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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Smart Tugboat to Journey More Than 1,000 Miles, Autonomously
A 35-foot-long tugboat carrying passengers will embark from Hamburg, Germany, on a 1,000-nautical-mile (1,150-mile) autonomous voyage around Denmark.
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Amazon Brings Its Cashierless Tech to Two Whole Foods Stores
Just Walk Out tech lets shoppers skip the checkout line
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U.S.-Built Databases Potential Tool of Taliban Repression
Experts fear the Taliban could exploit expansive databases built by the U.S. and its allies during the Afghanistan occupation as tools for surveillance and repression...
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Professor Helps Achieve Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Develops theory behind record-setting experiment for most accurate entangling gate ever demonstrated without lasers
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Why Hackers Love Smart Buildings
Internet-connected devices and systems are making buildings more efficient but also vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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UN Human Rights Commissioner Urges Moratorium on AI System Sale, Use
Says artificial intelligence risks to privacy and other rights demand urgent action
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Italy Data Authority Asks Facebook for Clarifications on Smart Glasses
Italian data protection authority Garante has asked Facebook to provide it with clarifications related to its newly launched smart glasses, to determine their compliance...
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Apple Issues Emergency Security Updates to Close Spyware Flaw
Apple released emergency security patches after researchers in Canada found a flaw that allows spyware from Israel's NSO Group to infect any Apple product.
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AI Can Detect Deepfake Face Because Its Pupils Have Jagged Edges
A computer model developed by researchers at New York’s University of Albany can determine whether an image of a face is a deepfake by examining its pupils.
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Coughs Say Much About Your Health, If Your Smartphone Is Listening
Many researchers are trying to train artificial intelligence to enable smartphones to analyze patterns in a person’s coughs.
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DNA-Based Chip Can Be Programmed to Solve Complex Math Problems
Scientists at South Korea's Incheon National University have automated mathematical DNA calculations via a personal computer-controlled chip.
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A Stanford Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Ignites Debate
A research paper that dubs some artificial intelligence models "foundational" is sparking a dispute over the future of the field.
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ILA Says Union Will Not Service Automated Ships Without Crews
The union specifically highlighted the efforts to develop ships guided by satellites, onboard sensors, and artificial intelligence.
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The Latest Cybersecurity Threat: Pay Us or We Release the Data
A new type of ransomware attack involves cybercriminals stealing sensitive data and threatening to publish it online if the victim does not pay a hefty ransom. ...
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Do We Need Humans for That Job? Automation Booms After COVID
Service sector jobs increasingly are being automated amid the pandemic, as companies navigate worker shortages and higher labor costs.
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Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, one of the most popular, use astonishing amounts of electricity.
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Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That's Exempt.
A program known as XCheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians, and other high-profile users special treatment, a privilege many abuse.
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GLOM: Teaching Computers to See the Way(s) We Do
Geoffrey Hinton wants to design neural networks so they have different ways of seeing the same thing.
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Emissions From Computing, ICT Could Be Worse Than Previously Thought
Global information and communications technology's greenhouse gas emissions may be worse than previously calculated, suggest researchers.
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