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U.S. Army Creating Robots That Can Follow Orders
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
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Fordham Business Students Have New Tool to Prepare Them for Boardrooms: VR
Fordham University students are using virtual reality technology to build their business skills in simulated environments.
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How Russia's Online Censorship Could Jeopardize Internet Freedom Worldwide
Researchers have found Russia's Internet censorship laws have troubling implications for online freedom in the U.S. and other countries that share its decentralized...
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Drone Registration Made Compulsory as U.K. Scheme Launches
A new mandatory national registration scheme calls for drone users in the U.K. to pass an online test and pay a £9 annual fee, or face a £1,000 fine.
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Machine Learning vs. Machine Learning
Using machine learning to detect deepfakes created for criminal purposes with machine learning.
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WPI Researchers Discover Vulnerabilities Affecting Billions of Computer Chips
Researchers found two flaws impacting Intel and STMicroelectronics central processing units that hackers could exploit to steal or doctor data on billions of devices...
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Apple Card Algorithm Sparks Gender Bias Allegations Against Goldman Sachs
Danish software developer David Heinemeier Hansson cited apparent gender discrimination in the Apple Card algorithm, spurring an investigation into Apple Card partner...
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Drones Used in Crime Fly Under the Law's Radar
When a drone is flown as part of a crime, authorities often have a hard time collecting evidence unless they can actually obtain the device.
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The Bioacoustic Signatures of Our Bodies Can Reveal Our Identities
Researchers in South Korea have developed a biometric system that uses a transducer to generate vibrations and sound waves that can be used to identify individuals...
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Census Overhaul Seeks to Avoid Outing Individual Respondent Data
The U.S. Census Bureau is revamping its systems to prevent the use of published data to target individual respondents through the information they disclose.
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Pentagon Advisory Board Releases Principles for Ethical Use of AI in Warfare
The U.S. Defense Innovation Board has published a set of ethical principles for how military agencies should design weapons enabled by artificial intelligence and...
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Police to Use Facial Recognition Drones to Help Find the Missing
Police Scotland has launched a new aerial drone system to help search for missing people.
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Hackers Use a Photograph of a Fingerprint to Bypass Phone Security
A group of researchers claim to have developed a method for bypassing biometric security on smartphones using photographs of fingerprints.
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Amazon Ring doorbells exposed home Wi-Fi passwords to hackers
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Ring doorbells.
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U.S. Charges Former Twitter Employees With Spying for Saudi Arabia
Justice Department says the two former employees accessed information about people who made posts critical of the Saudi royal family.
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With Laser, Researchers Say They Can Hack Alexa, Google Home, Siri
Researchers used laser pointers and flashlights to effectively hijack digital assistants like Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, and Apple's Siri from hundreds of feet...
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Better Autonomous 'Reasoning' at Tricky Intersections
A new model can help autonomous vehicles determine when it is safe to proceed into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.
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The Internet Is Getting Less Free
Election interference and government surveillance on social media are hurting Internet freedoms.
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Russian Law Gives Government Sweeping Power Over Internet
Earlier this year, Russia passed a law that theoretically would allow the government to sequester the country's Internet from the rest of the world, as well as...
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