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Meet the Scientist Teaching AI to Police Human Speech
Facebook and Google have engineered artificial intelligence systems capable of understanding dozens of languages through the efforts of scientists like Alexis Conneau...
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Meet the Scientist Teaching AI to Police Human Speech
Alexis Conneau's work has helped Facebook and Google build artificial intelligence systems that can understand dozens of languages with startling accuracy.
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Google Totally Changing How Ads Track People Around the Internet
The Internet giant is throwing tracking cookies in the dustbin, prompting big questions about privacy, competition, and advertising.
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No Chips, No Tips: How the Computer Chip Shortage Threatens Thousands of Restaurant Service Jobs
Faced with no semiconductor chips for their ordering machines, restaurants pivot away from human servers and toward contact-less ordering.
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Major Websites Experience Outages, including The New York Times, CNN, Reddit
The problems appear related to Fastly, which runs a content delivery network, and have been largely resolved.
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The Army's Latest Night-Vision Tech Looks Like Something Out of a Video Game
The U.S. Army is training on a new night-vision system that generates a videogame-like view of a scene.
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Biden Administration Will Prioritize Cybersecurity in Distribution of $1 Billion in Federal IT Funding
The Biden administration will prioritize cybersecurity in the distribution of $1 billion in technology modernization funds signed into law by Congress in March....
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The Cybersecurity 202: DHS Official Promises Help for States Struggling with Digital Attacks on Critical Services
Even as federal officials and Microsoft race to contain a recebt breach, stakeholders need to make certain they are no longer compromised, to prevent follow-up...
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Raising the Steaks: First 3D-Printed Rib-Eye Is Unveiled
Israeli company Aleph Farms has unveiled the world's first three-dimensionally printed rib-eye steak, cultivated from live animal tissue.
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Ford's Spin Wants to Curb E-Scooter Dumping with Remote-Controlled Three-Wheelers
Ford Motor's Spin division has announced a new service allowing electronic scooter operators to remotely move their scooters if they wind up in public spaces.
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CES Goes Full Pandemic with Smart Masks, Stickers to Detect Covid, Biggest Wi-Fi Update in Years
The 2021 Consumer Electronics Show is highlighting innovations spurred by Covid-19.
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Apple Loses Copyright Battle Against Security Startup Corellium
Apple's lawsuit against security research firm Corellium has failed, with a federal judge rejecting claims that Corellium's software breached copyright law.
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Students Find Creating Covid-19 Tracing App for School Was Easy. Navigating Fault Lines of the Teenage Pull to Socializing Was More Treacherous.
Two Marin County, CA, high school students built apps to help local schools contain the spread of Covid-19, hoping to encourage in-person attendance while maintaining...
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Social Work Faculty Uses AI to Fight Substance Abuse in Youth Experiencing Homelessness
The University of Pittsburgh recently received an $8-million+ National Institutes of Health grant to develop brain-computer interfaces.
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Buenos Aires Using Facial Recognition System That Tracks Child Suspects, Rights Group Says
Human Rights Watch says Buenos Aires is using a facial recognition system connected to a database that includes child suspects and is publishing warrants for their...
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How Does Google's Monopoly Hurt You? Try These Searches
Right under our noses, the Internet's most-used website has been getting worse.
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Amazon Launches Grocery Store with 'Smart' Shopping Carts, Alexa Guides
Amazon on Thursday opened its first Fresh grocery store in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, featuring no checkout lines, smart shopping carts, and...
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U.K. Used an Algorithm to Estimate Exam Results; The Calculations Favored Elites
The British government has changed its strategy of using an algorithm to estimate how students would have performed on A-level college admissions exams after results...
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3D Images From Ultrasounds Allow Blind Parents to Feel Their Infant's Face
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore can provide blind parents with three-dimensional models of their baby's face so they can "see" them before they are born,
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