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Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives—it's time to stop using them

The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality from climate change. One striking example is the carbon emissions and impacts associated with digital communication.

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Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks

The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme.

Mar 16, 2025

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Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers

Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in the United States next week, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced ...

Mar 13, 2025

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Countering a flaw in anti-censorship tools to improve global internet freedom

A newly identified time-based vulnerability exposes a widely used technique to evade internet censorship, University of Michigan researchers have found. The findings emphasize the need to develop more robust countermeasures ...

Mar 10, 2025

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Can AI tell us if those Zoom calls are flowing smoothly? New study says yes

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers have spent countless hours in videoconferences—now a fixture of office life. As more people work and live remotely, videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, MS Teams, FaceTime, ...

Mar 10, 2025

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Russian disinformation 'infects' AI chatbots, researchers warn

A sprawling Russian disinformation network is manipulating Western AI chatbots to spew pro-Kremlin propaganda, researchers say, at a time when the United States is reported to have paused its cyber operations against Moscow.

Mar 10, 2025

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Albania to shut down TikTok in coming days

Albanian authorities said Thursday they were moving to shut down TikTok in the coming days, following through on a ban announced in December.

Mar 6, 2025

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SrZrSe₃ chalcogenide perovskites with advanced metal sulfide hole transport layers achieve 27.8% efficiency

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China's BYD launches EV charging system it says works nearly as fast as a fill up

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'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones

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AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language

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Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots

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Innovative hydrogen production: Scientists eliminate tar in gasification

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Ultra-thin solid electrolyte membrane for all-solid-state secondary batteries developed

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Global study identifies top sites for ocean current energy

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An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance

Mar 16, 2025

China's Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeek

Mar 16, 2025

Driverless 'bus of the future' is tested in Barcelona

Mar 15, 2025

Heat-based stabilization of a conductive polymer simplifies bioelectronics fabrication

Mar 14, 2025

Scientists develop high-performance permanent magnet without expensive heavy rare earth elements

Mar 14, 2025

When a robot becomes the boss: Exploring authority, obedience and relationships with machines

Mar 14, 2025

Exo 2: A new programming language for high-performance computing, with much less code

Mar 13, 2025

Researchers develop innovative method for secure operations on encrypted data without decryption

Mar 13, 2025

A tiny component for record-breaking bandwidth: New modulator breaks the terahertz mark

Mar 13, 2025

Discarding a long-standing pessimistic hypothesis to rescue next-generation lithium-ion battery technology

Mar 13, 2025

Multifunctional solar cells: Ferroelectric domain manipulation enhances electric output in perovskite crystals

Mar 13, 2025

Cross-linker additive boosts organic solar cell lifespan by 59%

Mar 13, 2025

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Inept website interfaces intensify technophobia

New research published in the International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, suggests that poor interface design and therefore usability can increase a feeling of technophobia in users. Critically, poor navigation ...

Aug 15, 2023

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'No evidence' Facebook harms well-being: global study

There is "no evidence" that the growth in using Facebook led to "widespread psychological harm", the largest independent scientific study on the topic concluded Wednesday, contradicting previous analyses and widespread perceptions.

Aug 9, 2023

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Internet shutdowns: Here's how governments do it

Senegal's government has shut down internet access in response to protests about the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. This is a tactic governments are increasingly used during times of political contention, ...

Aug 9, 2023

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Canada media seek probe of Meta's news block

Media on Tuesday asked Canada's competition watchdog to investigate Meta's blocking of news articles on Facebook and Instagram, accusing the tech giant of using its dominance to gobble up online advertising money.

Aug 8, 2023

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Meta starts blocking news in Canada

Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content.

Aug 1, 2023

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Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted ads

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday said it intends to ask EU-based users to give their consent before allowing targeted advertising on its networks including Facebook, bowing to pressure from European regulators.

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