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Gaming Companies Should Avoid Predatory Designs, Lawmakers Say
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Gaming Companies Should Avoid Predatory Designs, Lawmakers Say

Democrats press executives to extend new U.K. 'Age Appropriate Design Code' regulations to children in the U.S.

Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Confirms Inherent Biases
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Twitter's Photo-Cropping Algorithm Confirms Inherent Biases

Results from the company's AI bias competition reveals a preference for young, beautiful, and light-skinned faces

3D Concrete-Printing Robots Cut Rail Construction Carbon Emissions by 50%
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3D Concrete-Printing Robots Cut Rail Construction Carbon Emissions by 50%

Remotely controlled robots 3D-print structures onsite and in tight spaces

Novel ASIC Implements Post-Quantum Cryptography
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Novel ASIC Implements Post-Quantum Cryptography

Chip efficiently implements post-quantum cryptography to better protect against future hacker attacks using quantum computers

Detroit Lets Automakers Test Smart Parking Technology in Real Garage
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Detroit Lets Automakers Test Smart Parking Technology in Real Garage

The city of Detroit has partnered with Ford and Bosch to establish a Smart Parking Lab in the city's Bedrock Assembly Garage to test autonomous technologies in...

Young People Get Their Tech Career Info From TV, Not School
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Young People Get Their Tech Career Info From TV, Not School

An Accenture survey found that movies, TV, and social media are more likely than schools or teachers to be the main source of information about careers in technology...

Predicting the Risk of Schizophrenia Using Machine-Learning and a Blood Test
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Predicting the Risk of Schizophrenia Using Machine-Learning and a Blood Test

Innovative strategy analyzes specific regions of CoRSIVs genome to offer possibility of early diagnosis

Facebook Disables Accounts Tied to NYU Research Project
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Facebook Disables Accounts Tied to NYU Research Project

Facebook  disabled the personal accounts of New York University scientists studying political ads on the social network, alleging their extraction of data violates...

Information Transfer Protocol Reaches Quantum Speed Limit
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Information Transfer Protocol Reaches Quantum Speed Limit

Joint Quantum Institute scientists have developed a quantum information transfer protocol that reaches theoretical speed limits for some quantum operations.

Security Flaws Found in Popular EV Chargers
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Security Flaws Found in Popular EV Chargers

Analysts have identified flaws in the application programming interfaces of six home electric vehicle (EV) charging brands, as well as the Chargepoint public EV...

Researchers Say They've Found a Wildly Successful Bypass for Face Recognition Tech
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Researchers Say They've Found a Wildly Successful Bypass for Face Recognition Tech

Computer scientists at Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) say they have developed a method for circumventing a large number of facial recognition systems.

Can You Recycle a Hard Drive? Google is Quietly Trying to Find Out
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Can You Recycle a Hard Drive? Google is Quietly Trying to Find Out

Rare earth magnet recycling is about much more than sustainable datacenters.

Apple is Prying into iPhones to Find Sexual Predators
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Apple is Prying into iPhones to Find Sexual Predators

Privacy activists worry governments could weaponize the feature.

Best Jobs at the Olympics: Robot
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Best Jobs at the Olympics: Robot

Unlike other Olympic employees who clearly have been instructed to blend into the background of the events with which they're assisting, you command the spotlight...

L'Oréal's New Digital Chief Takes Cosmetics Virtual
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L'Oréal's New Digital Chief Takes Cosmetics Virtual

Asmita Dubey is exploring how online games, augmented reality and social media can help the French cosmetics company reach new demographics.

U.S. Taps Tech Giants to Help Fight Ransomware, Cyberattacks
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U.S. Taps Tech Giants to Help Fight Ransomware, Cyberattacks

The Department of Homeland Security enlists Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others to help combat cyberthreats.

Chip Shortage Might Turn Into Market Saturation, Analysts Worry
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Chip Shortage Might Turn Into Market Saturation, Analysts Worry

Chip manufacturers might have invested too heavily in increasing their capacity, which could lead to an overcapacity over time.

Algorithm Helps Probe Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment
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Algorithm Helps Probe Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment

A team of researchers used a novel machine learning algorithm to help scientists better understand the chemistry of streams and their environmental impact.

NYC Brain Computer Startup Announces FDA Trial Before Elon Musk
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NYC Brain Computer Startup Announces FDA Trial Before Elon Musk

New York City-based brain-computer interface startup Synchron said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized human clinical trials for its commercial...

Microsoft Warns Over Unusual Malware That Targets Windows, Linux
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Microsoft Warns Over Unusual Malware That Targets Windows, Linux

Microsoft security researchers are warning customers about the LemonDuck crypto-mining malware that attacks Windows and Linux systems.
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