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Want to Win a Chip War? You're Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The U.S. is spending billions to boost semiconductor manufacturing. For the new plants to crank out silicon chips, they need to source millions of gallons of ultrapure...
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Is the Digital Dollar Dead?
Prominent politicians want to make sure a central bank digital currency never happens in the U.S.—just as we've learned the basics of how one might work.
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U.S. Program to Identify Safe Smart Devices
The Biden administration has announced a program to identify smart devices that are more resilient against cyberattacks.
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A Pink Rover Tackles the Red Planet, Barriers for Women in Science
A team from Australia placed second in the University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT, with a pink-colored robotic rover.
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Amazon Cashless 'Pay by Palm' Technology Requires Only a Hand Wave
Retail giant Amazon has announced a new contactless transaction service that allows shoppers to pay with their palms.
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AI Giants Pledge to Allow External Probes of Their Algorithms, Under a New White House Pact
Leading AI developers including Google and OpenAI promised the Biden administration to check for problems such as biased output.
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Thousands of Authors Urge AI Companies to Stop Using Work Without Permission
Nearly 8,000 authors just signed a letter addressed to the leaders of six AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta.
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Biosensor Offers Real-Time Dialysis Feedback
Researchers at Iran's Shahrood University of Technology engineered a new biosensor to expedite hemodialysis procedures by providing dialysis feedback in real time...
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Can VR Mimic Nature's Power to Make Us Healthier?
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
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Employees Want ChatGPT at Work. Bosses Worry They'll Spill Secrets
Some corporate leaders have banned the use of generative artificial intelligence tools over concerns about exposing sensitive company and customer information. ...
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Chipotle Introduces Guacamole Prep Robot Autocado
Chipotle has partnered with the automation solutions firm Vebu to debut Autocado, an avocado processing robot that will reduce guacamole prep time by 50%.
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A Surprisingly Simple Way to Foil Car Thieves
Flicking lights or swiping wipers could one day add extra security to vehicles.
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Spinning Into the Future – New Waveguide Is Changing the Way Data Is Transferred, Manipulated
Physicists have pioneered a method to engineer electromagnetic spin on metasurfaces, addressing the data storage and transfer needs of an increasingly digital world...
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Face Recognition In the U.S. Is About to Meet One of Its Biggest Tests
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America.
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A Nested Inventory for Software Security, Supply Chain Risk Management
The growing importance of the Software Bill of Materials
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A Blessing and a Boogeyman: Advertisers Warily Embrace A.I.
Many ads are easier to make with the fast-improving technology. It also poses a threat to an industry already in flux.
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White House Proposes Smart Home Cybersecurity Program
The goal of the new certification is to help consumers make choices.
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How to Introduce Quantum Computers Without Slowing Economic Growth
To smooth the path of the quantum revolution, researchers and governments must predict and prepare for the traps ahead.
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ChatGPT4 can Recognize and Read People's Faces. OpenAI Worries it Makes AI Way Too Powerful
OpenAI's ChatGPT has evolved beyond just handling text; it can now recognize and read people's faces.
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