Internet
Google announced a massive shift last week in how it handles cookies, those pesky digital trackers that chase us around the internet and serve up targeted ads that are both creepy yet eerily precise reflections of our wants. ...
Jan 23, 2020
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Internet
UC Riverside computer scientists are developing tools to help track and monitor COVID-19 symptoms and to sift through misinformation about the disease on social media.
Aug 20, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Money laundering is big business but wholly illegal big business. It has an enormously negative impact on local, national, and international economies as well as providing the financial means to fund other criminal activities ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Monitoring financial security, industrial safety, medical conditions, climate, and pollution require analysis of large volumes of time series data. A crucial step in this analysis involves identification of unusual points, ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researchers have given a boost to privacy and protection of proprietary or other sensitive information during data mining, while not compromising on the ability to discover useful patterns in huge datasets.
Jun 15, 2022
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Software
Just as people need to protect their sensitive data, such as social security numbers, manufacturing companies need to protect their sensitive corporate data. There are currently fewer protections for proprietary manufacturing ...
Oct 6, 2020
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Business
Digitalizing multiple parts of the mining industry could generate value to the tune of U.S. $321 billion worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum.
Jun 11, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Even after algorithms are adjusted for overt hiring discrimination, they may show a subtler kind: preferring workers who mirror dominant groups, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Feb 8, 2023
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Business
Cryptocurrency fans have counted Tesla boss Elon Musk as among their champions, but this week he rocked their world by questioning the future of the digital assets and singling out carbon emissions from bitcoin mining for ...
May 13, 2021
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Internet
Social media can expose users to misinformation, including fake news—news stories with intentionally false information. In fact, during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, fake news engaged more people than real news, ...
Jul 18, 2019
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