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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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'malware-Free' Attacks Mount in Big Breaches, Crowdstrike Finds
Despite the rise of massive crypto-ransomware attacks, an even more troubling trend emerged in data gathered by the security firm CrowdStrike this past year and...
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Dubious Claim of Week: Air Force's 'emp Missile' Could Disable N. Korean Icbms
On Monday, NBC Nightly News broadcast a report claiming that White House officials had discussed using an experimental weapon to disrupt or disable a North Korean...
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Will Tech Firms Challenge China's 'open' Internet?
Sometimes you can gauge how proud someone is about being at an event by the extent to which they want to talk about it.
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The Quantum Threat to Cryptocurrencies
Quantum computing could fundamentally break cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and throw markets into turmoil.
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Stanford-Led Artificial Intelligence Index Tracks Emerging Field
A Stanford University-led team has launched the AI Index, the first index to track the state of artificial intelligence.
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China's A.i. Advances Help Its Tech Industry, and State Security
During President Trump's visit to Beijing, he appeared on screen for a special address at a tech conference.
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Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says.
The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...
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Hades Creates Alternate Reality to Mislead Hackers
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an alternative reality that tells hackers what they want to believe.
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Computer Modeling Offers Insight Into What Causes Sudden Cardiac Death
A new computer model replicates the biological activity within the heart that precedes sudden cardiac death.
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Three Quarters of Android Apps Track sers With Third Party Tools
More than 75% of Android applications contain at least one third-party tracking tool.
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Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without a Warrant?
The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement...
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Battling AI Biases
Machine learning mimics human biases; addressing the problem is complicated.
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South Korea Developing AI System to Keep Journalism Alive
Researchers in South Korea are developing an artificial intelligence system to help the journalism industry regain the public trust and recoup lost earnings.
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AI-Controlled Brain Implants For Mood Disorders Tested in People
Brain implants that deliver electrical pulses tuned to a person's feelings and behaviour are being tested in people for the first time. Two teams funded by the...
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How the Pentagon Is Preparing For the Coming Drone Wars
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary...
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Driverless Cars Promise Far Greater Mobility For the Elderly and People With Disabilities
Autonomous vehicles stand to benefit mobility-challenged seniors and other people with physical, cognitive, and mental disabilities.
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This AI Can Spot Art Forgeries By Looking at One Brushstroke
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can identify an art forgery by examining the piece's brush strokes.
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Parallel Computational Thinking
Applications must be programmed to process instructions in parallel to take full advantage of the new multicore processors.
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Voice Impersonators Can Fool Speaker Recognition Systems
Researchers have found skillful voice impersonators are able to fool state-of-the-art speaker recognition systems, posing a significant security risk.
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