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Smartphone App Can Vibrate Single Drop of Blood to Determine How Well It Clots
A new test uses a single drop of blood and a smartphone's vibration motor and camera to determine whether blood clots too easily, or not at all.
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Deepfake Democracy: South Korean Candidate Goes Virtual for Votes
South Korean researchers used artificial intelligence technology to create what is believed to be the world's first official deepfake political candidate.
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Computer Models Show How Crop Production Increases Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Scientists used computer models to determine the growth of emissions of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide over the last century by U.S. crop production.
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A Source of Security Challenges for Years to Come
Cybersecurity experts agree the recently uncovered Log4Shell software vulnerability is the most dangerous on record.
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Is Firefox Okay?
Mozilla's privacy-heavy browser is flatlining. What it does next is crucial for the future of the web.
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Economists Are Revising Their Views on Robots and Jobs
There is little evidence of a pandemic-induced surge in automation.
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DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
The Google-backed firm taught a reinforcement learning algorithm to control the fiery plasma inside a tokamak nuclear fusion reactor.
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Wearable Sensors for COVID-19 Mitigation
Researchers have demonstrated the potential of digital contact tracing technology in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic by modeling wearable sensor deployments.
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Genetic Database to Identify Missing Persons in El Salvador
A new genetic database was created to identify people who went missing or were adopted illegally during the 1980-1992 war in El Salvador.
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Quantum Errors Made More Tolerable
Physicists have demonstrated the ability to extend the longevity of quantum states and expand tolerance of quantum errors, both crucial to quantum computing.
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Sony AI Drives Race Car Like a Champ
Researchers say their GT Sophy is the first artificial intelligence able to beat professional esports players in the motorsport game Gran Turismo.
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MIT Develops New Programming Language for High-Performance Computers
With a tensor language prototype, "speed and correctness do not have to compete … they can go together, hand-in-hand."
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Thanks to Glitch, Some Seattle Mazda Drivers Can't Tune Their Radios Away from KUOW
Some Seattle-area drivers in Mazdas are finding that the HD Radios in their vehicles will only play KUOW 94.9 FM, the National Public Radio station.
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Technique Smooths Path for 'Federated Learning' AI Training in Wireless Devices
A new technique allows the use of federated learning to train artificial intelligence systems on wireless devices.
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Honeywell H1 Beats Classical System at Game Designed to Test Quantum Mechanics
Researchers used a collaborative mathematical game to determine whether different systems demonstrated quantum mechanical properties.
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Google Chrome—Emergency Security Update For 3.2 Billion
Google routinely restricts in-depth information until a majority of users have had the chance to apply the update, which will be rolled out in the near future. ...
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Scientists Created a Cyborg Fish Powered by Beating Human Heart Cells
The fish's design features a flexible tail that's covered in a layer of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes derived from stem cells) on each side.
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Hackers Rigged Hundreds of Ecommerce Sites to Steal Payment Info
The attackers exploited a known vulnerability and installed credit card skimmers on more than 500 websites.
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