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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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Can a Free Internet Survive?
Internet freedom is eroding on two fronts: the sheer number of efforts to block access to legitimate information, and the level of sophistication used.
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Iranian Hackers Are Going After U.S. Critical Infrastructure
A hacking group is targeting a broad range of organizations, taking advantage of vulnerabilities that have been patched but not yet updated.
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We’re Making the Facebook Papers Public. Here’s Why and How
Independent experts from NYU, UMass Amherst, Columbia, Marquette, and the ACLU are partnering with Gizmodo to responsibly publish this historic leak.
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U.K., U.S. Join Forces to Strike Back in Cyberspace
The U.S. and U.K. will collaborate to strike back against mutual adversaries engaging in malicious cyber-activities.
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This Tool Protects Your Private Data While You Browse
The SugarCoat tool developed by researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Brave Software can better protect users' private data as they browse...
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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data
For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages.
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Insurers Cut Cyber Cover as Ransomware Losses Surge
Insurance firms are worried about profits as ransomware gangs become more sophisticated.
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Drone Startup Plans Drug Deliveries to Homes in Salt Lake City
California drone startup Zipline has signed a service agreement with Utah's Intermountain Healthcare to deliver medicine and other supplies to its Salt Lake City...
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BotenaGo Botnet Targets Millions of IoT Devices with 33 Exploits
AT&T researchers found the BotenaGo malware botnet uses 33 exploits to attack millions of routers, modems, network attached storage, and Internet of Things devices...
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Apple's Plan to Scan Handset Images Stopped Before It Started
When Apple announced its plan to scan iCloud Photos for child pornography, privacy groups were quick to condemn it.
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Defense Department Issuing AI Ethics Guidelines for Tech Contractors
The controversy over Project Maven shows the department has a serious trust problem. This is an attempt to fix that.
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Big Data Privacy for Machine Learning Just Got 100 Times Cheaper
Rice University hashing method slashes cost of implementing differential privacy.
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Ransomware Hackers Have the Upper Hand
Hackers put companies under intense pressure to pay ransoms quickly to get their computers systems back online.
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Researchers Uncover Software Flaws Leaving Medical Devices Vulnerable to Hackers
Researchers say they have discovered over a dozen software vulnerabilities that could be used to crash medical devices and other equipment.
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What Caused the Facebook Outage?
Why was the social media service and its related properties out of service for hours, frustrating users and Facebook engineers alike?
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True, Untrue Viral News Move Equally Through Twitter
A study found both true and untrue viral news spread through Twitter at the same speed, breadth, and depth.
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Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Algorithms
The bill would require Internet platforms to let people use a version of their services where content is not selected by "opaque algorithms" driven by personal...
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Walmart Using Fully Driverless Trucks to Ramp Up Online Grocery Business
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is using fully driverless trucks for its online grocery business.
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Meta to Remove Thousands of Sensitive Ad-Targeting Categories
Shielding users' interests in topics like race, health, religion, and politics.
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