Computer Sciences
Computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science have designed a "reconstruction attack" that proves U.S. Census data is vulnerable to exposure and theft.
Feb 21, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Controversy surrounds the U.S. Census Bureau's new measures to preserve privacy, but a new study examines how existing data error can pose an even larger problem for evidence-based policies. The cornerstone of the Census ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Internet
Apartment seekers in big cities often use the presence of restaurants to determine if a neighborhood would be a good place to live. It turns out there is a lot to this rule of thumb: MIT urban studies scholars have now found ...
Jul 15, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
A new "demographic inference" tool developed by academics can make predictions based solely on the information in a person's social media profile (i.e. screen name, biography, profile photo, and name). The tool—which works ...
May 16, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
A new deep-mapping computer model can detect visual changes to individual properties, allowing researchers to more-rapidly track gentrification within neighborhoods and cities, according to a study published March 13, 2019 ...
Mar 13, 2019
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Business
Cloud-based computing directly contributes to business innovation, but rural businesses lacking sufficient broadband capacity to access cloud services are missing out on their innovation-boosting potential, according to a ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Security
A hacker claiming to have stolen personal data from hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens is now selling the information online.
Jul 5, 2022
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Business
Thinking of calling a rideshare service? Uber and Lyft passengers going to and from low-income and non-white neighborhoods may pay higher prices, researchers at the George Washington University recently found.
Jul 8, 2020
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Internet
Facebook plans to clamp down on attempts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and what happens ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Security
Protecting an individual's identity from cyber thieves can be a monumental task, especially when thieves can gather information about someone by just using public data sources.
Aug 20, 2019
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