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This Spy App Can See If You've Visited Whistleblowing Sites on the Dark Web
New spyware can determine whether online users have visited whistleblowing sites on the Dark Web.
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Imec Demonstrates Self-Learning Neuromorphic Chip That Composes Music
Researchers say they have created the world's first self-learning neuromorphic chip, based on OxRAM technology, that demonstrates the ability to compose music. ...
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Microrobots Inspired By Nature
Researchers have developed microrobots that mimic the rowing action of the cilia present in the single-celled paramecium.
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What This Apple-Picking Robot Means For the Future of Farm Workers
Robots are replacing human workers at a faster pace than any other point in history. Most of these robots are in factories, but a new kind of mechanized worker...
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A Chinese Genome Giant Sets Its Sights on the itimate Sequencer
The world's largest genetics research center isn't at Harvard or Stanford or even the NIH. It's a 20-mile drive from Hong Kong International Airport, in the bustling...
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Vint Cerf on His 'love Affair' with Tech and What’s Coming Next
The father of the Internet looks back at the last 50 years, and ahead to what faces IT.
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Patching the Electric Grid
Electric grids worldwide are increasingly vulnerable to attack as new technologies like smart meters and analytical software are added to them, with mature systems...
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Bigger Is Better: Quantum Volume Expresses Computer's Limit
The race to build the first useful quantum computer continues apace. And, like all races, there are decisions to be made, including the technology each competitor...
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Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy With Computer Simulations and Data Analysis
Researchers have developed a unique mathematical model to probe interactions between prostate tumors and common cancer immunotherapies.
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Google's AI Invents Sounds Humans Have Never Heard Before
Google researchers have found a way to use artificial intelligence to produce entirely new sounds.
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Disney Research Transforms Movie-Quality Animations For Interactive Viewing
Disney researchers say they have developed a process that transforms high-resolution animated content into a novel video format to enable immersive viewing.
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Sdsc's Comet Helps Replicate Brain Circuitry to Direct a Realistic Prosthetic Arm
Researchers used the San Diego Supercomputer Center's Comet system in applying a novel algorithm to replicate neural pathways for controlling limb movement.
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Your Face Can Get You More Than Just Toilet Paper in China
Now a number of female students at one of the country's top universities can use their face to open doors, according to news reports.
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Solid-State Batteries to Support the Growth of Iot
Compared to lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries don't have the potential to burn or explode, and they can recharge via energy harvesting.
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How to Make Fully Homomorphic Encryption 'practical and sable'
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has awarded Galois $1 million to make fully homomorphic encryption available to programmers.
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Nasa Asks Scientific Community to Think on Possible Europa Lander Instruments
NASA is asking scientists to consider what would be the best instruments to include on a mission to land on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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Should the Government Keep Stockpiling Software Bugs?
As the dust settles from the global ransomware attack that has crippled systems in more than 150 countries since Friday, the U.S. government's shadowy process for...
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The Cybersecurity Risks .s. Election Systems Face Heading Into the 2018 Elections
Cybersecurity experts are warning of U.S. voting systems' vulnerability to cyberthreats going into the 2018 midterm and 2020 presidential elections.
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Virtual Top Hats Allow Swarming Robots to Fly in Tight Formation
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a team of autonomous flying robots that do not collide or undercut each other.
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