US lawsuit says TikTok violated young users' privacy
The United States sued TikTok on Friday, saying it had placed the safety of millions of children in jeopardy by collecting their personal data without parental permission.
Aug 2, 2024
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Business
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Engineering
High density carbon tube nanoarray design miniaturize filter capacitors
A research team has constructed high-density three-dimensional carbon tube nanoarray electrodes for use in line-filtering capacitors, showcasing immense potential as high-performance miniaturized filter devices.
Aug 2, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Scientists design a framework to optimize nuclear material coatings discoveries
Nickel-based alloys, critical materials used in many advanced nuclear reactors, come with unwanted baggage. Aside from being very expensive, nickel ore is mined in politically sensitive parts of the world. The ore also has ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Robotics
Using a drone to release mosquitoes infected with deadly bacteria into the wild
An international team of infectious disease researchers with the World Mosquito Program, working with colleagues from WeRobotics, has developed a way to release large numbers of mosquitoes infected with a mosquito-killing ...
Internet
Get set for explosion of new social media channels as influencers lose faith in established platforms
Content creators are moving beyond mainstream social media channels in favor of emerging platforms, according to a new study by the University of Sussex.
Aug 2, 2024
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Internet
Venezuelan crisis has negatively affected country's internet, researchers find
As the Venezuelan crisis intensifies, researchers and policy experts have worked to understand its ramifications on the country's politics, economics, health services, water security, infrastructure and more.
Aug 2, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Charging toward a sustainable lithium future
More than almost any other substance on Earth, lithium (Li) is valued as a 21st century treasure. But Australia's race to unlock its lithium is challenged by political and economic headwinds both global and domestic.
Aug 2, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Pennsylvania policymakers underestimate public support for solar projects, survey says
Local elected officials surveyed in Pennsylvania underestimate their constituents' support for solar and other clean energy projects, according to a paper, "Public and Local Policymaker Preferences for Large-Scale Energy ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A bio-inspired vision sensor that can detect spectrally distinctive features
The ability to detect objects in settings with unfavorable lighting, for example at night, in shadowed locations or in foggy conditions, could greatly improve the reliability of autonomous vehicles and mobile robotic systems. ...
Computer Sciences
Why editing the knowledge of LLMs post-training can create messy ripple effects
After the advent of ChatGPT, the readily available model developed by Open AI, large language models (LLMs) have become increasingly widespread, with many online users now accessing them daily to quickly get answers to their ...
