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Guaranteeing the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
Computer scientists developed of method to ensure end-to-end safety of autonomous vehicles by guaranteeing the results of the machine learning algorithms used to...
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Physical Qubit with Built-In Error Correction
Researchers demonstrated that a laser-generated light pulse containing several photons can be used to build a photonic quantum computer.
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Meta Calls for Industry Effort to Label A.I.-Generated Content
The social network wants to promote standardized labels to help detect artificially created photo, video and audio material across its platforms.
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India Tells Tech Giants to Police Deepfakes
As India prepares for a general election this year, a government official said social media companies will be held accountable for AI-generated deepfakes on their...
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FBI Shuts Down China's 'Volt Typhoon' Hackers Targeting U.S. Infrastructure
During a U.S. House committee hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray disclosed that his agency had shut down the China-backed hacking group known as "Volt Typhoon...
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Japan Bids Sayonara to the 3.5" Floppy Disk
Japan's rules for the submission of official documents to the government no longer mention physical media like floppy disks, CD-ROMs, or other "electronic recording...
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Cyberattack Hits Georgia County Where Trump Is Charged
Fulton County, GA, experienced a cyberattack over the weekend that affected its court, tax, firearms, and marriage-license systems.
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ChatGPT Violated European Privacy Laws, Italy Tells OpenAI
Italy's data protection authority told OpenAI that its ChatGPT AI chatbot violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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Amazon's Ring to Shutter Video-Sharing Program
Amazon's Ring announced law enforcement and government agencies will no longer be allowed to solicit footage from doorbell cameras directly from users through the...
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Governments Are Spying on Your Push Notifications
Companies are being compelled to turn over potentially valuable push notification metadata to authorities.
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iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send Notifications
Security researchers found that some iPhone apps are using notifications to get around Apple's privacy rules governing the collection of user data.
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Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches
Three researchers have found a long-sought way to pull information from large databases secretly. If the process can be streamlined, fully private browsing could...
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Deepfake Audio of Biden Alarms Experts
A telephone message containing deepfake audio of U.S. President Joe Biden called on New Hampshire voters to avoid yesterday’s Democratic primary and save their...
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New Error Correction Trick could Make Quantum Computers 200 Times Smaller
Using a combination of error-correction approaches, researchers could make a quantum computer with physical qubits available today.
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Reddit Mentions May Help Predict Changes in Cryptocurrency Value
University of California, Riverside researchers identified a connection between cryptocurrency prices and the number of Reddit posts mentioning a currency in the...
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Microsoft Says Russian Government Hackers Stole Its Emails
Microsoft said hackers working for the Russian government breached its corporate networks recently and stole email from executives and some employees to find out...
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Google Search Technique Used by Police Draws Legal Challenge
Activists are challenging law enforcement's use of Google search data in solving criminal cases.
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Bitcoin ETFs Have Arrived. Here's Who Stands to Get Rich
U.S. approval of spot bitcoin ETFs, a new way to track the price of bitcoin, could trigger a gold rush for investors.
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The Next Front in the U.S.-China Battle Over Chips
A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China's ambitions. Washington is debating whether and how to limit the technology.
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