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Software

Protecting audio privacy: Speech-filtering technology balances privacy and utility in smart devices

Sound is a powerful source of information. By training algorithms to identify distinct sound signatures, sound can reveal what a person is doing, whether it's cooking, vacuuming or washing the dishes. And while it's valuable ...

Robotics

Electronic skin with unique fingerprint patterns offers enhanced security features

The likelihood of two human fingerprints being identical is extremely low—about 1 in 640 billion. Even identical twins, despite sharing the same genetic information, have unique fingerprints. A new technology now allows ...

Security

Machine learning method cuts fraud detection costs by generating accurate labels from imbalanced datasets

Fraud is widespread in the United States and increasingly driven by technology. For example, 93% of credit card fraud now involves remote account access, not physical theft. In 2023, fraud losses surpassed $10 billion for ...

Business

Flaws found in tools used to enforce online ad standards

A new study finds about 10% of websites that claim to comply with online advertising standards are running ads that violate those standards. The finding tells researchers that the ad-filtering rules browser extensions use ...

Software

AI threats in software development revealed in new study

UTSA researchers recently completed one of the most comprehensive studies to date on the risks of using AI models to develop software. In a new paper, they demonstrate how a specific type of error could pose a serious threat ...

Security

Oracle warns health customers of patient data breach

Hackers broke into Oracle Corp.'s computer systems and stole patient data in an attempt to extort multiple medical providers in the U.S., according to a person familiar with the matter and a notification the software company ...