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Tiny, Cheap Solution for Quantum-Secure Encryption
Researchers at Washington State University in St. Louis have proposed a quantum-secure system that is inexpensive, convenient, and scalable.
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Behold, a Password Phishing Site that Can Trick Even Savvy Users
A proof-of-concept "browser in the browser" exploit could phish passwords using a malicious site that does not contain suspicious domains or substitute letters....
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A Robot Small Enough to Explore the Lungs
A new magnetic tentacle robot is tiny enough to take tissue samples from the lung's smallest bronchial vessels, or to deliver cancer therapy.
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Starfall: Finding a Meteorite with Drones and AI
Neural network used to spot a space rock in the Australian outback.
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Does Social Media Make Teens Unhappy? It May Depend on Their Age
A large study in Britain found two specific windows of adolescence when some teenagers are most sensitive to social media.
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Do EV Charging Stations Open the Power Grid to Attack?
Electric vehicle Charging Station Management Systems need greater focus on security.
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Mysterious Satellite Hack Has Victims Far Beyond Ukraine
The biggest hack since Russia's war began knocked thousands of people offline. The spillover extends deep into Europe.
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Greece's National Postal Service Restoring Systems After Ransomware Attack
ELTA has released multiple updates on the situation after reporting on Monday that it was struggling to deal with a ransomware attack they discovered on Sunday...
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Corrupted Open Source Software Enters the Russian Battlefield
A programmer behind the popular open-source npm program node-ipc poisoned it with malware that erased the hard drives of computers located in Russia or Belarus....
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Europe's Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Tech
The EU targets tech giants' walled gardens with aggressive new rules, but the smaller companies the DMA is meant to help are skeptical it will work.
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Food Businesses Lose Faith in Instagram After Algorithm Changes
The change of Instagram's algorithm to prioritize videos over photos has put a damper on the social media strategies of small food businesses.
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Robotized Insects May Search Collapsed Buildings for Survivors
Researchers have developed robotized insects that could be used to search for survivors in collapsed buildings.
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Honda's Asimo Robot to Retire After 20-Year Career Wowing the Public
Honda has been developing the Asimo bipedal humanoid robot since 2000 with the goal of developing robots that will coexist with and be useful to people.
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Study Finds Parents' Social Media Use Associated with Parenting Style
Researchers found a link between parents’ social media use and their parenting styles.
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Restricted Internet Access Could Be Key to Academic Gains
Researchers found that providing Internet access, with the right controls, can help students achieve academic gains, and can even substitute for textbooks in schools...
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Making Quantum Circuits More Robust
A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a framework to make quantum circuits more resilient to noise.
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Europe Says Yes to Messaging Interoperability As It Agrees on Major New Regime for Big Tech
The regulation has been years in the making and is set to usher in a radically different ex ante regime for the most powerful tech platforms
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Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?
Apple's newest smartphone models use machine learning to make every image look professionally taken. That doesn't mean the photos are good.
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EU Takes Aim at Big Tech's Power With Landmark Digital Act
The European Union was expected to finalize the Digital Markets Act, the most sweeping legislation to regulate tech since a European privacy law was passed in 2018...
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