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Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.
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Crowdsourced Feedback Helps Train Robots
A reinforcement learning approach trains robots using crowdsourced feedback from nonexpert users.
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Photonic Chip 'Fits Together Like Lego'
A new compact silicon photonic semiconductor chip significantly expands radio-frequency (RF) bandwidth.
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Robot Can Tidy Up Clothes in a Messy Bedroom
Ken Goldberg at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues developed a robot system to efficiently pick up strewn clothes.
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AI Detects Methane Plumes from Space
A new machine learning tool uses data from hyperspectral satellites to automatically detect methane plumes from space.
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Immersive Engagement in Mixed Reality Measured with Reaction Time
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers found that reaction time potentially could be used to measure presence (immersive engagement) with mixed reality...
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Camera Stops Deepfakes at the Shutter
Built-in content credentials verifies photos' authenticity.
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Canadian Government Reaches Deal with Google on Online News Act
The agreement comes three weeks before the Online News Act rules come into force.
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Drones with Defibrillators Are Saving Lives
Researchers found drones with automated external defibrillators arrived at the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest more than 3 minutes before ambulances in 67%...
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Synthetic Imagery Sets New Bar in AI Training Efficiency
A team of researchers demonstrated that training machine learning models with synthetic images can outperform traditional training methods using real images.
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6G Could Pull Double Duty to Monitor Climate Change
Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.
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Hackers Are Exploiting a Flaw in Citrix Software Despite Fix
Citrix Bleed, a critical flaw in Citrix Systems software, is being exploited by government-backed hackers and critical groups.
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South Korea Allows Autonomous Robots to Use Sidewalks
The South Korean government is allowing authorized autonomous robots to drive along the country's sidewalks.
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Scientists 3D-Print Hair Follicles in Lab-Grown Skin
A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has three-dimensionally (3D) printed hair follicles in lab-grown human skin tissue.
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Better Machine Learning Models with Quantum Computers
Researchers demonstrated improved training of machine learning models using a method that combines the best features of classical and quantum computers.
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DeepMind Accurately Forecasts Weather on a Desktop Computer
Google DeepMind developed a machine-learning weather-forecasting model that outperformed the best conventional forecasting tools.
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Hologram Lets Philippines' Marcos Speak in Singapore While Visiting U.S.
About an hour after delivering a speech in California on Wednesday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appeared in Singapore via hologram.
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How Meta Is Monetizing the Decline of Facebook
Meta's goal is to get more people to use more of its apps and to monetize those people to the greatest extent possible.
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