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AI Can Erase Tattoos from Photos to Help Face Recognition Systems
Researchers trained an algorithm to remove facial tattoos from images, in order to improve facial recognition systems.
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Health Researchers Use AI to Better Predict Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes
Algorithms developed by University of Florida Health researchers employ artificial intelligence to forecast outcomes from treatments for hepatitis C.
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Is China's Lithium Quest Fuelled by Business or Politics?
South America contains more than half of the world's reserves of the critical metal that is used in batteries. China is looking for a bigger piece of the pie.
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Digital Technology Fans Firefighting
New tools help firefighters identify the dynamics and characteristics of a fire—and respond more effectively.
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The World Needs What Intel Makes. Can It Make a Comeback?
Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster. As the world craves chips, the...
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Underwater Drones Dive to Start Search for Shackleton's Famed Ship
Explorers have started combing the Weddell Sea for Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, which sank in 1915.
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The C.D.C. Isn't Publishing Large Portions of the COVID Data It Collects
The agency has withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and, until recently, wastewater analyses.
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Google's 'CEO' Image Search Gender Bias Hasn't Really Been Fixed
University of Washington researchers have disproved Google's claims it corrected gender biases for certain job terms in its image search.
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AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware
Algorithms that use the brain's communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.
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Israel’s 'Microsoft of Quantum Computing' Makes Its Move
It is anticipated quantum computing will revolutionize military, economic, and technological affairs and the basis for encryption of the entire Internet.
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Clearly, This Heart Beats Strong
Researchers at Rice University and Japan's Waseda University have developed a model that simulates the flow of blood through the heart.
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A Source of Security Challenges for Years to Come
Cybersecurity experts agree the recently uncovered Log4Shell software vulnerability is the most dangerous on record.
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Quantum Errors Made More Tolerable
Physicists have demonstrated the ability to extend the longevity of quantum states and expand tolerance of quantum errors, both crucial to quantum computing.
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MIT Develops New Programming Language for High-Performance Computers
With a tensor language prototype, "speed and correctness do not have to compete … they can go together, hand-in-hand."
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Thanks to Glitch, Some Seattle Mazda Drivers Can't Tune Their Radios Away from KUOW
Some Seattle-area drivers in Mazdas are finding that the HD Radios in their vehicles will only play KUOW 94.9 FM, the National Public Radio station.
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Honeywell H1 Beats Classical System at Game Designed to Test Quantum Mechanics
Researchers used a collaborative mathematical game to determine whether different systems demonstrated quantum mechanical properties.
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Zuckerberg's Metaverse Will Require Computing Tech No One Knows How to Build
To achieve what metaverse boosters promise, experts believe nearly every kind of chip will have to be an order of magnitude more powerful than it is today.
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Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites.
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