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iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send Notifications
Security researchers found that some iPhone apps are using notifications to get around Apple's privacy rules governing the collection of user data.
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Scientists Closer to Finding a Test for Long COVID
A multi-institutional team of scientists may have discovered biomarkers of long COVID that could lay the groundwork for a diagnostic test.
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Google's Project Gameface Lets You Control Video Games with Blinks, Smiles
Google's Project Gameface platform allows gamers to play videogames using head movements and facial gestures.
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AI-Generated Song Featuring Drake, The Weeknd Removed From Streaming
There are still a lot of copyright issues to hash out in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Wilson's 3D-Printed Basketball of the Future Is Full of Holes but Never Goes Flat
Wilson's prototype "airless" basketball debuted during the 2023 NBA All-Star Game festivities.
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FBI Cybersecurity Program for Critical Infrastructure Hacked
A database with contact information for elite cybersecurity professionals is now being sold on the dark web to the highest bidder.
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DeepMind's AlphaCode Can Outcompete Human Coders
DeepMind's AlphaCode model performed well against human coders in a programming competition.
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Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but Tests Say That's Not True
Researchers found Apple is collecting personally identifiable information from iPhones, despite the company’s promises that the devices' usage data is anonymous...
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Lego Animated 3D-Printed Duck is a Peek at the Toy's Future
Lego is offering visitors to the Minifigure Factory experience at the Lego House in Billund, Denmark, the chance to buy a limited-edition 3D-printed plastic duck...
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Pentagon Unveils Plan to Make 'Responsible Military AI' More Than Just a Buzzword
The Pentagon cited supposed threats from China as a key motivator for ramping up "responsible" military applictions for artificial intelligence.
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Reno Trusting the Blockchain with Building Records
Reno, NV, has launched a blockchain-based program for storing records in order to improve "clarity and transparency" in record-keeping.
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The U.S. Is Weaponizing Semiconductors to Try to Rein In Russia
The components may play a pivotal role in upcoming efforts to sanction the invading country, but it is unclear if those efforts will actually work.
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Scientists Created a Cyborg Fish Powered by Beating Human Heart Cells
The fish's design features a flexible tail that's covered in a layer of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes derived from stem cells) on each side.
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7-Eleven Stores in Japan Get Touch-Free Floating Holographic Self-Checkouts
Six 7-Eleven stores in Tokyo, Japan, will soon feature floating holographic displays that will allow customers to check out without any physical contact.
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Walk-Through Metal Detectors Can Be Hacked, Research Finds
Researchers at Cisco Talos have identified nine software vulnerabilities in commonly used metal detectors manufactured by Garrett.
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What Is Web3 and Why Should You Care?
The next Internet revolution is upon us—here's why it matters.
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Amazon Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun
Amazon Web Services has donated cloud computing time to help climate scientists create simulations of the Earth from 2035 to 2070.
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We’re Making the Facebook Papers Public. Here’s Why and How
Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.
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Widely Used Bitcoin ATMs Have Major Security Flaws
Security researchers at crypto exchange Kraken warn that many bitcoin ATMs contain serious vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.
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High-Speed Projectors Power Virtual Air Hockey With Shape-Changing Paddles
Scientists at Japan's Tohoku University have invented a virtual version of air hockey that uses shapeshifting virtual projections of paddles and pucks.12