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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Modern Driver-Assistance Technology 'Far From Reliable': AAA Study
A study by the American Automobile Association found that current advanced driver assistance technology does not provide reliable safety benefits.
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Singapore Police Trial 2 Pilotless Drones to Help Enforce Social Distancing Measures
Singapore law enforcement is testing two unmanned drones designed by developer Airobotics to help enforce social distancing measures, by tracking gatherings and...
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Some Hospitals Tracking Covid-19 by Adding Sensors to Employees' Badges
About 50 hospitals use sensor technology to monitor whether staff are washing their hands when they enter and exit patient rooms, and to keep tabs on expensive...
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IoT Technology to Help Trees Fight Climate Change
Vodafone has joined forces with the U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs and Forest Research to study the role of trees in addressing climate...
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Researchers Disclose Widespread Bootloader Vulnerability
Researchers at enterprise device security company Eclypsium reported a buffer-flow flaw during booting that could potentially compromise billions of Linux and Windows...
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EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence, North Korean, Chinese Firms Over Alleged Cyberattacks
The European Union has announced sanctions against the Russian military intelligence service, and North Korean and Chinese companies, for alleged cyberattacks. ...
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Australian Watchdog Accuses Google of Privacy Breaches
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed suit against Google for allegedly misleading millions of Australian account holders about the use of...
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Volunteer Hacker Army Boosts U.S. Election Cybersecurity
A University of Chicago program aims to strengthen U.S. election security by enlisting volunteer experts to aid local election officials.
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Police Requests for Google Users' Location Histories Face New Scrutiny
Police use of "geofence" warrants is being disputed by criminal defendants in Virginia and San Francisco, and could be banned by lawmakers in New York.
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New Zealand Claims World First in Setting Standards for Government Use of Algorithms
New Zealand's Statistics minister says the new charter on algorithms is an 'important part of building public trust."
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Researchers' AI System Strips Identifiable Attributes Like Gender From Speech Recordings
Researchers have proposed a technique that can remove attributes like gender from speech data to protect sensitive information.
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Face Masks are Thwarting Even the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms, Study Finds
Researchers from the U.S. National Institute of Scence and Technology found that face masks are causing facial recognition algorithms to fail as much as 50% of...
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Google Promises Privacy with Virus App but Can Still Collect Location Data
Despite Google's promise that its smartphone software does not track user locations, governments were surprised to learn location-setting must be active for the...
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Tech Execs Urge Washington to Accelerate AI Adoption for National Security
Technology company CEOs have issued 35 recommendations to Congress for maintaining global artificial intelligence supremacy.
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New York Bans Facial Recognition in Schools Statewide
The New York State legislature Wednesday passed a moratorium on the use of facial recognition and other biometric identification methods in schools statewide until...
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Self-Driving Industry Takes to the Highway After Robotaxi Failure
FThe autonomous vehicle industry is refocusing on more-profitable opportunities after efforts to commercialize robotaxis failed to live up to the hype.
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Blueprint for the Perfect Coronavirus App
Researchers have outlined the ethical and legal challenges of developing and implementing digital tools for managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
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New DOE Blueprint to Pave the Way for a Nationwide Quantum Internet
"The Department of Energy is proud to play an instrumental role in the development of the national quantum Internet," U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said...
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Are We Addicted to Technology?
Experts agree technology causes some negative behaviors, but they are divided on how bad the problem is.
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