Internet
A team of researchers at Pyrofex Corporation recently introduced Casanova, a leaderless optimistic consensus algorithm suited for use in a blockchain. Rather than producing a chain, Casanova produces blocks in a directed ...
Consumer & Gadgets
To examine the global state of AI ethics, a team of researchers from Brazil performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of global guidelines for AI use. Publishing October 13 in in the journal Patterns, the researchers ...
Oct 13, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Recent technological breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have made it possible for machines, or bots, to pass as humans. A team of researchers led by Talal Rahwan, associate professor of Computer Science at NYU Abu Dhabi, ...
Nov 12, 2019
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Computer Sciences
EPFL researchers have developed a new distributed algorithm that, for the first time, solves one of the key performance and reliability problems affecting most of the currently-deployed consensus protocols. The work has been ...
Oct 23, 2023
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Software
Apple's iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging—a technique known to emotion researchers as "experience ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Engineering
Solar geoengineering—artificially reflecting sunlight back into space—is a double-edged sword. It would cool the rapidly warming planet, but is it too risky to consider as a viable option? Douglas MacMartin, an aerospace ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Sailing cargo ships are making a genuine comeback.
Feb 14, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The U.K. is planning to significantly expand its nuclear capability, in an effort to decrease its reliance on carbon-based fossil fuels. The government is aiming to construct up to eight new reactors over the next couple ...
May 10, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers have devised a better network 'topology' within distributed multi-agent systems to improve the speed at which their nodes converge on agreement regarding a single data value needed during computation. The technique, ...
Aug 31, 2021
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Telecom
Fast 5G wireless networks have barely gotten out of the gate globally, but already about 2 million 5G smartphones have been sold in South Korea.
Sep 27, 2019
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