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Google Pulls Apps that May Have Harvested Data from Millions of Android Devices
The apps took users' precise location, email, phone numbers, and more, researchers said.
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Google Using AI to Update Business Hours on Google Maps
The predictions are run by humans along the way.
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Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System
Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people's faces.
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Drone Operators Who Halted Russian Convoy Headed for Kyiv
A Russian armored convey headed toward Kyiv was halted by night ambushes by Ukrainian special forces and drone operators who are part of an air reconnaissance unit...
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AI-Driven Algorithm Can Detect Autism in Brain 'Fingerprints'
A new algorithm may help detect autism by analyzing functional magnetic resonance imaging rain scans, and can also forecast the severity of autism symptoms in individuals...
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Chinese AI Turns Commercial Satellite into Spy Tracker Able to Follow Small Objects with Precision: Paper
The AI algorithm could be uploaded to processors on some of China's Earth observation satellites already in orbit without any ground assistance: researchers.
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You're Still Being Tracked on the Internet, Just in a Different Way
Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage.
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Cities Using Digital Twins Like SimCity for Policymakers
Cities like Orlando, FL, and Singapore are using digital twins to generate virtual models of themselves, in order to simulate the effects of potential new policies...
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'We Became Like a Big Startup.' How Kyiv Adapted Tech to Save Lives
Kyiv city officials have been working to adapt and repurpose the Ukrainian capital's technology amid the war with Russia.
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Study Reveals Why Facebook Ads Can Miss Target
North Carolina State University researchers have determined that Facebook's targeted advertising algorithm does not account for the context of users' activities...
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Algorithm Can Identify People by Their Heartbeat
Researchers are developing an algorithm that can identify people by heartbeat.
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AI Beats 8 World Champions at Bridge
Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games
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Scientists Finish Decoding Last 8% of Human Genome
An international team of researchers completed the decoding of the final 8% of the human genome.
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Fighting Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
To help combat discrimination in mortgage lending, a new process can remove bias from the data used to train machine learning models.
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Sign Language Glossary Aims to Widen Tech Access
A sign language glossary features more than 500 new signs covering computer science, cybersecurity, data science, and software development.
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Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests
Data was used to enable harassment, may aid financial fraud.
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Surfing the Metaverse's Real Estate Boom
High prices have pushed some toward collective ownership, but the future of virtual properties is uncertain.
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Estimating the Pace of Change
An international research team has developed a new method for determining the pace of change.
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