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Honda Launches Advanced Self-Driving Cars in Japan
Japanese automaker Honda has launched a limited roll-out of its new Legend, which it calls the most advanced driverless vehicle licensed for the road, in Japan....
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Ghana Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccines to Rural Communities
San Francisco-based startup Zipline is delivering coronavirus vaccines to rural communities in Ghana via autonomous drones.
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The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting
Many U.S. companies are adopting software to perform tasks that previously involved teams of employees, and white-collar workers are concerned.
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How a 10-Second Video Clip Sold for $6.6 Million
Art collector Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile, who bought a 10-second video clip for $67,000 even though it was freely available to watch, recently sold it for $6.6 million...
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Google to Stop Tracking Users for Targeted Ads
Google says it will no longer track users across Internet searches to sell targeted advertising, and will not build alternative user-tracking models.
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CVS, Walgreens Look for Big Data Reward From Covid-19 Vaccinations
Pharmacy chains including CVS Health, Walmart, and Walgreens-Boots Alliance are collecting data from customers as they sign up for coronavirus vaccinations.
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Way Beyond AlphaZero: Berkeley, Google Work Shows Robotics May Be Deepest Machine Learning of All
A new report found that the hardest and perhaps most promising work of deep learning may lie in the realm of robotics,
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The Bitcoin Blockchain Is Helping Keep a Botnet From Being Taken Down
Researchers found that a botnet they have been following disguised one of its IP addresses in the bitcoin blockchain to guard against a command-and-control server...
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AI Smashes Videogame High Scores by Remembering Its Past Success
Artificial intelligence has achieved record high scores on videogames played on classic Atari consoles, by recalling previous successes.
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China Charges Ahead with National Digital Currency
China is forging ahead with a national digital currency called the electronic Chinese yuan (eCNY).
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Could Mobile Voting Ring True?
Voting on smartphones could result in higher voter turnouts.
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Quantum Internet Closer to Reality, Thanks to This Switch
Engineers have overcome an obstacle to the development of a quantum Internet with a programmable switch.
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New York, IBM Begin Testing Covid-19 Digital Health Pass
IBM and New York State have initiated testing of their forthcoming blockchain-based Covid-19 digital health pass, Excelsior Pass.
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Electricity Needed to Mine Bitcoin is More Than Used by 'Entire Countries'
The Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index estimated the electricity used to mine bitcoins last year equaled the annual carbon footprint of Argentina. ...
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A Letter Sealed for Centuries Has Been Read--Without Even Opening It
An international team of researchers used computer algorithms and x-ray scanning to read a tightly folded letter sealed since 1697, without actually opening it....
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Japanese Companies Go High-Tech in the Battle Against Food Waste
Japanese firms are accelerating the use of advanced technology to combat food waste and reduce costs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From America's NSA: Researchers
Researchers discovered that code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has been used to support Chinese hacking operations.
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AI vs. AI: The Race to Generate, Share, and Detect Deepfakes
Fakers and researchers alike are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to produce and identify manipulated digital content.
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Google Uses Underwater Fiber-Optic Cable to Detect Earthquakes
A submarine fiber-optic cable owned by Google was used by researchers to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms.
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