Business
A defining characteristic of cryptocurrencies is that they are organized in a decentralized system and are not managed by a central bank like conventional currencies. This creates problems when researchers detect security ...
May 8, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Would it be desirable for artificial intelligence to develop consciousness? Not really, for a variety of reasons, according to Dr. Wanja Wiese from the Institute of Philosophy II at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Jul 19, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Graham Weale, honorary professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and at the Centre for Environmental Management, Resources and Energy (Cure) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has undertaken an independent study "EU 2030 ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Potential sources of renewable energy include protein complexes that are responsible for photosynthesis. However, their efficiency in technical applications still leaves much to be desired. For example, they cannot convert ...
Jun 2, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Many users consider passwords extremely burdening. An authentication protocol for websites, called WebAuthn, could render them obsolete. Users can use it to log on to a service such as a social network or an online shopping ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Automotive
In order to generate realistic images of road signs, researchers pit two algorithms against each other.
Oct 24, 2019
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Security
Together with an investigative team at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have unearthed how the hacking group Winnti, also known as APT10, commits its attacks ...
Jul 24, 2019
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Business
If online services like Google are more transparent about what data they collect on their users, it can inspire more trust. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the Max Planck ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Security
Huge streams of data pass through our computers and smartphones every day. In simple terms, technical devices contain two essential units to process this data: A processor, which is a kind of control center, and a RAM, comparable ...
Aug 9, 2023
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