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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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'We Have Emphasized Learning and Compassion'
Computer science instruction adjusts to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Millions of WordPress Sites Are Being Probed, Attacked With Recent Plugin Bug
Defiant Inc. reports millions of WordPress sites have been attacked by hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the "File Manager" WordPress plugin.
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Insights Into Dreams and What They Say About Us
Computer scientists are using artificial intelligence and digital databases to examine dreams and potentially identify mental issues.
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Stanford Researchers Devise Way to See Through Clouds, Fog
A new system can see through walls using a laser with a super-sensitive photon detector and an algorithm that can reconstruct hidden scenes based on photons's movements...
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Smartphones Can Predict Brain Function Associated with Anxiety, Depression
A study from Dartmouth College found information from smartphones can predict connectivity between brain regions that govern emotion, and anticipate neural functions...
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Microsoft's Underwater Datacenter Resurfaces After Two Years
Microsoft has retrieved an underwater datacenter that it sunk off the coast of Orkney in Scotland two years ago, and is analyzing its performance data.
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AI Tech to Spot Dangerous Drivers
An automated system for vehicle license plate recognition could help identify dangerous drivers in real time before an incident occurs.
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Amazon to Provide Computer Science Education for Over 550,000 K-12 Students Annually
Amazon Future Engineer also launched the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, a coding competition that teaches the basics of computer science in the context of a real...
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Malware Gang Uses .NET Library to Generate Excel Docs That Bypass Security Checks
Security researchers at NVISO Labs discovered a malware gang is using a .NET library to create malicious Excel files.
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Computational Model Stands to Make NMR an Even More Powerful Tool for Researchers
A computational model developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory could make Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy a more powerful research tool...
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Cities Tap AI to Regulate Short-Term Rentals as Travel Picks Up
U.S. cities and towns are using artificial intelligence to monitor and regulate short-term rentals, with some hoping to spot tax-revenue opportunities during the...
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Privacy, Blockchain, and IoT--Can We Keep Control of Our Own Identities?
Research has found privacy issues innate to current blockchain platforms, suggesting the technology requires further refinement for consideration of privacy rights...
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Can AI Detect Dyslexia?
Researchers try to fill the void of simple, inexpensive dyslexia detection tools with a game, and with handwriting analysis, both supported by artificial intelligence...
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Secretive Pentagon Research Program Looks to Replace Human Hackers with AI
Project IKE tracks every keystroke made by 200 fighters working on computers, and churns out predictions about the possibility of success on individual cyber missions...
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Lidar Is Finally Becoming a Real Business
The success of lidar companies was unclear until this summer, when three leading makers offered glimpses of their finances.
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Smart Device Hacks Up Since the Pandemic Started
Cybersecurity researchers have found that hacks on smart devices have climbed since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
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Googling for Gut Symptoms Predicts Covid Hot Spots, Study Finds
A study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that online searches on gastrointestinal symptoms can forecast a spike in coronavirus cases weeks...
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Archaeologists with Drones Discover Pre-Columbian Earthworks in Kansas
Dartmouth College researchers discovered pre-Columbian earthworks in Kansas using drones equipped with LiDAR and infrared and thermal imaging.
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With Election Cybersecurity Experts in Short Supply, Some States Call In the National Guard
Some U.S. states are asking the National Guard to dispatch cybersecurity experts to fortify their voting systems ahead of the general election in November.
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