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Majorana Meltdown Jeopardizes Microsoft's Quantum Computer
Majorana particles would make perfect qubits to build a large quantum computer, but their creation and detection in 2018 was probably no more than overinterpreted...
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Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
Hackers say they have compromised data from as many as 150,000 surveillance cameras, including footage from electric vehicle company Tesla.
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Storing the Declaration of Independence in a Single Molecule
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are using an artificial variation of DNA for data storage.
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Facebook Researchers Report Advance in Computer Vision
A software toolkit developed by Facebook's artificial intelligence research arm could enable companies to create computer vision software more quickly.
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Microsoft-led Team Retracts Quantum 'Breakthrough'
Microsoft's 2018 paper claimed to have observed evidence supporting Majorana particles' existence.
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An Autonomous High-Speed Transporter for Tomorrow's Logistics
Automated aerial vehicles guided by artificial intelligence are under development to enhance logistics.
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Smaller, Faster, Greener
Researchers have found that hardware manufacturing and infrastructure account for the most emissions associated with modern mobile and datacenter equipment.
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Synthetic Data: Even Better than the Real Thing?
Societal issues and new tools are driving synthetic data uptake. How does it stack up against its real-life counterpart?
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A.I. Here, There, Everywhere
Many of us already live with artificial intelligence now, but researchers say interactions with the technology will become increasingly personalized.
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Japanese Smart City Offers Residents Quake, Privacy Protection
After the 2011 earthquake, local governments have partnered with companies and researchers to improve residents' lives
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Google Employee Group Urges Congress to Strengthen Whistleblower Protections for AI Researchers
A letter published by Google employees aired support of the Ethical AI team at Google and its former co-leads, both of whom were fired.
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Autonomous Underwater Robot Saves People From Drowning
A research team has developed an underwater rescue robot with the help of the city of Halle, Germany, water rescue service.
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Meet the Israeli Robot That 'Hears' Through Dead Locust's Ear
Researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) have connected a dead locust's auditory organ to a robot, which responds to the sounds it picks up.
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The Robots Are Coming for Phil in Accounting
Many U.S. companies are adopting software to perform tasks that previously involved teams of employees, and white-collar workers are concerned.
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Google to Stop Tracking Users for Targeted Ads
Google says it will no longer track users across Internet searches to sell targeted advertising, and will not build alternative user-tracking models.
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CVS, Walgreens Look for Big Data Reward From Covid-19 Vaccinations
Pharmacy chains including CVS Health, Walmart, and Walgreens-Boots Alliance are collecting data from customers as they sign up for coronavirus vaccinations.
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Way Beyond AlphaZero: Berkeley, Google Work Shows Robotics May Be Deepest Machine Learning of All
A new report found that the hardest and perhaps most promising work of deep learning may lie in the realm of robotics,
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The Bitcoin Blockchain Is Helping Keep a Botnet From Being Taken Down
Researchers found that a botnet they have been following disguised one of its IP addresses in the bitcoin blockchain to guard against a command-and-control server...
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AI Smashes Videogame High Scores by Remembering Its Past Success
Artificial intelligence has achieved record high scores on videogames played on classic Atari consoles, by recalling previous successes.
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