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County DA Pilots Race-Blind Charging Algorithm
The Yolo County, CA, District Attorney's Office incorporated a redaction algorithm into its digital case management system to analyze racial bias in charging decisions...
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ML Helps Reveal Cells' Inner Structures in Detail
Researchers combined electron microscopy with machine learning to identify structures within cells.
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Google's AI Upscaling Technology Outperforms Previous Models
New models developed by the search giant upgrade the resolution of photos.
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Digital Gender Gap Has Cost Over $1 Trillion - So Far
Men are more than half as likely to have Internet access than women in the world's poorest countries.
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The Rise of the Robo-Voices
New technology lets filmmakers create foreign-language versions of their movies using samples of the original actors' voices.
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Singapore Inks Pact with Finland to Mutually Recognize IoT Security Labels
Singapore and Finland have agreed to recognize each other's cybersecurity labels for Internet of Things devices.
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Lack of Engineers Keeping Some Firms Out of the Cloud
Major cloud computing companies are competing to hire engineers, squeezing out others as the pandemic has driven up demand for an already scarce workforce.
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The Future Farmers of France Are Tech-Savvy
The Hectar venture hopes to address France's farmer shortage by nurturing technologically adept next-generation growers.
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Bipedal Robot Can Ride a Skateboard, Walk a Slackline
The bipedal LEgs ONboARD drOne (LEONARDO) robot combines walking with flying to perform nimble, complex movements.
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Insurers Increase Investments in Drones, Robots
International Data Corp. predicts the insurance industry will spend approximately $602 million globally on robotic systems, including drones, this year.
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Alphabet's Wing Tests Drone Deliveries From Shopping Center Rooftops in Australia
Alphabet subsidiary Wing has launched a drone delivery pilot program in Logan, Australia.
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Los Alamos Scientists Take Top Prizes in National Competition to Help Improve Electrical Grid
Hassan Hijazi and Carleton Coffrin of Los Alamos National Laboratory earned top prizes in a national contest to develop algorithms to enhance the electrical grid...
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AI Is Smart, but Does It Play Well with Others?
Researchers explored humans' ability to play a card game with an artificial intelligence model trained to play with teammates never before encountered.
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Interacting With Computers Through Smell
Odors could help direct attention in virtual environments, among other things.
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Making Self-Driving Cars Human-Friendly
A drift diffusion model could make self-driving vehicles safer for pedestrians by helping to predict when people will cross the road.
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'Potentially Disastrous' Data Breach Hits Livestreaming Site Twitch
A spokesman for Check Point said it was the company's "strong suspicion" that Twitch's code had truly been leaked, which was "potentially disastrous."
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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms
Microsoft’s DeepMC framework uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict local weather.
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DeFi Platform Mistakenly Sends $89 Million; CEO Begs Return
The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Compound mistakenly sent users almost $90 million in cryptocurrency due to a bug in a recent update.
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Venice, Overwhelmed by Tourists, Tries Tracking Them
The leaders of Venice, Italy, are gathering the cellphone data of tourists and are using it, along with surveillance cameras, to monitor them.
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