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Weather Control via Drone
Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to make it rain in the desert, a first step toward controlling the weather.
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China Swoops on Algorithms in Latest Tech Clampdown
The Cyberspace Administration of China has issued draft rules to more strictly control the development and use of algorithmic models.
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South Korea Forces Google, Apple to Allow Third-Party In-App Payments
The measures were proposed last year and faced strong resistance from Apple and Google.
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Student-Athletes Required to Wear COVID Trackers at Washington State High School
Some student-athletes and coaches at Eatonville High School in Eatonville, WA, are being required to wear proximity monitors to trace potential COVID-19 exposure...
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The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore's Law Alive
ASML's next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for...
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Technology to the Rescue
Updating emergency rescue equipment and tactics with digital technologies.
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More Than 50 Robots Work at Singapore High-Tech Hospital
Over 50 robots are working at Singapore's Changi General Hospital, performing activities ranging from surgery to administrative activities.
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Have You Really Deleted Your Personal Data From Your Device When You Dispose of It?
Many users leave sensitive personal information on their electronic devices when discarding them, according to scientists at Canada's universities of Guelph and...
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Balakrishnan Receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award From SIGCOMM
The ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication has awarded its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award to Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist Hari Balakrishnan...
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Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Leads to Pivotal Discovery for the Development of New Quantum Devices
Ultrafast electron microscope opens up new avenues for the development of sensors and quantum devices.
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Wing Approaches 100,000 Drone Deliveries 2 Years After Launch
Two years after its pilot launched in Logan, Australia, Alphabet's drone delivery company Wing is nearing its 100,000th customer delivery.
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Surprisingly Popular Voting Algorithm to Recover Ranked Choices
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can retrieve ranked choices by combining people's own opinions or votes with their predictions of others' responses...
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Scientists Reveal World's First 3D-Printed Wagyu Beef
Scientists at Japan's Osaka University have unveiled what they are calling the first-ever three-dimensionally-printed Wagyu beef, created using stem cells extracted...
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Baby Detector Software in Digital Camera Rivals ECG
New software uses a digital camera to automatically detect a baby's face in a hospital bed and remotely monitor its health.
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Who Can Bend Light for Cheaper Internet?
A new system can maintain network connections when optical fibers break by reconfiguring optical transmissions from damaged fibers to healthy ones.
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Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches
The video technology, initially associated with porn, is gaining a foothold in the corporate world.
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Study Suggests Algorithm May Help Optimize Future COVID-19 Vaccine Design
Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have developed an adaptive algorithm to help optimize the design of next-generation COVID-19 vaccines.
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DARPA Drone Cybersecurity Software Foils Hackers in Demo
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says the hackers it invited to try to hack the High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems all failed.
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Life as a Logician
Mathematician Martin Jackson is known for his work on Hilbert's Tenth Problem, among other things.
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