Ahead in the clouds: Alibaba plans to change the Olympics
Alibaba's promise to the Olympic family is to bring its technological might to help organizers, broadcasters and fans.
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Does the naked body belong on Facebook? It's complicated
When is a photograph of nude bodies artistic or titillating? A woman's exposed nipple a political statement or erotica?
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Security
Software detects backdoor attacks on facial recognition
As the U.S. Army increasingly uses facial and object recognition to train artificial intelligent systems to identify threats, the need to protect its systems from cyberattacks becomes essential.
Jan 15, 2020
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Robotics
Designing better nursing care with robots
Robots are becoming an increasingly important part of human care, according to researchers based in Japan. To help improve the safety and efficacy of robotic care, the scientists have developed a control method that could ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A smart way to predict building energy consumption
In a time of aging infrastructure and increasingly smart control of buildings, the ability to predict how buildings use energy—and how much energy they use—has remained elusive, until now.
Jan 15, 2020
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Internet
Turkey lifts ban on Wikipedia
A Turkish court on Wednesday lifted a ban on Wikipedia after almost three years.
Jan 15, 2020
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Business
British Airways owner files EU complaint over Flybe rescue
British Airways-parent IAG on Wednesday filed a formal complaint to Brussels over the British government's last-minute financial rescue of struggling no-frills carrier Flybe.
Jan 15, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Google claims its 'nowcast' short-term weather predictions are more accurate than advanced models
A team of researchers working at Google's Mountain View research center has developed a deep-learning-based weather forecasting tool for predicting short-term weather events. They have written a paper describing their "nowcasting ...
Internet
Who is taking and selling your personal data? Washington state lawmakers work to give people more of a say
Washington lawmakers are making another push to pass privacy regulations that govern companies' collection and sale of people's private digital information.
Jan 15, 2020
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Internet
EU legal opinion: mass data retention at odds with EU law
A legal adviser at the European Union's highest court said Wednesday that the bloc's data protection rules should prevent member states from indiscriminately holding personal data seized from Internet and phone companies, ...
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