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A Smart Self-Learning Assistance System for the Manufacturing Industry
The MADDOX self-learning assistance system can analyze machine and process data in order to boost manufacturing efficiency.
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Google's New Tech Can Read Your Body Language—Without Cameras
The company's ATAP research team is using radar to help computers respond to your movements, like turning off a TV if it senses you've dozed off.
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Millions for Crypto Start-Ups, No Real Names Necessary
Investors give money to pseudonymous developers. Venture capitalists back founders without learning their real names. What happens when they need to know?
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NHL Launching Faceoff Probability Stat with AWS Technology
The National Hockey League is launching a faceoff probability statistic, using Amazon Web Services to apply 10 years of data and in-game analytics.
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Fingertip Sensitivity for Robots
A thumb-shaped sensor with a camera inside uses computer vision and a deep neural network to infer haptic contact information.
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VR Farm Tour Expands Access to Urban Agriculture
Cornell University researchers have created a virtual reality tour of New York City's Red Hook Farms.
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Ukraine Requests ICANN, Crypto Exchanges Block Russia
Namecheap tells Russian customers to leave.
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Stanford Scientists Combine AI, Atomic-Scale Images in Pursuit of Better Batteries
A research team analyzed atomic-scale microscopic images using artificial intelligence to understand why rechargeable batteries wear out, paving the way for better...
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A Security Technique to Fool Would-Be Cyberattackers
A new technique to prevent memory timing side-channel attacks by malware exploits memory hardware common to multiple programs running on the same computer.
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Will No-Code Crack the Code?
No-code platforms help non-coders program, but developers will always be needed.
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As Tanks Rolled Into Ukraine, So Did Malware. Then Microsoft Entered the War.
After years of talks about the need for public-private partnerships to combat cyberattacks, the war in Ukraine is stress-testing the system.
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War is Testing the Power of Tech Giants
Twitter said it would label all posts containing links to Russian state-affiliated media outlets, and Meta said it would restrict access to some EU outlets to ward...
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Toyota Halts Japan Production As Supplier Probes Possible Cyberattack
Toyota-owned truck manufacturer Hino Motors said two of its plants were affected, while Daihatsu, a Toyota affiliate that makes small cars, reportedly also stopped...
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New Chip Can Prevent Hackers From Extracting Hidden Information From Smart Devices
Engineers build a lower-energy chip that can prevent hackers from extracting hidden information from a smart device.
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Perovskite Artificial Retina Can Read Handwritten Numbers
Researchers at Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have constructed an artificial retina from perovskite materials.
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Flaws Discovered in Cisco's Network Operating System for Switches
Technology conglomerate Cisco has issued software patches to correct four security flaws that hackers could exploit to commandeer affected systems.
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Using ML to Understand How Brain Cells Work
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers used machine learning and artificial intelligence to better understand how interacting traits influence brain cells'...
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Quantum Computing Arrays Made of Two Types of Atom
Two research teams have created arrays containing two different neutral atoms, a promising platform for quantum computing.
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