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Google's Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed
The company is facing multiple lawsuits from the U.S. Department of Justice and three dozen states.
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Microsoft: 2021 is the Year Passwords Die
The software giant has highlighted the strides it made to kill off passwords in 2020, and has stated that it plans to make them a thing of the past for all its...
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Microsoft's Lessons for Google
What the Microsoft case teaches us about antitrust and the power of Big Tech today.
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Up to 3 Million Devices Infected by Malware-Laced Chrome and Edge Add-ons
Researchers warned Wednesday that up to 3 million devices have been infiltrated by malware-impregnated Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser extensions that...
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Tiny Quantum Computer Solves Real Optimization Problem
Researchers showed that a small but well-functioning quantum computer was able to solve a small portion of a real logistics problem in the aviation industry.
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Super Surfaces Use Terahertz Waves to Help Bounce Wireless Communication Into the Next Generation
Princeton University researchers have invented a programmable "metasurface" that lets engineers control and focus incoming terahertz waves.
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More Hacking Attacks Found as Officials Warn of 'Grave Risk' to U.S. Government
Minutes after the government statement, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned his administration would impose "substantial costs" on those responsible.
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AI Needs to Face Up to its Invisible-Worker Problem
Machine-learning models are trained by low-paid online gig workers. They're not going away—but we can change the way they work, says Saiph Savage.
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Google Hit by Antitrust Lawsuit from nearly 40 States over Alleged Search Monopoly
The search giant is now facing three major antitrust lawsuits.
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In a First, Air Force Uses Artificial Intelligence Aboard Military Jet
No weapons were involved, and the plane was steered by a pilot.
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Major Computing Breakthrough: Copenhagen Researchers Can Now Achieve “Quantum Advantage”
University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a chip that, with financial backing, could be scaled up and used to build the quantum simulator of the future...
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The Gig Workers Taking Action to Regain Control of Their Data
Complaints against ride-hailing company Uber bring the issue of gig workers' data rights into sharp relief.
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Scientists Decode Neural Mechanisms of Computer Programming
Johns Hopkins University scientists mapped computer programmers' brain activity during coding exercises to uncover the underlying neural processes.
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AI Can Predict Twitter Users Likely to Spread Disinformation Before They Do It
Artificial intelligence predicted the likelihood of Twitter users spreading disinformation, using natural language processing techniques to analyze about 1 million...
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Making Data-Informed Covid-19 Testing Plans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a Web-based Covid-19 testing impact calculator.
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Scientists Digitally Rebuilt Dinosaur's Brain, Made Some Surprising Discoveries
A dinosaur's brain reconstructed through advanced imaging and three-dimensional modeling suggests the sauropod may have been bipedal and occasionally carnivorous...
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An LED That Can Be Integrated Directly Into Computer Chips
Researchers have developed and built a silicon-based LED that can be integrated directly onto a computer chip.
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New App Tracks Black Rhinos Through Their Footprints
The footprint-identification technique uses software to track black rhinoceros' movements via smartphone-recorded footprints, in order to protect the animals from...
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