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Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology created a new approach to compensate for variations in illumination while scanning cathedral stained-glass windows. This work may be applied to other objects of cultural ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74.
Mar 24, 2022
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One of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s primary missions is the development and use of standards to be used throughout society for the betterment of the public and improved quality of life. More ...
Mar 9, 2022
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A new study by Kingston University exploring the impact social media is having on young people found school children as young as 11 are fame-seeking through the TikTok video-sharing platform, potentially putting their mental ...
Mar 4, 2022
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A spate of cyber attacks has affected Ukraine's digital systems since Russia's invasion began. It soon became clear Russia's "boots on the ground" approach would be supplemented by a parallel cyber offensive.
Mar 1, 2022
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In a recent BBC news investigation, a reporter posing as a 13-year-old girl in a virtual reality (VR) app was exposed to sexual content, racist insults and a rape threat. The app in question, VRChat, is an interactive platform ...
Mar 1, 2022
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If you've lived in New York City any length of time, it might have happened to you: you get word that a big-name developer plans to erect a new high-rise building right on your block that will dwarf those around it or you ...
Feb 16, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Toronto and University of Cambridge are looking into the ways ageism—prejudice against individuals based on age—can be encoded into technologies such as artificial intelligence, which many ...
Jan 26, 2022
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We have accepted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in complex processes—from health care to our daily use of social media—often without critical investigation, until it is too late. The use of AI is inescapable in our ...
Jan 19, 2022
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On a frosty morning in London's Hyde Park, onlookers aim their mobile phones at the top of the Serpentine Gallery.
Jan 18, 2022
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