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The Second Machine Age Hits The Tipping Point
AI, robotics, and industrial software are rapidly approaching a tipping point that could correspond with the greatest level of stock outperformance.
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WPI Researchers Discover Vulnerabilities Affecting Billions of Computer Chips
Researchers found two flaws impacting Intel and STMicroelectronics central processing units that hackers could exploit to steal or doctor data on billions of devices...
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Apple Card Algorithm Sparks Gender Bias Allegations Against Goldman Sachs
Danish software developer David Heinemeier Hansson cited apparent gender discrimination in the Apple Card algorithm, spurring an investigation into Apple Card partner...
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MIT Robot Can Grow Like a Plant When It Needs Extra Reach
A new robotic system can "grow" in a way similar to how a young plant grows upward.
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The Bioacoustic Signatures of Our Bodies Can Reveal Our Identities
Researchers in South Korea have developed a biometric system that uses a transducer to generate vibrations and sound waves that can be used to identify individuals...
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Census Overhaul Seeks to Avoid Outing Individual Respondent Data
The U.S. Census Bureau is revamping its systems to prevent the use of published data to target individual respondents through the information they disclose.
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What Self-driving Cars Can’t Recognize May be a Matter of Life and Death
Engineers are racing to program artificial intelligence to recognize different scenarios that human drivers know inherently.
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Pentagon Advisory Board Releases Principles for Ethical Use of AI in Warfare
The U.S. Defense Innovation Board has published a set of ethical principles for how military agencies should design weapons enabled by artificial intelligence and...
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Police to Use Facial Recognition Drones to Help Find the Missing
Police Scotland has launched a new aerial drone system to help search for missing people.
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Robot Arm Lets You Remotely Lend Friends Helping Hand with Repairs
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have developed a handheld robot for remote assistance with repairs.
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A 3D Print-Out You Could Call Home
The TERA project is one of the latest experiments in constructing homes with the aid of 3D printing technology.
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What Chipmakers Tell Us About the Great Global Unwinding
The U.S.-China trade war is fracturing the world's semiconductor manufacturing base, and that won't stop even if the tariffs do.
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Burrito Delivered by Bot, as Long as Students Don't Trap It
The Kiwi Campus startup near the University of California, Berkeley, offers robot meal deliveries to students, with remote "pilots" in Colombia setting and adjusting...
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Self-Transforming Robot Blocks Jump, Spin, Flip, Identify Each Other
Researchers have developed self-assembling robotic cubes that can climb over and around one another, leap through the air, and roll across the ground.
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AI Tool Detects Global Fashion Trends
A new artificial intelligence tool scans millions of publicly available photos to effectively identify fashion trends around the world, as well as traditions and...
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Hackers Use a Photograph of a Fingerprint to Bypass Phone Security
A group of researchers claim to have developed a method for bypassing biometric security on smartphones using photographs of fingerprints.
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Amazon Ring doorbells exposed home Wi-Fi passwords to hackers
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Ring doorbells.
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Drones: Getting There Before an Ambulance
Researchers at Maimonides Medical Center found that medical drones carrying emergency supplies can reach 911 callers in New York City significantly faster than...
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RoboBee Powered by Soft Muscles
Researchers have developed a resilient RoboBee powered by soft artificial muscles that can experience collisions without being damaged.
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