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Enrollment Algorithms Raise Equity Concerns in Higher Ed
Algorithms that decide how colleges and universities apportion financial aid could be unfairly filtering out applicants and reducing their aid offers.
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Boxing Body Uses AI Vetting of Judges to Restore Trust
The International Boxing Association used an artificial intelligence system to evaluate judges and referees before clearing them for the current men's world championships...
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Drone at Pennsylvania Electric Substation First to 'Specifically Target Energy Infrastructure'
A July 2020 drone crash was the first known case of a "modified unmanned aircraft system likely being used in the U.S. to specifically target energy infrastructure...
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Australia Says U.S. Facial Recognition Software Firm Clearview Breached Privacy Law
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Clearview AI violated domestic privacy laws by collecting images from Websites without Australians' consent...
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World Bank Program Looks to Blockchain to Solve Carbon Emissions Data Issues
The World Bank's Climate Warehouse program is consulting with cryptocurrency startups like the Chia Network to build a "public-good layer" for climate.
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Identity Verification Technique Offers Robust Solution to Hacking
Scientists have developed a secure identity verification technique based on the precept that information cannot exceed the speed of light.
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The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes
The bots convincingly and effortlessly help hackers break into Coinbase, Amazon, PayPal, and bank accounts.
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Biden Administration Orders Federal Agencies to Fix Hundreds of Cyber Flaws
Agencies come under new pressure to close cybersecurity flaws after sometimes balking at such measures in the past.
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Tech Companies Push Users to Adopt Two-Factor Authentication
Technology companies are more aggressively urging the use of two-factor authentication by users, with some making the process mandatory.
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Crowdsourced Cybersecurity: Hunting for Bugs
Companies offer big money to 'white-hat hackers' to find flaws in software products before the black hats do.
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This Group Pushed More AI in US Security—and Boosted Big Tech
The National Security Commission on AI included members from Oracle, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Some of its recommendations are already federal law.
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Facebook is Shutting Down its Facial Recognition System, Affecting Over a Billion People
The company will delete all of its face scan data, citing societal concerns and regulatory uncertainty.
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State Department to Form New Cyber Office to Face Proliferating Global Challenges
The U.S. State Department will establish a new bureau of cyberspace and digital policy as part of a reorganization intended to address international cybersecurity...
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Coding Bug Helped Researchers Build Secret BlackMatter Ransomware Decryption Tool
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Emsisoft helped recover encrypted files of victims of the BlackMatter ransomware operation.
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Australia Considers New Privacy Rules to Protect Children on Social Media
The Australian government is considering legislation that would enable the creation of an online code to prohibit social media from directing children to harmful...
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Ransomware Gang Masquerades as Real Company to Recruit Tech Talent
Researchers said the ransomware group Fin7 has established a counterfeit company to recruit potential technology talent.
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Latest Russian Cyberattack Targeting Hundreds of U.S. Networks
Microsoft warns the Russia-based agency Nobelium has targeted hundreds of U.S. companies and organizations, in its latest cyberattack.
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How to Fix Facebook, According to Facebook Employees
Internal research documents provide a blueprint for solving the company's biggest problems.
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