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The Quiet Way Advertisers Are Tracking Your Browsing
Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?
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Quantum Computing Arrays Made of Two Types of Atom
Two research teams have created arrays containing two different neutral atoms, a promising platform for quantum computing.
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UC Berkeley Robot Navigation Could Chart New Course for Self-Driving Systems
An approach that uses hours of video and elements of reinforcement learning can guide a robot vehicle almost two miles without a full map of the surroundings.
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The U.S. Is Weaponizing Semiconductors to Try to Rein In Russia
The components may play a pivotal role in upcoming efforts to sanction the invading country, but it is unclear if those efforts will actually work.
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Toward a Stronger Defense of Personal Data
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed an integrated circuit chip that can thwart power side-channel attacks using less energy than...
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Deep Learning Toolbox Now Apparently Includes Ground-Up Glass
Scientists suggest ground-up pieces of glass could help in securely encrypting facial images via a new optical cryptosystem.
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Brazilian Academics Create Automated Fake News Detection Platform
A team of researchers has developed a Web platform that can automatically detect fake online news.
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Robot Helps Dairy Workers Make Havarti, Danbo
A cheese robot created by Klavs Martin Sørensen at Denmark's University of Copenhagen is employed at Danish dairy company Arla to help with quality control.
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Russia Could Use Cryptocurrency to Blunt the Force of U.S. Sanctions
Russian companies have many cryptocurrency tools at their disposal to evade sanctions, including a so-called digital ruble and ransomware.
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Is Our Universe a Holographic Projection? Scientists Use Black Holes, Quantum Computing to Find Out
What's inside a black hole? Quantum computers and deep learning may finally reveal clues.
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Tech Giants to Be Forced to Share More Data Under EU Proposal
Groups say rules unfairly target the biggest firms and could push companies to store more data in Europe.
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Will Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Trigger a Cyberwar?
Russia, Ukraine, and many of the latter's Western allies have the ability to launch cyberattacks on other nations, and both sides seem ready for digital skirmishes...
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Meet Twist: MIT's Quantum Programming Language
Keeping tabs on data entanglement keeps reins on buggy quantum code.
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Google, Waymo Used Driverless Cars to Make Virtual San Francisco
Researchers at driverless car company Waymo and Google Research used self-driving vehicles to create a virtual model of San Francisco.
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Robot Fry Cook Gets Job at 100 White Castle Locations
Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 robot fry cook is being deployed in 100 White Castle fast food restaurants.
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Learning to Improve Chemical Reactions with AI
Researchers working with the Temporal Analysis of Products reactor system are using artificial intelligence to study the role of catalysts in chemical reactions...
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HKU Physicists Come Closer to Quantum Materials Through Better Measurement of Quantum Entanglement
An algorithm developed by physicists at the University of Hong Kong can quantify entanglement entropy.
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Medical Digital Twins: a New Frontier
Today, a digital twin of the pancreas; tomorrow, the immune system?
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White House Prepares Curbs on Russia's Access to U.S. Technology
Biden administration officials have warned Russia that it could face further restrictions on technology that is critical to its economy and military.
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