Japanese Supercomputer, Crowned World's Fastest, is Fighting Coronavirus
The newly crowned world's fastest supercomputer is being deployed in the fight against the coronavirus.
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A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office
Tech, catering and design companies are rushing to sell employers on fever scanners, box lunches, and office floor-planning apps for social distancing. But it's...
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USC Researchers Develop State-of-the-Art Biometric Security Systems
Researchers at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute have developed state-of-the-art biometric security systems.
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GPS Collars for Lions, Cheetahs: How IoT, Open Source Are Protecting Rare Animals
Smart Parks is testing lightweight GPS collars that can be fitted to lions and cheetahs in Liwonde, Malawi.
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Chinese Researchers Unveil AI That Can Turn Simple Sketches Into Fake Photorealistic Pictures
A new artificial intelligence can convert simple sketches of a face into photorealistic images.
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L.A. County Primary Voting Was Plagued With Technology Flaws
The Los Angeles County Registrar's Office attributes delays and long lines during the March 3 primary election to a feature of its new electronic voting system....
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Amazon Deploys AI 'Distance Assistants' to Notify Warehouse Workers if They Get Too Close
Amazon has deployed a new artificial intelligence tool to help employees follow social distancing rules.
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Andrew Yang Is Pushing Big Tech to Pay Users for Data
It's called the Data Dividend Project.
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La Trobe University Uses AI to Bring Mental Health Care to Cancer Patients
Using the framework can help medical personnel. understand a patient's behavior, emotions, and decision-making based on data shared by the patient.
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Big Tech Zeros In on the Virus-Testing Market
As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, some companies are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools.
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Britain Didn’t Want Silicon Valley’s Help on a Tracing App. Now It Does.
Months after other countries, Britain will now use technology provided by Apple and Google to build a contact-tracing app.
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