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Quantum Computers a Million Times Too Small to Hack Bitcoin
Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to hacking by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times larger than those that exist today...
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Scientists Simulate 'Fingerprint' of Noise on Quantum Computer
Researchers developed a technique that creates a "fingerprint" of noise on a quantum computer, as seen by a simulation running on the machine.
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AI Model Helps Discover Causes of Motor Neuron Disease
A new machine learning model has identified 690 risk genes for motor neuron disease.
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Minecraft DDoS Attack Leaves Small European Country Without Internet
Andorra Telecom experienced repeated distributed denial-of-service attacks during the SquidCraft Games tournament in Minecraft, a multi-day Twitch gaming tournament...
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Engineers Build Molecular Framework to Bridge Experimental, Computer Sciences for Peptide-Based Materials Engineering
Engineers have closed the gap between experimental and computer sciences to better predict peptide structures with a molecular framework.
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The Administration Wants to Prevent an Attack on Water Supplies
New water cybersecurity standards are coming – but they're voluntary.
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I.M.F. Urges El Salvador to End its Embrace of Crypto as Bitcoin Tumbles.
The price of Bitcoin has fallen more than 50% from its peak in November, which could prove costly for institutions that have bought into digital currencies.
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Researchers Use Mobile Device Data to Predict COVID-19 Outbreaks
Yale School of Public Health researchers used location information from mobile devices to accurately forecast COVID-19 outbreaks in Connecticut municipalities. ...
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Flaws Plague Tool Meant to Help Low-Risk Federal Prisoners Win Early Release
The U.S. Department of Justice found persistent flaws in an algorithm used to qualify low-risk federal prisoners for early release.
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New Supply Chain Security Standard for ICT
This is the first global standard to measure and verify supplier strust, and to protect digital infrastructure.
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North Korean Internet Downed by Suspected Cyberattacks: Researchers
Seoul-based news site NK Pro reported that log files and network records showed Websites on North Korean Web domains were largely unreachable.
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AI Can Analyze Eye Scans To Identify Risk of Heart Attack
The system—which has 70% to 80% accuracy—predicts if patients are at risk of a heart attack over the next year.
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White House Expects Global Chip Shortage to Last at least Another Six Months
"Congress must act," said U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
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Google Kills Off FLoC, Replaces It With Topics
FLoC, Google's project for replacing cookies for interest-based advertising, is dead.
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Robot Umpires at Home Plate Moving Up to Triple-A for 2022
Major League Baseball is extending its automated strike zone test to Triple-A, the highest minor-league level, for 2022.
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Controlling Complex Systems with AI
Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can solve complex control problems.
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IBM Research Reveals Method to Double Size of Quantum Simulations
IBM researchers doubled the size of quantum simulations while halving the number of quantum bits required, via a method called entanglement forging.
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A New Language for Quantum Computing
Twist is an MIT-developed programming language that can describe and verify which pieces of data are entangled to prevent bugs in a quantum program.
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Machine Learning AI Can Predict COVID-19 Survival From Single Blood Test
Levels of 14 proteins in the blood of critically ill COVID-19 patients are associated with survival.
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