Internet
Back in 2009, threat actors hacked into the website servers of social app RockYou, accessing over 32 million user passwords stored in plaintext. Now, in what appears to be the largest data breach in history, attackers have ...
Business
The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
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Computer Sciences
Rice University computer scientists have demonstrated artificial intelligence (AI) software that runs on commodity processors and trains deep neural networks 15 times faster than platforms based on graphics processors.
Apr 7, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A new fabrication process that could be used to build a quantum computer achieves an almost zero failure rate and has the potential to be scaled up, according to new research from engineers and physicists at UCL.
Mar 27, 2024
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Engineering
There's a patch of concrete on Drexel University's campus that could portend a frost-free future for sidewalks and highways in the Northeast.
Mar 18, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice. This has been revealed in a study by researchers at Martin Luther ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Business
The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.
Oct 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Plant-covered roofs have become a regular sight in Portland, Oregon. The city is a leader in incorporating green infrastructure for stormwater management, including free street trees, rebates for small residential housing ...
May 4, 2022
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Internet
We've all done it. We're updating the operating system on our mobile phone or installing an app, and we lazily skim through the privacy policy or we don't bother to read it at all before blindly clicking "I agree."
Jan 29, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Imagine a household that consumes 1,000 kilowatt hours of energy per month. Then they install solar panels on their roof that generate 500 kilowatt hours of electricity per month on average. How much should their consumption ...
Nov 20, 2023
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