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Electric Truck Stops Will Need as Much Power as a Small Town
The real challenge is how quickly high-speed chargers will need to deliver electricity at a single place and time.
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AI Diversity Scoring System Could Help Root Out Algorithmic Bias
Princeton University's Adji Bousso Dieng and Dan Friedman have developed a diversity score for artificial intelligence to help detect bias.
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Simple Interventions Can Curb Cheating in CS Courses
A new study evaluates how six simple interventions, including quizzing students on academic honesty, appear to have reduced cheating in a computer science course...
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Australia Unveils Joint Cyber Police Taskforce to 'Hunt Down' Hackers
Minister for Home Affairs Clare O'Neil said around 100 officers of the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Signals Directorate would participate in the...
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Terabit/s Optical Data Link Demonstrated for Satellites
An optical data link was demonstrated over 10km (more than six miles) of open air in a field experiment in the Netherlands.
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Google Agrees to $391.5 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States
The company will change its location tracking disclosures in 2023.
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Algorithms Quietly Run the City of DC—and Maybe Your Hometown
A new report finds that municipal agencies in Washington deploy dozens of automated decision systems, often without residents' knowledge.
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App Identifies Parkinson's, COVID-19 Based on User's Voice
Machine learning algorithms in a smartphone application analyze people's voices to identify those in the early stages of Parkinson's disease or severe COVID-19...
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Blockchain Game Could Help Create Metaverse No One Owns
The sci-fi-themed online game Dark Forest operates on a blockchain, meaning no one can manipulate its outcome.
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Chip Delivery Times Shrank Rapidly in October as Supply Crunch Subsides
All major product areas are now available more quickly than they were.
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Hacking the Metaverse
Louisiana State University's Abe Baggili and colleagues tested the security of immersive virtual reality and X-reality systems for weaknesses.
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Amazon Launches Warehouse Robot That Can Do Human Jobs
Amazon has rolled out a new warehouse robot in order to automate more jobs as the company seeks to reduce logistics costs.
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Chip Production Lead Times Shrink As Cyclical Downturn Takes Shape
Semiconductor lead times are now 1.5 weeks below the record highs set in May.
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Quantum Computing May Be the Solution to the EV Materials Problem
As demand for electric vehicles has grown in recent years, it is unclear whether supply eventually will bottleneck or if raw material suppliers can catch up.
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CISA Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities in Industrial Control System Software
Industrial Control Systems advisories from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency focus on vulnerabilities in software from ETIC Telecom, Nokia...
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Herzog, Žižek Become AI Bots Trapped in Endless Conversation
The Infinite Conversation website features a nonstop "chat" between artificial intelligence versions of German director Werner Herzog and Slovenian philosopher...
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Same Traits, Different Island: Study Highlights Evolution Quirks
Researchers used machine learning to determine why two populations of flycatchers that evolved on different Solomon Islands separately developed all-black plumage...
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Open-Source Fish Robot Collecting Microplastics from U.K. Lakes
A robot fish that won the 2022 Natural Robotics Contest has been developed into a functioning prototype that can collect microplastics from waterways.
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Hacker Shaking Up the Tech Industry, One Hackathon at a Time
Awofisayo is pushing to give women and non-binary students space in the tech industry because of the diversity needed.
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