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NASA's New Rocket Would be the Most Powerful Ever. But it's the Software that has Some Officials Worried.
The SLS software concerns are the latest red flags for a program that has struggled to overcome cost overruns and setbacks.
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Tesla Putting 'Self-Driving' in the Hands of Drivers, Amid Criticism the Tech Is Not Ready
Electric automaker Tesla has providing a number of owners of its vehicles a software update to enable the cars to steer better and accelerate without human control...
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Cyber Command Sought to Disrupt World's Largest Botnet, Hoping to Reduce Its Potential Impact on the Election
U.S. Cyber Command (CyberCom) has launched a campaign to temporarily disrupt the world's largest botnet, in order to mitigate its potential interference in the...
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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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Parking Technology Aims to Manage Curb Space Virtually
Washington, D.C., is the first U.S. city to test a system that transmits real-time information about curbside parking availability and space size to delivery drivers...
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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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Tech to Contain Coronavirus on College Campuses Sparks Fresh Privacy Concerns
U.S. colleges are racing to contain the Covid-19 pandemic with technology including contact-tracing applications and facial recognition, prompting concerns about...
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No Masks, No Coughs: Robots Can Be Just What the Doctor Ordered in Time of Social Distancing
In Japan, a country with a long fascination with robots, automated assistants have become bartenders, security guards, deliverymen, and more, since the onset of...
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Virtual Try-Ons Replacing Fitting Rooms During the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred consumers to substitute fitting rooms with augmented reality using their smartphones and computers.
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Study Reveals Extent of Hate Speech on Reddit in Right-Leaning Forums
A new study found that more comment moderation is necessary to curtail racist and white supremacist content on Reddit.
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Elite CIA Unit that Developed Hacking Tools Failed to Secure its Own Systems, Allowing Massive Leak
The breach came nearly three years after Edward Snowden stole and disclosed classified information about NSA surveillance operations.
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NYU Report Calls On Social Media Titans to Stop Outsourcing Content Moderation
A New York University report urges social media companies to stop outsourcing the moderation of their content.
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NYU Report Calls on Social Media Titans to Stop Outsourcing Content Moderation
The report says big social media companies need to use more of their own employees to make calls about which posts and photos should be removed.
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Coronavirus Has Upended Election Security Training with Just Months Before November
The University of Southern California Election Security Initiative is scrambling to virtually train campaign and election officials across the U.S. before the November...
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Companies' Use of Thermal Cameras to Speed Return to Work Sparks Worries About Civil Liberties
Thermal imaging may be used to identify those suspected of having the coronavirus, but civil liberties experts warn such systems will monitor some who may not know...
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U.K. Parliament Votes to Continue Democracy by Zoom
U.K. lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously voted to hold a "virtual Parliament" to maintain the machinery of democracy via the Zoom videoconferencing platform.
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Silicon Valley is Racing to Build the Next Version of the Internet. Fortnite Might Get There First.
In recent years, there's been serious talk about how to build the Metaverse, the next version of the Internet, and who will build it first.
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