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Facebook, Google and Twitter Scramble to Stop Misinformation About Coronavirus
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are struggling to prevent misinformation on their platforms about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Pinterest Bans Misinformation About Voting, Census
The Pinterest platform has banned the posting of misleading information related to voting or the census.
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Scientists Try to Help Congress Get Smarter About Tech
Government scientists and technologists are trying to help U.S. lawmakers become more technology-savvy.
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Scientists Unraveling Chinese Coronavirus with Unprecedented Speed, Openness
Chinese scientists freely released the genetic sequence of a coronavirus 10 days after the first reported case, to help researchers worldwide better understand...
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From Surgery Simulators to Medical Mishaps in Space, Video Game Tech Is Helping Doctors at Work
Video game developers are creating technologies to support the training of doctors performing surgery and other medical procedures.
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Voting Machines Touted as Secure Option Are Actually Vulnerable to Hacking, Study Finds
Researchers found that ballot-marking devices, which will be used in at least 18% of U.S. districts in November’s presidential election, lack sufficient safeguards...
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Dating Apps Need Women, Advertisers Need Diversity. AI Companies Offer a Solution: Fake People
Artificial intelligence startups are marketing images of computer-generated faces created without the use of actual people.
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Researchers Try to Teach Computers to Forecast Traffic Like the Weather
Netherlands-based location/transportation data supplier Here Technologies has pushed researchers to apply big-data techniques to films of traffic in Berlin, Istanbul...
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Walmart Teams With Nuro's Robot Cars to Deliver Groceries in Houston
Nuro has announced a partnership with Walmart to pilot-test grocery delivery via robot vehicles in Houston.
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Facebook's Ad Tools Subsidize Partisanship; Campaigns May Not Even Know It.
Researchers found that the technologies Facebook uses to sort the relevancy of advertising may be more responsible for the polarization of U.S. politics than previously...
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States, Cities Make Cybersecurity Pledge After Trump Administration Rejects It
Several U.S. state and local governments are signing an international pledge aimed at making cyberspace safer, even though the Trump administration will not endorse...
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Future of Autonomous Delivery May Be Unfolding in Suburban Houston
Robotics company Nuro has been field-testing delivery via autonomous vehicles (AV) in Houston.
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Fordham Business Students Have New Tool to Prepare Them for Boardrooms: VR
Fordham University students are using virtual reality technology to build their business skills in simulated environments.
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Apple Card Algorithm Sparks Gender Bias Allegations Against Goldman Sachs
Danish software developer David Heinemeier Hansson cited apparent gender discrimination in the Apple Card algorithm, spurring an investigation into Apple Card partner...
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What Self-driving Cars Can’t Recognize May be a Matter of Life and Death
Engineers are racing to program artificial intelligence to recognize different scenarios that human drivers know inherently.
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Pentagon Advisory Board Releases Principles for Ethical Use of AI in Warfare
The U.S. Defense Innovation Board has published a set of ethical principles for how military agencies should design weapons enabled by artificial intelligence and...
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Virginia Seeks Larger Pipeline of CS Degrees
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam unveiled plans to help public universities produce 31,000 additional degree-holders in computer science and related disciplines over...
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Parents are Concerned with School Apps Tracking Students from Classroom to Bathroom
Parents and students are grappling with the privacy implications of software increasingly used by U.S. schools, including apps that monitor students' movements—even...
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Tired of Long Lines? Canadian Grocery Chain Debuts Smart Carts with Self-Checkout
Nova Scotia, Canada-based grocery chain Sobeys has launched a pilot program using intelligent shopping carts that scan and weigh items, and allowing customers to...
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