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Adobe Is Using AI to Catch Photoshopped Images
While picture editors have tweaked images for decades, modern tools like Adobe Photoshop let them alter photos to the point of complete fabrication.
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How Deep Learning Is Making Computers Better at Guessing Your Passwords
A machine learning technique can make computers up to 24% better at guessing passwords.
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4 Tweets Can Reveal the Identity of an Anonymous Troll
Four geotagged posts are sufficient to identify an anonymous account from a telephone company's database of customers.
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The Supreme Court Takes On the Police Use of Cellphone Records
The Supreme Court has handed down what may be the most important privacy case of the digital era, ruling on Friday that the government cannot force cellphone service...
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Why a 40-Year-Old SCOTS Ruling Against Software Patents Still Matters Today
Forty years ago this week, in the case of Parker v. Flook, the US Supreme Court came close to banning software patents.
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Deepfake Videos Are Getting Impossibly Good
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based system that uses input video to create photorealistic reanimations of portrait videos.
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The Unexpected Fallout of Iran's Telegram Ban
Seven weeks after Iran's conservative-led judiciary banned the secure communications app Telegram inside the country, Iranians are still reeling from the change...
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Researchers Investigate Potential Threat to Speech Privacy via Smartphone Motion Sensors
Researchers have determined that smartphone motion sensors could be exploited to compromise speech privacy, albeit in limited situations.
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Spotlight Falls on Russian Threat to ndersea Cables
The Trump administration's new sanctions on Russia are casting light on the threat posed to the undersea cables that carry the world's electronic communications...
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If You're A Facebook ser, You're Also a Research Subject
The professor was incredulous.
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Anti-Swearing AI Takes the Edge Off Abuse on Reddit and Twitter
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
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In Newark, Police Cameras, and the Internet, Watch You
The camera perched above the bus stop sends back a continuous feed from the corner of 16th Avenue and South 18th Street in Newark's West Ward.
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London's Roadmap to Becoming the World's Smartest City
London, U.K., mayor Sadiq Khan has released details of his plan to make his city the world's smartest.
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ZTE's Near-Collapse May Be China's Sputnik Moment
Once derided as a technology backwater and copycat, China is justifiably proud of its technology boom.
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Exploring Cyber Resilience for Electricity
Challenges face the use of microgrids, but they hold the potential for increased grid security.
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This Yale Technology Could Fix Blockchain's Security Issues
Yale University researchers have developed a new blockchain security system.
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Why Emergency Braking Systems Sometimes Hit Parked Cars and Lane Dividers
The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday provided new details about a March crash in Mountain View, California, that claimed the life of engineer Walter...
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The Fake News Wars Have Only Begun
The next generation of false news will feature realistic-looking videos and a battle of algorithms.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Screen Time Controls, Working with China
Tim Cook, who has led Apple since 2011, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep in a wide-ranging interview on Monday as the company kicked off its annual Worldwide Developers...
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