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India Orders Coronavirus Tracing App for All Workers
India's government has directed all public- and private-sector employees to use a state-supported coronavirus contact tracing app.
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VR Concert in Helsinki Attracts Over 1 Million Spectators
A virtual reality Vappu (May Day) concert in Helsinki, Finland, drew 1.4 million spectators.
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Tech Jobs in the Time of COVID
The first-quarter report of job search firm Dice reveals that overall hiring demand for tech professionals increased in many U.S. regions as the coronavirus emerged...
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How Many Jobs do Robots Really Replace?
Two economics professors have determined that the replacement of human workers by robots is a tangible trend, although they say claims of total automation are overstated...
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ACM Europe TPC Statement on Principles, Practices for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications
The Europe Technology Policy Committee of ACM has detailed essential principles and practices for policymakers about deploying COVID-19 contact tracing systems....
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Artificial Intelligence Is Energy-Hungry – Solution: New AI Hardware Made of Quantum Material
Quantum material could offset energy demand of artificial intelligence.
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My Battle with COVID-19
Azer Bestavros, associate provost for computing and data sciences at Boston University, describes the toll his month-long ordeal with the coronavirus took on his...
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Australians Urged to Take Up Mental Health Telehealth, Put On 'Digital Sunscreen'
Since the Australian government announced it would fast-track digital alternatives to in-person medical care, a million mental health telehealth consultations have...
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A Foolproof Way to Shrink Deep Learning Models
Researchers have proposed a new technique for compressing deep learning models.
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Privacy Threat Combines Device Identification with Biometric Information
Computer scientists have discovered a new privacy threat from electronic devices that allows cyber attackers to access and combine device identification with biometric...
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Twitter Opens Up Data for Researchers to Study COVID-19 Tweets
Twitter will provide researchers and software developers access to a real-time dataset of daily public tweets about COVID-19, to study the virus' spread and track...
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Print Your Own Laboratory-Grade Microscope for £15
Researchers have developed an open-source design that allows labs around the world to three-dimensionally print their own precision microscopes.
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How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home
As we shelter in place in the pandemic, more employers are using software to track our work — and us.
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Coronavirus Tracking Apps Raise Questions About Bluetooth Security
Governments and businesses intend to launch mobile applications that use Bluetooth to track coronavirus infections, but working with Bluetooth raises cybersecurity...
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Pocket-Sized Device Tests Blood Samples for Genetic Conditions
A new smartphone-powered DNA detector can identify DNA in blood, urine, and other samples, on the spot.
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Data Visualization's Breakthrough Moment in the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has spurred data visualization researchers and professionals to apply their expertise to combat the pandemic.
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'This is Certainly Different': Astronauts on Controlling the Dragon Spacecraft Via Touchscreen
The astronauts manning SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month will control the capsule using a touchscreen...
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Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio: Self-Supervised Learning is Key to Human-Level Intelligence
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio say self-supervised learning could lead to artificial intelligence programs more humanlike in their...
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