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Software package can bypass CPU for more efficient computing
Technion Researchers have developed a software package that enables computers to perform processing operations directly in memory, bypassing the CPU. This is a significant step toward developing computers that perform calculations ...
Nov 11, 2024
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New open-source Python package developed for efficient multi-source evidence fusion
Researchers from Peking University have developed ERTool, an open-source Python package designed to simplify the implementation of the Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach for multi-source evidence fusion. This tool addresses ...
Nov 11, 2024
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Up to 30% of the power used to train AI is wasted: A software tool could help fix that
A less wasteful way to train large language models, such as the GPT series, finishes in the same amount of time for up to 30% less energy, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.
Nov 7, 2024
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New machine learning model can identify fake news sources more reliably
Fake news is a perennial problem but really begins to ramp up in the election season as conspiracy theories and misinformation by bad actors aim to manipulate voters. As the US election comes down to the wire in one of the ...
Oct 28, 2024
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Software tool bridges 2D and 3D to aid zero waste fashion design
What does sustainable fashion design have in common with Tetris? For both, an intriguing puzzle awaits, where you must configure unique shapes in a way that fills up the available space.
Oct 24, 2024
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Cloud computing captures chemistry code, offering potential to address urgent energy needs
Some computing challenges are so big that it's necessary to go all in. That's the approach a diverse team of scientists and computing experts led by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, along ...
Oct 21, 2024
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How AI can help you make a computer game without knowing anything about coding
Just as calculators took over the tedious number-crunching in math a few decades ago, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming coding. Take Kyo, an 8-year-old boy in Singapore who developed a simple platform game in just ...
Oct 15, 2024
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New AI model for hi-res video generation, Pyramid Flow, is available as open-source software
A team of AI researchers from Peking University, Kuaishou Technology, and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, has developed a new AI model called Pyramid Flow, that can be used to generate virtual hi-resolution ...
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Software pinpoints way to generate maximum electricity from waves, tides, and currents
Marine energy devices have the potential to deliver gigantic amounts of power―if they can survive the ocean's punishing conditions. Innovative system designs are needed to convert wave movements into electricity, but the ...
Oct 8, 2024
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New design software takes a concept to a multitude of configurations
deepSPACE isn't a futuristic film, a new videogame or the next season of a classic TV series. In fact, the new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign isn't about ...
Oct 2, 2024
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Parents can now limit Fortnite play time
Epic Games on Tuesday began letting parents limit how long, and when, their children can play blockbuster video game Fortnite.
Oct 1, 2024
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Quantum algorithm adopted by Google and IBM
An algorithm developed by Prakash Vedula, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has been incorporated into advanced computing software developed by Google and IBM. ...
Sep 11, 2024
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Usable data hacked from air-gapped computer
A team of software and information systems engineers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has demonstrated an ability to extract useful data from an air-gapped computer. The group has posted a paper to the arXiv ...
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App helps Mexican tortilla makers join digital economy
Long marginalized by the banking industry, Mexico's neighborhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology, in a country where cash is still king for many.
Sep 6, 2024
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Using 'chaos engineering' to make cloud computing less vulnerable to cyber attacks
Cloud computing has emerged as a crucial element in today's technology, serving as the backbone for global connectivity. It empowers businesses, governments, and individuals to employ and construct cloud-based services and ...
Aug 26, 2024
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Researchers speed up fault localization during software development
Modern software applications usually consist of numerous files and several million lines of code. Due to the sheer quantity, finding and correcting faults, known as debugging, is difficult.
Jul 31, 2024
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New low-cost technology to prevent drone collision
Using only on-board sensors and cameras, researcher Julián Estévez, from the Computational Intelligence Group (GIC) of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has developed low-cost, autonomous, navigation technology ...
Jul 30, 2024
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Interoperable multipath hemispherical map: A unified approach for enhanced GNSS precision
Multipath effects, resulting from satellite signals reflecting off objects before reaching the receiver, seriously compromise the precision of satellite navigation systems. Existing solutions like Sidereal Filtering and system-specific ...
Jul 30, 2024
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How travel among synthetic populations reveals gaps in essential services
Think about your neighborhood. Where are the stores or doctor's offices? How easy is it to access fresh food? Human mobility researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are providing information ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Novel approach improves automatic software repair by generating test cases
IMDEA Software researchers Facundo Molina, Juan Manuel Copia and Alessandra Gorla present FIXCHECK, a novel approach to improve patch fix analysis that combines static analysis, randomized testing and large language models.
Jul 23, 2024
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Study shows clear influence of driving noise on individual sound preferences in a car
Loud or unpleasant driving noises can impair the enjoyment of music in the car. Some sound systems therefore dynamically adjust the volume and bass. However, individual sound preferences are not taken into account. A study ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage: How a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe
The world as we know it increasingly relies on digital connectivity that, for the most part, works quietly and invisibly in the background. So how did a single software update bring down half the internet?
Jul 22, 2024
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Microsoft unveils software that allows LLMs to work with spreadsheets
A team of programmers and AI specialists at Microsoft has developed an AI tool called SpreadsheetLLM that applies large language model capabilities to spreadsheets. In their study, now posted on the arXiv preprint server, ...
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Software in science is ubiquitous yet overlooked, researchers say
Software is omnipresent in science, and yet it is overlooked everywhere. At a time when scientists (and many others) are talking about code, algorithms or artificial intelligence, software appears in the discourse as just ...
Jul 16, 2024
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