New tool uses AI to flag fake news for media fact-checkers
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool could help social media networks and news organizations weed out false stories.
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Computer Sciences
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Energy & Green Tech
Heat or eat? How one energy conservation strategy may hurt vulnerable populations
Any economic and conservation benefits associated with time-of-use electricity billing could be achieved at the expense of some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society: people with disabilities and the elderly, new ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
A flaky option boosts organic solar cells
An inexpensive material, made from tungsten disulfide flakes just a few atoms thick, has helped to improve the performance of organic solar cells1. The discovery by KAUST researchers could be an important step toward bringing ...
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Machine learning & AI
How can we make sure that algorithms are fair?
Using machines to augment human activity is nothing new. Egyptian hieroglyphs show the use of horse-drawn carriages even before 300 B.C. Ancient Indian literature such as "Silapadikaram" has described animals being used for ...
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Internet
FBI breaks up two illegal streaming sites with more subscribers than Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu
Two programmers in Las Vegas recently admitted to running two of the largest illegal television and movie streaming services in the country, according to federal officials.
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Consumer & Gadgets
How to secure your home surveillance cameras from getting hacked
Hackers are breaking into home security cameras, and the process isn't always as difficult as you may think.
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Engineering
Effect of dirty inspection surfaces on the accuracy of visual inspection
To supply high-quality products to the market, visual inspection by human senses is conducted in many manufacturing industries. It is generally recommended that visual inspection for a high-quality product be performed in ...
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Other
Best of Last Year: The top TechXplore articles of 2019
It was a good year for technology development as a pair of engineers at Iowa State University solved a 50-year-old puzzle in signal processing—they came up with an algorithm to provide a generalization of the inverse fast ...
Consumer & Gadgets
The dark side of Alexa, Siri and other personal digital assistants
A few short years ago, personal digital assistants like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Assistant sounded futuristic. Now, the future is here and this future is embedded, augmented and ubiquitous.
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Energy & Green Tech
Device makes electric vehicle charging a two-way street
New tech means cars can power houses, as well as the other way round.
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