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'Stalkerware' Apps Are Proliferating. Protect Yourself
These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar.
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FAA Technology Aims to Speed Takeoffs of Planes Idling on Runways
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the agency will deploy new software to more easily estimate when planes can taxi onto a runway and take off....
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The Melting Face Emoji Has Already Won Us Over
Of the 37 new emojis approved this year, one stood out as a visual proxy for our collective malaise.
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Teams Develop Code to Coordinate Robots, Win $535,000 in Space Robotics Challenge
Seven teams that competed in the NASA Space Robotics Challenge were awarded a total of $535,000.
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How AI Completed Beethoven's Unfinished Tenth Symphony
Computer scientists, music historians, musicologists, and composers applied artificial intelligence to the task of completing Beethoven's unfinished Tenth Symphony...
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How an 11-Foot-Tall 3D Printer Is Helping to Create a Community
Three-dimensional printing can create nearly any object. A partnership in Mexico is putting that theory to the test, building a village for residents living in...
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Epic Games Believes the Internet is Broken. This is Their Blueprint to Fix It.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and other executives detail their plan for the metaverse and how it differs from Facebook's vision
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Deep Learning Helps Predict Drug Combinations to Fight COVID-19
A research team used deep learning to identify drug combinations that can fight COVID-19.
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AI Technique Could Lead to Ways to Predict Cancer Prognosis, Treatment Response
An artificial intelligence technique can determine which neoantigens (cell surface peptides generated by cancer cells) are recognized by the immune system.
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The Pandemic is Testing the Limits of Face Recognition
Government use of face ID systems exploded during the pandemic—but tying it to critical services has left some people locked out at the moment they needed help...
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Deep Learning's Diminishing Returns
The cost of improvement is becoming unsustainable.
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AI Calling ET: How Artificial Intelligence Supports the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Researchers increasingly ask AI whether anybody is out there.
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For Self-Driving Cars, the Hot New Technology Is Radar
Radar is one of the most popular new technologies for next-generation auto safety systems.
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Robots Scurry Through Underground Scavenger Hunt to Advance Technology
Eight teams directed robots through an underground scavenger hunt in the final segment of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Subterranean Challenge...
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It's Not Easy to Control Police Use of Tech—Even With a Law
A key backer of a 2018 Oakland law to rein in tools like automated license plate readers says the city is not following the rules.
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Scaffolding Robot Buttresses Tipping Construction Industry
Like few other sectors, construction is being inundated with robots and technology.
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SpaceX Satellite Signals Used Like GPS to Pinpoint Location on Earth
Researchers have developed a method for locating a position on Earth using signals broadcast by SpaceX's Starlink Internet service satellites.
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How Greece Let in Tourists, Kept Out COVID-19
Researchers from multiple institutions collaborated on the development of an algorithm that can identify asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in travelers.
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Federal Agencies Warn Companies to Be on Guard Against Prolific Ransomware Strain
U.S. federal agencies issued a joint alert warning companies to be on guard against the Conti ransomware variant.
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