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Explained: Why Cyber Hygiene is Very Important
Microsoft India group head and director of government affairs Ashutosh Chadha said cybercrime costs economies more than $6 trillion (Rs. 4.6 crore crore) each year...
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The Power and Pitfalls of AI for U.S. Intelligence
Artificial intelligence use is booming, but it's not the secret weapon you might imagine.
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Immersive King Tut Exhibit Looks Beyond the Gold Mask
National Geographic Museum's virtual-reality experience opens up the Egyptian pharaoh's tomb.
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Alexa Has a New Voice — Your Dead Relative's
Experts call the device's new feature a slippery slope, comparing it to an episode of 'Black Mirror'
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Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit
The latest invention follows the team's creation of the first ever quantum transistor in 2012.
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How Students Are Scrubbing Their Social Media Profiles
A new service for students flags inappropriate or offensive posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so would-be employers can see them in the best possible...
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AI-Powered Archaeology Draws Out Hidden Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans
Researchers used artificial intelligence to uncover evidence that ancient humans used fire at least 800,000 years ago at the Evron Quarry archaeological site in...
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Model Helps Identify Mutations That Drive Cancer
Researchers created a probabilistic computer model that rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells to identify cancer-driving mutations.
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How the Brain Prepares to Think
Researchers used the Texas Advanced Computing Center's Frontera supercomputer to probe the physics of thought activation in the brain.
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Mega Says It Can't Decrypt Your Files. POC Exploit Shows Otherwise
A new report indicates Mega's file encryption architecture contains fundamental cryptography flaws enabling attackers to launch full key recovery attacks.
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Hybrid Machine Learning Forecasts Lake Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change
Researchers applied a hybrid empirical dynamic modeling methodology to predict the effects of climate change and phosphorus pollution on Switzerland's Lake Geneva...
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Do Kwon's Crypto Empire Fell in a $40 Billion Crash. He's Got a New Coin for You.
Luna's relaunch might be the ultimate act of chutzpah by the South Korean entrepreneur.
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Twitter Apologizes for Abusing User Security Information After $150 million FTC settlement
n addition to the $150 million penalty, Twitter agreed to notify users that it misused the security data.
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Cybercriminals Eye Biometrics
Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information.
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The Avatars Wear Prada
And Balenciaga and Thom Browne. Meta opens a new fashion store for the metaverse. Should you shop?
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Many Russian Cyberattacks Failed in First Months of Ukraine War, Study Says
A report published by Microsoft also found that Moscow's disinformation campaign to establish a narrative of the war favorable to Russia was doing better than expected...
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California Grants First Permit to Test AVs Using Only Lidar Sensing
Vueron plans to unveil its next generation of Lidar AV platforms within the next few months.
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'Privacy Doesn't Matter,' Screams the Microsoft Deal with DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo isn't as private as you think, facing criticism over its tracking agreement with Microsoft.
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DARPA Report Finds Vulnerabilities in Blockchain Tech, Non-Secure Crypto Transactions
Researchers vetted the security of blockchain software's distributed ledger technologies for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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