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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Internet Is Where We Share, and Steal, the Best Ideas
In April, a photograph of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o taken at a Miu Miu fashion show three years ago began recirculating online.
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Connecting the Bots: Researchers Uncover Invisible Influence on Social Media
Researchers have found Twitter "bots" can be driving forces behind dialogue in social movements.
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Leaked Nsa Report Says Russians Tried to Hack State Election Officials
A Top Secret NSA analyst's report published by The Intercept suggests that, in August 2016, the Russian General Main Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU) hacked...
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3D Models of Faces Developed By Researchers Could Help in Reconstruction Surgery
Researchers are scanning volunteers' faces to compile a database of three-dimensional computer models that could be used to aid in reconstructive surgery.
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Preventing Software From Causing Injury
The Self-Report Ergonomic Assessment Tool is being designed to help develop safer software by ascertaining how much stress computer programs put on users.
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Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
The argument that consciousness is computable--and instillable within machines--cannot be verified or refuted until a measurable theory of consciousness becomes...
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How Hacked Computer Code Allegedly Helped a Biker Gang Steal 150 Jeeps
A Tijuana-based biker club have been charged with stealing 150 Jeep Wranglers using stolen computer code and key designs, the U.S. Justice Department announced....
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Got a Face-Recognition Algorithm? ncle Sam Wants to Review It
The nation's top-level intelligence office, the Director of National Intelligence, wants to find "the most accurate unconstrained face recognition algorithm."
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How a Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything
Last week, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to corporations that try to use patent law as a weapon against other firms, saying that companies can only be sued...
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Russian Hackers Are sing 'tainted' Leaks to Sow Disinformation
Over the past year, the Kremlin's strategy of weaponizing leaks to meddle with democracies around the world has become increasingly clear, first in the US and more...
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Nsa Says New Encryption Standards Needed to Resist Quantum Computing
The U.S. National Security Agency is developing encryption standards to withstand quantum computing.
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Russian Researchers Claim First Quantum-Safe Blockchain
The Russian Quantum Center announced the creation of the first quantum-safe blockchain for securing cryptocurrencies and classified government communications and...
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When Hatred Goes Viral: Inside Social Media's Efforts to Combat Terrorism
On New Year's Eve in 2015 local and federal agents arrested a 26-year-old man in Rochester, N.Y., for planning to attack people at random later that night using...
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That Time the Soviets Bugged Congress, and Other Spy Tales
During a private meeting in the Oval Office earlier this month, President Donald Trump is understood to have disclosed highly classified intelligence to two senior...
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iuc Gets $100k Grant For Supporting Women in Computer Science
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently received the $100,000 grand prize of the National Center for Women in Information Technology NEXT Award....
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How to Prevent 3D Printing Hacks? Install Secret Flaws and Share the Decoder Ring
Researchers say they have developed techniques manufacturers can use to thwart intellectual property thieves.
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Lawmakers Seek to Expand Repair Options
End-users want to be able to repair their expensive electronics; manufacturers disagree.
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sing Bitcoin to Prevent Identify Theft
A new system uses bitcoin's security mechanisms to foil online identify thieves.
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Earth-Observing Companies Push For More-Advanced Science Satellites
Never have so many private eyes looked down at Earth.
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