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Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19
Data science can only do so much in the face of a pandemic.
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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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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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Vaccinated? Show Us Your App
Recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine may eventually be given digital health credentials in order to travel, go to work or school, visit entertainment venues, and...
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Norman Abramson, Pioneer Behind Wireless Networks, Dies at 88
His ALOHAnet, designed a half-century ago in Hawaii, was a precursor to the technology used in today's smartphones and home WiFi networks.
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Facebook Hit With Antitrust Lawsuits by FTC, State Attorneys General
Claims target social-media giant's past acquisitions, tactics against competitors.
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Silicon Valley's Next Goal Is 3D Maps of the World--Made by Us
Ordinary online users are being conscripted by Silicon Valley technology companies to produce three-dimensional digital maps of the world.
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Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell
Despite pilot studies demonstrating that smartphone applications can slow Covid-19 transmission, buy-in from people and states is lacking.
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App Aims to Reduce Deaths From Opioid Overdose
A Philadelphia-based pilot study tested an application for volunteers, which alerts them to opioid overdoses requiring naloxone.
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Google's AI Can Keep Loon Balloons Flying for Over 300 Days in a Row
An artificially intelligent pilot can keep huge stratospheric balloons aloft in a fixed position for hundreds of days to operate as floating cell towers for remote...
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Cyberattacks Discovered on Vaccine Distribution Operations
IBM has found that companies and governments have been targeted by unknown attackers, prompting a warning from the Homeland Security Department.
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China's Xi Jinping Pushing for Global Covid QR Code
Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for a uniform set of policies and standards to ensure the "smooth functioning" of the global economy during the pandemic...
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Rethinking Public Broadband
U.S. infrastructure shortcomings re-ignite public/private debate over broadband.
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Cheriton Computer Scientists Create Nifty Solution to Catastrophic Network Fault
Computer scientists have engineered a solution to partial network partitioning, which can cause catastrophic system failures.
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Job Interviews Without Interviewers, Products of the Pandemic
Video responses to set questions, online games that measure a person's traits and skills: The future of interviews is coming to a wider variety of professions in...
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U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Secure Internet-Connected Devices Against Cyber Vulnerabilities
The U.S. Senate this week unanimously passed the bipartisan Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act to strengthen the cybersecurity of Internet-connected...
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Technologies for the Visually Impaired
The last decade has seen major advancements in technology for the blind and visually impaired, but problems remain.
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Tracking COVID, Discreetly
Tracing the contacts of those who come into contact with the coronavirus is not that simple.
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Implantable Device Can Monitor, Treat Heart Disease
Researchers designed a rubbery bioelectronic cardiac patch that can be implanted on the heart to monitor its health.
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