Internet
Researchers estimate that one in seven Twitter accounts may be nothing more than software "bots" rather than individuals or organizations using the microblogging platform in an organic manner. A thematic review of this situation ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Security
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in the backend systems that feed content and advertising to smartphone applications through a network of cloud-based servers that most users probably don't even know ...
Aug 12, 2019
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Internet
Twitter is in chaos. Elon Musk, its new owner, has decimated its staff and this week gave those remaining an ultimatum—work grueling hours and be "extremely hardcore " or leave. Hundreds chose the latter and headed for ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Computer Sciences
University of British Columbia graduate students have trained computers to "read" news articles about landslides on Reddit to bolster a NASA database, which could improve predictions of when and where these natural disasters ...
Oct 6, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence systems are smart. They can recognize patterns better than humans, for example. Yet humans are still very much needed. How can you better steer those AI systems? LIACS lecturer Jan van Rijn wrote a ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Telecom
The collective of European public broadcasters launched a free-to-air streaming service Monday to show major championships in many Olympic sports.
Feb 5, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Language is without doubt the most pervasive medium for exchanging knowledge between humans. However, spoken language or abstract text need to be made visible in order to be read, be it in print or on screen. How does the ...
May 12, 2021
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Engineering
Researchers of the Embedded Systems Engineering group of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering of the University of Malaga, specializing in artificial vision and assistive robotics, have designed a ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Business
The world's second-largest memory chip maker, South Korea's SK Hynix, said on Thursday it had returned to profit after four consecutive quarters of losses driven by demand for chips used in artificial intelligence.
Jan 25, 2024
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Business
The U.K. prime minister, Rishi Sunak, recently hinted that he may ban the social media application TikTok from devices used by government employees.
Mar 15, 2023
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