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Outdated Password Practices are Widespread
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Outdated Password Practices are Widespread

Researchers say a majority of the world’s most popular websites put users and their data at risk by failing to meet minimum password requirement standards.

Control System Helps Several Drones Team Up to Deliver Heavy Packages
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Control System Helps Several Drones Team Up to Deliver Heavy Packages

A new adaptive control algorithm helps unmanned aerial vehicles collaborate to deliver heavy parcels.

Vibration-Powered Robots Are the Size of the World's Smallest Ant
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Vibration-Powered Robots Are the Size of the World's Smallest Ant

Researchers have developed tiny three-dimensionally (3D)-printed robots that move by harnessing vibrations.

Robot Designed to Defend Factories Against Cyberthreats
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Robot Designed to Defend Factories Against Cyberthreats

The HoneyBot is designed to deceive industrial hackers into exposing information to cybersecurity professionals.

Teraflop Troubles: Powerful Gpus May Threaten the World's Password Security System
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Teraflop Troubles: Powerful Gpus May Threaten the World's Password Security System

Georgia Tech Research Institute computer scientists are studying whether desktop computers with graphics processing units are so powerful that they compromise password...

Programming Tools Tap Video Game Processors For Defense Needs
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Programming Tools Tap Video Game Processors For Defense Needs

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a programming tool that will enable defense industry engineers to use...
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