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Prabhakar Raghavan Isn't CEO of Google—He Just Runs the Place
In his first interview since taking a top job, Raghavan gets into the future of search, misinformation, employee ferment, and robots making phone calls.
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France Embraces Google, Microsoft in Quest to Safeguard Sensitive Data
The French government says Google and Microsoft cloud computing technology could be used to store sensitive state and corporate data, providing it is licensed to...
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Top Educational Apps for Children Might Not Be as Beneficial as Promised
An analysis of the most frequently downloaded educational apps for children found such apps may not provide high-quality educational experiences.
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Helping Drone Swarms Avoid Obstacles Without Hitting Each Other
A predictive control model allows individual drones to predict their own behavior and that of neighboring drones in a swarm, to keep them from bumping into each...
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Amazon Blocks Police from Using Its Facial Recognition Software Indefinitely
Amazon has indefinitely extended its ban on police use of its facial recognition software, which lawmakers and company employees have said discriminates against...
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Cryptography Experts Trash NFTs on First Day of RSA Conference
The experts have weighed in: Non-fungible tokens are dumb as hell.
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Simulating Sneezes, Coughs to Show How COVID-19 Spreads
Two groups of computer scientists created detailed simulations of droplets sprayed by coughs or sneezes, to demonstrate how COVID-19 spreads.
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The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
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AI, Drones Will Help Pin Down Sosnovsky's Hogweed
To monitor the spread of Sosnovsky's hogweed, scientists developed an artificial intelligence monitoring system that performs real-time image segmentation onboard...
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The Autonomous Vehicle World is Shrinking — It's Overdue
'The AV industry has promised too much for too long, and has delivered too little'
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Pipeline Hack Points to Growing Cybersecurity Risk for Energy System
Energy infrastructure has increasingly come under assault, and analysts said the attack that cut off fuel supplies this week should be a "wake-up call."
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New Initiatives Aim to Improve Diversity in Computer Science Department
Two Duke Univesity professors and a graduate student formed a group of researchers dedicated to identifying "strategies for making computing more equitable and...
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Biden Signs Executive Order to Bolster Federal Government’s Cybersecurity
President Biden's order places strict new standards on software sold to the government.
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This One Change Could Protect Your Systems From Attack. So Why Don't More Companies Do It?
One 'boring but really important' change could improve your security posture significantly. But not everyone does it.
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This System Helps Robots Better Navigate Emergency Rooms
A new navigation system aims to improve the ability of robots to navigate busy clinical environments, especially hospital emergency departments.
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Germany to Support Quantum Computing with €2 Billion
Germany's economy and science ministries announced an approximately €2-billion ($2.4-billion) allocation to develop the country's first competitive quantum computer...
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Smart Finger Ring with Integrated RFID Chip
Researchers have developed a three-dimensionally printed smart finger ring that potentially could replace house keys, wallets, health insurance cards, and more....
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Digital Mental Health Interventions for Young People Are Perceived Promising, But Are They Effective?
A study of digital mental health interventions for adolescents and young people found mixed results when it comes to their effectiveness.
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Online Cheating Charges Upend Dartmouth Medical School
The university accused 17 students of cheating on remote exams, raising questions about data mining and sowing mistrust on campus.
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