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A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. That's Good News for Humans
A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers.
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AWS Researcher Merges 2 Quantum Computers to Help Make Cryptography Keys Stronger
Amazon Web Services' Mario Berta combined the capabilities of two quantum computers in order to generate truly random numbers to strengthen cryptographic keys. ...
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Universal System Decodes Any Type of Data Sent Across a Network
Scientists have programmed a universal algorithm to enable a silicon chip to decode any data transmitted across a network, irrespective of structure.
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AR Collection by Ukrainian Companies Hits Runway
Ukrainian clothing brand FINCH teamed up with Ukrainian technology company FFFACE.ME to develop semi-digital clothing that can be upgraded with augmented reality...
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One-Legged Robot Hops About as Researchers Try Knocking It Over
The one-legged TTI Hopper robot can stand, hop, and maintain balance on sloping or unsteady surfaces.
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Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try
The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.
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Crypto's Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington
The boom in companies offering cryptocurrency loans and high-yield deposit accounts is disrupting the banking industry and leaving regulators scrambling to catch...
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Study: Crowds Can Wise Up to Fake News
Scientists suggest crowdsourced assessments from groups of normal readers can virtually match those of professional fact-checkers in vetting news stories.
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Researchers Tap Antiferromagnets for Better RAM
An international team of scientists has discovered that antiferromagnets could make computer memory significantly faster and more efficient.
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Bayesian Quantum Algorithm Directly Calculates Energy Difference of Atom, Molecule
Researchers at Japan's Osaka City University have designed a quantum algorithm that directly calculates the energy difference of atoms or molecules.
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AI Weather Forecasting for Smart Farms
Researchers at Australia's James Cook University have developed a model to help farmers using smart devices choose the most accurate rainfall forecast for a given...
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Mining Financial Data Without Actually Seeing It Can Detect Fraud
Multiparty Computation permits computation on encrypted values.
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Japan Needs a Lot More Tech Workers. Can It Find a Place for Women?
As Japan faces a severe shortage of technology workers and engineering students, efforts are being made to encourage women to enter these fields.
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Computer Scientists Create Search Systems to Limit COVID-19 Misinformation
New system increases the correctness and reliability of health-related searches by 80%
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AI Technology Set to Transform Heart Imaging
An international research team has developed an artificial intelligence technology to improve heart imaging.
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Mutual Attention Inception Network Developed for Remote Sensing Visual Question Answering
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a novel mutual attention inception network and a remote sensing visual question answering dataset. ...
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Computational Study Identifies Human Proteins Structurally Similar to SARS-CoV-2 Proteins
Russian researchers identified more than two dozen structural proteins in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that were homologous to human proteins.
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Weather Control via Drone
Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to make it rain in the desert, a first step toward controlling the weather.
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