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What Should Happen to Our Data When We Die?
Anthony Bourdain's A.I.-generated voice is just the latest example of a celebrity being digitally reincarnated. These days, though, it could happen to any of us...
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Researchers Hid Malware Inside an AI's 'Neurons' And It Worked Scarily Well
In a proof-of-concept, researchers reported they could embed malware in up to half of an AI model's nodes and still obtain very high accuracy.
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Microsoft Just Published a Workaround for this Important Windows 10 Flaw
Microsoft offers a workaround to a bug that could give attackers the ability to copy an organization's password hashes for offline cracking.
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From Satellite to Smartphone, App Warns Public of Unsafe Water
A new smartphone application can provide early warnings of cholera contamination in water.
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Astronomers Use Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Actual Shape of the Universe
Using artificial intelligence-driven data analysis to peel back the noise and find the actual shape of the universe.
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The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself
A new "red team" will try to anticipate and thwart attacks on machine learning programs.
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Huge Data Leak Shatters the Lie that the Innocent Need Not Fear Surveillance
The Guardian's investigation shows how repressive regimes can buy and use the kind of spying tools Edward Snowden warned us about.
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Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offers Glimpse of New Era
Once imagined as a new kind of warfare, government-linked hacking has instead become a widespread and perhaps permanent feature of the global order.
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From Macy’s to Albertsons, Facial Recognition is Already Everywhere
Customers are largely unaware that some of their favorite stores are using facial recognition tech.
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U.S., Allies Accuse China of Hacking Microsoft and Condoning Other Cyberattacks
This is the first time Washington and other U.S. allies have assigned blame for the Microsoft Exchange hack, which compromised more than 100,000 servers worldwide...
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As Spain's Beaches Fill Up, Seaside Resort Sends in Drones
Officials in the town of Sitges in northeastern Spain are using drones for real-time crowd monitoring along 18 km of beach as COVID-19 cases rise.
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NIST Evaluates Face Recognition Software's Accuracy for Flight Boarding
Tests of face recognition software indicate the most accurate algorithms are able to confirm airline passenger identities at boarding while committing few errors...
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ECB Starts Work on Digital Version of the Euro
The European Central Bank has launched an initiative to produce a digital euro currency.
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Chinese Phone Games Now Require Facial Scans to Play at Night
Chinese video game publisher Tencent has added a facial recognition system to more than 60 of its China-specific smartphone games.
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Stanford Researcher's Cryptography Can Preserve Genetic Privacy in Criminal DNA Profiling
Researchers have devised cryptography that permits searching for DNA matches in criminal cases while protecting the suspect's genetic privacy.
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What's Worse Than a Chip Shortage? Buying Fake Ones
Global semiconductor shortage attracts fraudsters, counterfeits; 'Of course, a bunch of them didn't work,' a buyer says
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France Fines Google €500 Million Over Publication Rights
France's Autorité de la Concurrence ordered Google to present a remuneration offer to news publishers and agencies for the use of their copyrighted content.
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Singapore Launching $50 Million Program to Advance Research on AI, Cybersecurity
Singapore intends to invest $50 million in research on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity for next-generation communications infrastructures.
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