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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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Algorithm Can Identify People by Their Heartbeat
Researchers are developing an algorithm that can identify people by heartbeat.
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Putting 3D Printers to Work in Ukraine's War Zone
Entrepreneurs in Poland are rushing three-dimensional printers to Ukraine for the manufacture of defensive equipment.
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Data-Harvesting Code in Mobile Apps Sends User Data to 'Russia's Google'
A researcher found that Yandex, known as "Russia's Google," embedded code in apps for mobile devices that allows data to be sent to servers in Russia.
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Can AI Help Casinos Cut Down on Problem Gambling?
The opportunities seem endless. The reality is much more complicated.
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AI Beats 8 World Champions at Bridge
Victory marks milestone for AI as bridge requires more human skills than other strategy games
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Russia Inches Toward Its Splinternet Dream
For years, the country has been trying to create its own sovereign Internet—a goal given new impetus by the backlash to its invasion of Ukraine.
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How AI is Cleaning Up the High Seas
The state of maritime monitoring hasn't changed much in generations. Pirates beware; AI is changing that.
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Scientists Finish Decoding Last 8% of Human Genome
An international team of researchers completed the decoding of the final 8% of the human genome.
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Fighting Discrimination in Mortgage Lending
To help combat discrimination in mortgage lending, a new process can remove bias from the data used to train machine learning models.
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Sign Language Glossary Aims to Widen Tech Access
A sign language glossary features more than 500 new signs covering computer science, cybersecurity, data science, and software development.
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Watch a Robot Peel a Banana Without Crushing It
A machine learning system developed by researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo can train a robot to peel a banana without crushing it.
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Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests
Data was used to enable harassment, may aid financial fraud.
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Artificial Neurons Go Quantum with Photonic Circuits
Researchers demonstrated a quantum memristor on an integrated quantum processor operating on single photons in an effort to link artificial intelligence and quantum...
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Estimating the Pace of Change
An international research team has developed a new method for determining the pace of change.
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Hundreds of HP Printer Models Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution
HP issued security advisories for three critical-severity vulnerabilities impacting its LaserJet Pro, Pagewide Pro, OfficeJet, Enterprise, Large Format, and DeskJet...
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UPS Expands Deal with Google Cloud to Prepare for Surge in Data
United Parcel Service has expanded its deal with Google Cloud, which will involve greater network, storage, and computing capacity.
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Europeans Wary of New Digital Identity
Rollout of European Digital Identity sparks Big Brother-type fears.
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HSBC Working with IBM to Accelerate Quantum Computing Readiness
Bank envisions application of quantum capabilities for priorities such as pricing and portfolio optimisation, sustainability, risk, and fraud
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3D-Printed Tablets Offer Taste of Personalized Medicine
Researchers at the U.K.'s University College London have demonstrated that three-dimensional printing could be used to produce personalized medicines.
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