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Ghana Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccines to Rural Communities
San Francisco-based startup Zipline is delivering coronavirus vaccines to rural communities in Ghana via autonomous drones.
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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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Submersible Soft Robot Survives Pressure of Mariana Trench
A silicone rubber submersible robot engineered by researchers at China's Zhejiang University successfully withstood the immense pressures in the Mariana trench....
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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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China Charges Ahead with National Digital Currency
China is forging ahead with a national digital currency called the electronic Chinese yuan (eCNY).
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Could Mobile Voting Ring True?
Voting on smartphones could result in higher voter turnouts.
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A Letter Sealed for Centuries Has Been Read--Without Even Opening It
An international team of researchers used computer algorithms and x-ray scanning to read a tightly folded letter sealed since 1697, without actually opening it....
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Japanese Companies Go High-Tech in the Battle Against Food Waste
Japanese firms are accelerating the use of advanced technology to combat food waste and reduce costs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Worldwide Web as We Know It May Be Ending
Threats of regulatory crackdowns on technology companies worldwide are expected to become more common, increasingly fragmenting the Internet.
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Chinese Spyware Code Was Copied From America's NSA: Researchers
Researchers discovered that code first developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has been used to support Chinese hacking operations.
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AI vs. AI: The Race to Generate, Share, and Detect Deepfakes
Fakers and researchers alike are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to produce and identify manipulated digital content.
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Google Uses Underwater Fiber-Optic Cable to Detect Earthquakes
A submarine fiber-optic cable owned by Google was used by researchers to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms.
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'Farms Are Going to Need Different Kinds of Robots'
Farmers worldwide are using new precision-farming technologies to address agricultural issues.
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Drones Join Fight to Save New Zealand's Rarest Dolphin
The nonprofit MAUI63 organization hopes to preserve New Zealand's endangered Maui dolphin with an aerial drone.
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Bots Hyped GameStop on Major Social Media Platforms, Analysis Finds
An analysis by PiiQ Media found that bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStop and other meme stocks.
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Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog for deployment in dangerous situations, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.
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