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Amazon Says It'll Pay You $2 Per Month to Spy on Your Phone's Internet Traffic
Big Brother, small sum.
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Quantum-Circuit Cutting Fills a Gaping Quantum Computing Hole
The quantum advantage depends on the ability to run the largest number of circuits on a complex problem.
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Apple Will Allow iCloud Backups to be Fully Encrypted
Law enforcement has objected in the past to encrypting iCloud accounts.
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Amazon Tests ML Software to Analyze Satellite Images from Space
Amazon, Italian space startup D-Orbit, and Sweden's Unibap spent months testing how Amazon Web Services machine learning software analyzes satellite images and...
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Squeegee: A Contamination Detection Tool for Low Microbial Biomass Microbiomes
The Squeegee contamination detection algorithm can instill reproducibility in microbial identification and analysis.
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Canada Pushes Canadian Content, Irking Big Tech
Proposed legislation in Canada that would require digital platforms to promote Canadian content over foreign-made content is facing pushback from leading tech firms...
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Apple Sued by Women who say AirTag Lets Stalkers Track Victims
The Cupertino, California-based company has acknowledged that "bad actors" have tried misusing Airtags.
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World's Largest Computing Society Honors 2022 Distinguished Members
Pivotal educational, engineering, and scientific contributions are recognized.
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Detecting Dark Matter With Quantum Computers
A Fermilab scientist developed a way to use qubits to detect single photons produced by dark matter in the presence of a strong magnetic field.
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Oversight Board Criticizes Meta for Preferential Treatment
Influential and powerful users on Facebook and Instagram receive "unequal treatment," an internal report said.
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In Phoenix, Taiwanese Chip Giant Builds a Hedge Against China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's biggest maker of advanced computer chips, unveiled an ambitious factory upgrade in Arizona.
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Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026
Fully autonomous system is no longer planned for initial debut; company aims to sell consumer model by 2026 for under $100,000.
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Following U.S. Sanctions, China Decides Its Future Lies With RISC Chips
With access to x86 and ARM chips becoming increasingly difficult, Chinese companies turn their focus on to the open-source RISC-V architecture.
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Sony's Metaverse Bet: A Wearable to Record Your Moves
Sony Group Corp. has announced a system of wearable motion trackers that may be worn on a user's wrists, ankles, head, and hips to animate avatars inside metaverse...
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Contactless ECG Continuously Monitors the Heart
Researchers in China have invented a contactless electrocardiogram system that infers electrical signals through artificial intelligence and millimeter-wave radar...
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We Could Run Out of Data to Train AI Language Programs
Researchers at the Epoch artificial intelligence research and forecasting organization warn of the potential depletion of data for training AI language algorithms...
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Developing Unbreakable Phone Screens
Seeking to head off a shattering experience when a smartphone is dropped.
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Physicists Create 'the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine'
Scientists used a quantum computer to explore the ultimate escape route from a black hole.
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'Innovation Hubs' Aim to Lift Distressed Areas. Congress Just Has to Fund Them
A new report suggests where 20 newly created research centers could best revitalize struggling economies and accelerate new technologies
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