Exploit steals passwords by tapping into keystrokes
Add one more threat to the list of risks you take when you use your phone to conduct business at the local coffee shop.
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Internet
Project Taara beams the Internet across the Congo River
A team of researchers at Alphabet's research and development company, X, working on what has been named Project Taara, has successfully set up a laser-based system for beaming the internet across the Congo River at speeds ...
Hardware
Plug-and-play bug exposes millions of network devices
A bug in a protocol used by virtually all Internet of Things devices exposes millions of users to potential attack, a researcher reported Monday. The fault centers on the Universal Plug and Play protocol, a 12-year-old implementation ...
Hardware
Critical Thunderbolt flaw enables five-minute stealth attack
A new attack method affecting Thunderbolt-equipped computers can bypass locks, password-protection and encryption on ports produced before 2019.
Engineering
New technology could help solve AI's 'memory bottleneck'
Memory-hungry, power-sapping big data might finally have met its match.
Feb 10, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Securing the 'internet of things' in the quantum age
MIT researchers have developed a novel cryptography circuit that can be used to protect low-power "internet of things" (IoT) devices in the coming age of quantum computing.
Mar 4, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Theoretical study shows how to make wireless localization much more accurate
With billions of GPS devices in use today, people are beginning to take it for granted that services on their handheld devices will be location-aware.
Jan 23, 2018
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Machine learning & AI
Personalization has the potential to democratize who decides how LLMs behave
A new paper from researchers at Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, highlights the benefits and risks of personalizing Large Language Models (LLMS) to their users.
Apr 23, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Africa's chance for green electricity
A joint study by the University of Tübingen, the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, the University of Osnabrück and the University of Rwanda has found that 80% of the energy required in Africa could come from renewable ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Software
Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius
Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess—at least in terms of organizing his works. When he died in 1519, the Renaissance master left behind 7,000 pages of undated drawings, scientific observations ...
Nov 14, 2023
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