Security
A famous 1990s New Yorker cartoon showed two dogs at a computer and a caption that read "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The cartoon represents a digital past when people required few safeguards on the internet. ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
The difficulty many people have getting tested for SARS-CoV-2 and delays in receiving test results make early warning of possible COVID-19 infections all the more important, and data from wearable health and fitness devices ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
In June, OpenAI unveiled the largest language model in the world, a text-generating tool called GPT-3 that can write creative fiction, translate legalese into plain English, and answer obscure trivia questions. It's the latest ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Security
The recent questioning of the heads of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple in the US Congress has highlighted the threat their practices pose to our privacy and democracy.
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Energy & Green Tech
There is global interest in the potential for a hydrogen economy, in part driven by a concern over climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels.
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Computer Sciences
Money laundering is big business but wholly illegal big business. It has an enormously negative impact on local, national, and international economies as well as providing the financial means to fund other criminal activities ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Over 2 million Australian households—more than 20 percent—now have rooftop photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, and while this is a generally positive scenario, the increased uptake of PV systems around the nation is creating ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Agriculture is becoming AI-native. Skoltech researchers have used the Zhores supercomputer to perform a very precise sensitivity analysis to reveal crucial parameters for different crop yields in the chernozem region. Their ...
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Energy & Green Tech
As the rate of electric vehicle (EV) adoption in the U.S. rises, the transportation sector will put additional pressure on the power grid. California expects more than 50% zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), which includes battery ...
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