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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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Internet
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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Software
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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Internet
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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Other
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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Other
The Internet of Things (IoT) is completely enmeshed in our daily lives, a network of connected laptops, phones, cars, fitness trackers—even smart toasters and refrigerators—that are increasingly able to make decisions on ...
Jan 14, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
The metaverse is coming. Like all technological innovation, it brings new opportunities and new risks.
Jan 10, 2022
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Engineering
Engineers spend much of their time absorbed in the technical aspects of problems, whether they're designing the next generation of smartphones or building a subway.
Jan 5, 2022
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Other
In the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge's final transformation from miser to philanthropist is marked by the big juicy turkey that he orders for the struggling Cratchit family—and which has inspired ...
Dec 31, 2021
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