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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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As Chips Shrink, Rowhammer Attacks Get Harder to Stop
A full fix for the "Half-Double" technique will require rethinking how memory semiconductors are designed.
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Why Apple and Google's Virus Alert Apps Had Limited Success
The virus-tracing effort raises questions about the power of Big Tech to set global standards for public health tools.
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Russian Hackers Launch Major Cyberattack Through U.S. Aid Agency's Email System, Microsoft Says
Microsoft said the hacking group known as Nobelium targeted over 150 organizations worldwide in the last week.
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Facial Recognition Software Results in Few Arrests, Raises Concerns
Clearview AI has been marketing facial recognition software to law enforcement around the country. In Minnesota, some agencies are finding out the technology doesn't...
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WhatsApp Sues India's Government to Stop New Internet Rules
Facebook's WhatsApp mobile-messaging service sued India's government to block new regulations that would force the company to enable outside parties to trace people's...
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Malware Caught Using macOS Zero-Day to Secretly Take Screenshots
Researchers found XCSSET malware has been exploiting a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability to bypass macOS security defenses and take screenshots without the...
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EU Beefs Up Disinformation Code to Prevent Digital Ad Profit
The EU has released plans to strengthen its three-year-old voluntary code of practice on online disinformation.
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Hackers Release Patient Data Stolen from New Zealand Health Systems
The release comes a week after the health system's information services were shut down by hackers.
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GCHQ Violated Human Rights with Mass Data Interception, European Court Rules
However, the decision to operate such scheme did not itself breach the European convention on human rights, it says
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Drones Flying Near Airports, Infrastructure Prompt U.S. Action
With consumer drone use surging in U.S. airspace above critical sites like airports, federal agencies are acting to address potential safety and security issues...
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Vulnerabilities in Billions of Wi-Fi Devices Let Hackers Bypass Firewalls
A security researcher found 12 fragmentation vulnerabilities and aggregation attack exploits in Wi-Fi systems.
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Is 5G Opening Security Holes in the Internet of Things?
The new 5G networks increase hacker access to the Internet of Things.
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An NTSB for Cyber Attacks?
Critics grapple with Biden's Cybersecurity Safety Review Board plan.
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Getting Down to Basics
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a...
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Jack Minker (1927–2021)
ACM Fellow Jack Minker was a leader in the development of automating logistic reasoning, but he is perhaps best known for his efforts to promote the social responsibility...
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Let the Algorithm Decide?
Algorithms fail their first test to replace student exams.
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U.S. Has Almost 500,000 Job Openings in Cybersecurity
The U.S. Commerce Department's Cyber Seek technology job-tracking database and the trade group CompTIA count about 465,000 current U.S. cybersecurity job openings...
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Shape-Shifting Computer Chip Thwarts Hackers
A secure new computer processor thwarts hackers by randomly changing its underlying structure, making it virtually impossible to hack.
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