Engineering
The wide availability of wearable sensors allows for rich data collection on a person's walking patterns, providing valuable health insights. But factors like location, terrain or the built environment alter walking behavior, ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Security
Global ransomware attacks are on the decline, but such malicious cyber strikes are getting bolder and homing in on more profitable companies, with data encryption a key target, Europe's police agency said Wednesday,.
Oct 9, 2019
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Internet
As soon as news leaked in May of the possible reversal of Roe v. Wade, a drumbeat began on social media: Delete your period trackers. With abortion rights under threat, new fears arose that the health data stored on such ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Business
Over 8 million users of the mobile payment app Cash App could be affected by a data breach after a former employee of the company downloaded reports containing the personal information of U.S. users.
Apr 7, 2022
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Business
Popular video app TikTok announced Saturday it has proposed an agreement with Oracle as its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner, a potential deal US President Donald Trump touted as "fantastic."
Sep 20, 2020
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Security
As our society becomes more and more digital, both physical and digital risks are increasing. Phd student Guillaume Dupont of the Security group at the department of Mathematics and Computer Science explored the so-called ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Machine learning & AI
President Joe Biden said Tuesday it remains to be seen if artificial intelligence is dangerous, but that he believes technology companies must ensure their products are safe before releasing them to the public.
Apr 4, 2023
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Security
Hackers have followed through on a threat to leak sensitive medical records stolen from a major Australian health company that counts the country's prime minister among nearly 10 million customers.
Nov 9, 2022
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Security
Dallas-based telecommunications company AT&T revealed its second data breach of the year July 12, a leak that affects more than 100 million U.S. customers.
Jul 15, 2024
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Internet
The representation of cloud technology as an automated realm powered by ethereal data flows fails to do justice to the exhaustive human effort that is required to keep the data centers behind it running.
Nov 30, 2022
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