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IBM to Open-Source Space Junk Collision Avoidance
Researchers are working on an open source project to determine and predict the orbits of anthropogenic space objects (ASOs)—man-made space debris—in order to avoid...
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Engineers Link Brains to Computers Using 3D Printed Implants
Engineers have developed a prototype three-dimensionally-printed implant that can be used to create brain-computer interfaces.
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Hacker Releases Information on Las Vegas-Area Students After Officials Don't Pay Ransom
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas' Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with stolen private data after officials refused...
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Take-Off for U.K.-Built Supercomputer Nanosatellites
The U.K. this week launched four shoebox-sized "nanosatellites" into low Earth orbit.
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Report Shows It Could Take 12 Years to Reach Equal Representation of Women in Tech
Women technologists account for 28.8% of the technology workforce this year, up from 25.9% in 2018 and 26.2% in 2019, according to AnitaB.org's 10th annual "Top...
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America's Innovation Edge Now in Peril, Report Says
A sweeping report from Baker Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences urges significant policy and funding action to ensure the United States does...
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Pentagon Is Clinging to Aging Technologies, House Panel Warns
Despite the Pentagon's talk of embracing quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the politics of killing off old weapons systems is so forbidding that the...
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One of This Year's Most Severe Windows Bugs Is Now Under Active Exploit
Microsoft warns a high-impact vulnerability that allows hackers to instantly take control of Windows' Active Directory is being actively exploited by malicious...
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In Facial Recognition Challenge, Top-Ranking Algorithms Show Bias Against Black Women
Facial recognition algorithms have higher false-positive and lower false-negative rates for Black women, eyeglass wearers, and young children.
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IST Researchers Exploit Vulnerabilities of AI-Powered Game Bots
A new algorithm trains an adversarial bot to automatically identify and exploit the weaknesses of master game bots trained by deep reinforcement learning algorithms...
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Astronomers Model, Determine How Disk Galaxies Evolve So Smoothly
New computer models demonstrate how massive clumps of interstellar gas scatter some stars from their orbits and create galaxy disks with bright centers that fade...
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Hackers Infiltrated Many Washington State Agencies
At least 13 of Washington State's departments and commissions reportedly have been hit by a sophisticated malware attack.
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Prepare Your Meal Together with a Robot
Julie Shah and her team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology build robots that can learn from demonstration, understand humans, and truly collaborate.
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Login Glitch Behind Tokyo Stock Exchange Snafu
High-frequency trader connecting via Merrill Lynch apparently unleashed data flood.
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Parents Think Computer Science Education Is Important
A study by Google and Gallup found two-thirds of parents and guardians of U.S. students in grades seven through 12 consider computer science important or very important...
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3D Biometric Authentication Based on Finger Veins Almost Impossible to Fool
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional biometric authentication methodology based on the veins in one's fingers.
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Half of Young Women Will Leave Their Tech Job by Age 35, Study Finds
A study found that half of young women who enter the tech workforce exit it by age 35.
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Drone Carries Human Kidney Over Las Vegas Desert
Researchers last week announced successful test flights of drones carrying a human organ and tissue in Las Vegas.
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Amsterdam, Helsinki Launch Algorithm Registries to Bring Transparency to Public AI Deployments
The cities of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Helsinki, Finland, have launched beta versions of artificial intelligence registries.
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