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Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by IoT on Mobile Networks
Computer scientists developed a technique to manage mobile network demand by multiple Internet of Things devices using terahertz frequencies.
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Outdated Password Practices are Widespread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.
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Scientists Turn Invasive Carp into Traitors
Agencies are using "traitors" to find hotspot hideouts of invasive carp that are threatening the Great Lakes.
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The AI Safety Debate is Tearing Silicon Valley Apart
OpenAI's leadership drama is the latest flare-up in the raging debate between AI's safety-first technocrats and its libertarian techno-optimists.
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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw in Citrix Software Despite Fix
Citrix Bleed, a critical flaw in Citrix Systems software, is being exploited by government-backed hackers and critical groups.
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South Korea Allows Autonomous Robots to Use Sidewalks
The South Korean government is allowing authorized autonomous robots to drive along the country's sidewalks.
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Researchers Find More Potential Discrimination in Facebook Ads
A study of job advertisements on Meta's Facebook identified potentially discriminatory employment ads with images of people that overrepresented or excluded certain...
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What Would the Chatbot Say?
Seeking to explain the unanticipated abilities of large language models.
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New Tool for Building and Fixing Roads and Bridges: Artificial Intelligence
In Pennsylvania and elsewhere, A.I. is being applied to the nation's aging infrastructure. Is that wise?
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You Paid $1,000 for an iPhone, but Apple Still Controls It
The company codes its devices with software that complicates repairs by triggering safety warnings and malfunctions.
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Apple to Make It Easier to Text Between iPhones, Androids
Apple will adopt a technological standard next year that will allow text messaging to operate more smoothly between its iOS devices and Android devices.
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Scientists 3D-Print Hair Follicles in Lab-Grown Skin
A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has three-dimensionally (3D) printed hair follicles in lab-grown human skin tissue.
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Better Machine Learning Models with Quantum Computers
Researchers demonstrated improved training of machine learning models using a method that combines the best features of classical and quantum computers.
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Are Cat Qubits the Key to Reliable Quantum Computing in the Modern Era?
Quantum computers are prone to errors due to the sensitivity of qubits to environmental noise. Can cat qubits help build fault-tolerant quantum computers?
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DeepMind Accurately Forecasts Weather on a Desktop Computer
Google DeepMind developed a machine-learning weather-forecasting model that outperformed the best conventional forecasting tools.
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Hologram Lets Philippines' Marcos Speak in Singapore While Visiting U.S.
About an hour after delivering a speech in California on Wednesday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appeared in Singapore via hologram.
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Gordon Bell Prize Awarded for Materials Simulations That Achieve Quantum Accuracy at Scale
A team of researchers from U.S. and Indian institutions was awarded the 2023 ACM Gordon Bell Prize.
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China Claims World's Fastest Internet
Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. have built a 3,000-km (1,860-mile) Internet network linking Beijing to the south.
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How Meta Is Monetizing the Decline of Facebook
Meta's goal is to get more people to use more of its apps and to monetize those people to the greatest extent possible.
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