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Your Smartphone Could Recognize You by How You Hold It
Researchers trained an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm to identify individuals based their hand vibrations when holding a smartphone.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a 'Disturbing Trend'
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score
Across industries and incomes, more employees are being tracked, recorded and ranked. What is gained, companies say, is efficiency and accountability. What is lost...
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The Road to 6G
Looking past 5G to sixth-generation wireless technology.
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Thinking Like a Cyber-Attacker to Protect User Data
Researchers exploit computer processor's on-chip interconnect to launch side-channel attacks.
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AI Model Recommends Personalized Fonts to Improve Reading, Accessibility
Model matches reader characteristics, such as font familiarity and age, with specific font characteristics, such as heavier weight.
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Artificial Neuron Swaps Dopamine with Rat Brain Cells Like a Real One
Could be incorporated into future human-machine interfaces.
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Bartending Robot Can Make Small Talk
Drink-mixing machine uses machine learning algorithms to interact with customers.
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World's Largest Mechanical Robot Suit
Prosthesis is the world's largest four-legged exoskeleton, described as 'a cross between an excavator, a dune buggy, and a dinosaur.'
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VR Headsets Reduced to Size of Regular Glasses
Scientists from Stanford University and Nvidia create thinner, lighter virtual reality headgear than commercially available devices.
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Virtual Drum Set Debuts at SIGGRAPH
Engineer and musician Victor Zappi introduced a virtual percussion instrument co-developed with Professor Sidney Fels at the University of British Columbia at ACM's...
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The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun
Lennert Wouters at Belgium's Katholieke Universiteit Leuven hacked SpaceX's Starlink network.
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Amazon Expands Palm-Scanning Payment Tech to 65 More Whole Foods Locations
Amazon plans to expand its Amazon One palm-scanner payment technology to more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California.
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AI May Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters
A new artificial intelligence model could warn firefighters of imminent combustion or flashovers.
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FEC Greenlights Google Plan to Loosen Spam Filters, Overcoming Democratic Challenge
Under the pilot program, campaigns would be able to circumvent algorithmic sorting by tech companies that at times sends their emails to spam.
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Mathematical Modeling Could Lead to Simple Blood Test for Brain Tumors
New mathematical models can assess the use of biomarkers for detecting glioblastomas (GBMs) and their potential for improvement.
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Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels
Consumers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food items through an eco-labeling system based on work by researchers at the U.K.'s Oxford University...
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Datacenter Fire: Google Suffers Outage at One of Its Largest Datacenters, 3 Injured
News of yet another datacenter fire in just two years hits Google. Here's how to make sure you're not next.
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