Windows kernel defenses aren't enough to stop a lucrative game cheating market, research shows
Hackers commonly bypass Microsoft Windows kernel protections to enable cheating in competitive online games, new research shows. Academics at the University of Birmingham performed a technical analysis of how game cheats ...
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Falling for it: A micro-scale look at how parachute fibers act under stress
Parachutes have many applications, decelerating everything from skydivers to supersonic-speed scientific payloads. Regardless of what a parachute is slowing down, two things remain constant: the parachute must withstand large ...
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User-friendly system makes it easier to verify an AI model's responses
Despite their impressive capabilities, large language models are far from perfect. These artificial intelligence models sometimes "hallucinate" by generating incorrect or unsupported information in response to a query.
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Microsoft introduces autonomous AI agents
Microsoft on Monday said it was enhancing its AI offerings with new autonomous agent capabilities as the tech titan aims to accelerate business adoption of artificial intelligence.
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Showing AI users diversity in training data can boost perceived fairness and trust
While artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as home assistants, search engines or large language models like ChatGPT, may seem nearly omniscient, their outputs are only as good as the data on which they are trained. ...
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Short duration voltage application to silicon anodes shows potential for restoring Li-Si battery capacity
A team of engineers, chemists and materials scientists at Stanford University, has found that applying short duration voltage to some types of anodes in Li–Si batteries, can restore some of their capacity. In their paper ...
Heterojunction back contact solar cell reaches 27.09% efficiency in tests
A team of engineers at China's LONGi Central R&D Institute, working with colleagues from Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, reports that its heterojunction back contact (HBC) solar cell has achieved efficiencies as ...
Study finds misinformation about wind farms is widespread
Misinformation about wind energy—such as "turbines are harmful to health and are economically inefficient"—undermines the social acceptance of wind power. However, these statements are widespread and met with great approval. ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Cloud computing captures chemistry code, offering potential to address urgent energy needs
Some computing challenges are so big that it's necessary to go all in. That's the approach a diverse team of scientists and computing experts led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, along ...
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Stretchable transistors used in wearable devices enable in-sensor edge computing
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are neuromorphic transistors made of carbon-based materials that combine both electronic and ionic charge carriers. These transistors could be particularly effective solutions for ...