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A Rare Pandemic Silver Lining: Mental Health Start-Ups
Using teletherapy, metrics, and matching algorithms, entrepreneurs are focusing on addressing aspects of the mental health care system that they view as broken....
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CIOs Expect Tech Investments to Climb in 2021
A survey of 45 information technology executives found that many expect tech investment will grow next year, crediting the Covid-19 pandemic for justifying more...
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Students Find Creating Covid-19 Tracing App for School Was Easy. Navigating Fault Lines of the Teenage Pull to Socializing Was More Treacherous.
Two Marin County, CA, high school students built apps to help local schools contain the spread of Covid-19, hoping to encourage in-person attendance while maintaining...
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Farmers Get Their Own Security Advice as Cyberattacks Increase
The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center has published guidance for farmers to help guard against cyberattacks.
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AI, Drones, 4K Cameras: New Tech Boosts Security Systems in Japan
Shortages of security personnel in Japan have prompted adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence, drones, and 4K video cameras.
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Kazakhstan Spies on Citizens' HTTPS Traffic; Browser-Makers Fight Back
Google, Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft are partnering to stop Kazakhstan's government from decrypting and reading HTTPS-encrypted traffic between citizens and...
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City Researchers Reveal Link Between Coding of Cryptocurrencies and Their Market Behavior
A connection between the coding of cryptocurrencies and their market behavior has been identified by researchers at the U.K.'s City University of London.
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Up to 3 Million Devices Infected by Malware-Laced Chrome and Edge Add-ons
Researchers warned Wednesday that up to 3 million devices have been infiltrated by malware-impregnated Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions that...
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In a First, Air Force Uses Artificial Intelligence Aboard Military Jet
No weapons were involved, and the plane was steered by a pilot.
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Deere's Farm Version of Facial Recognition Coming to Fields in 2021
Agriculture giant Deere & Co. plans to roll out a system next summer that combines machine vision and machine learning to improve the identification of individual...
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Scope of Russian Hack Becomes Clear: Multiple U.S. Agencies Were Hit
The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, nuclear labs, and Fortune 500 companies use software found to have been compromised by Russian hackers. The sweep of stolen...
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8 Leading Women In The Field Of AI
There are many brilliant women at the forefront of artificial intelligence today.
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Amazon Wants to Train 29 Million People to Work in the Cloud
Amazon plans to help train 29 million people worldwide to work in the cloud by 2025.
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AI Needs to Face Up to its Invisible-worker Problem
Machine-learning models are trained by low-paid online gig workers. They're not going away—but we can change the way they work, says Saiph Savage.
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Hackers-For-Hire Group Develops 'PowerPepper' In-Memory Malware
Kaspersky cybersecurity researchers revealed a previously undiscovered in-memory Windows backdoor for executing remote malware and stealing data.
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Drones Are Poised to Reshape Home Design
A rethink of home design may be needed to accommodate remote drone delivery, which could reconfigure entire neighborhoods to establish designated drone airspace...
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Consumers Increasingly Touch on Contactless Payments
The ability to pay touch-free during the Coronavirus pandemic is persuading more consumers and retailers to go contactless.
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Researchers Find Even 'Fair' Hiring Algorithms Can Be Biased
Researchers at Harvard University and Germany's Technische Universität Berlin analyzing how "fair" ranking algorithms affect gender uncovered inconsistent ranking...
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'A Damn Stupid Thing to Do'—the Origins of C
Today, C may be a lingua franca among programmers. This is its (abridged) history.
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