Security
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a crowdsourcing challenge to spur new methods to ensure that important public safety data sets can be de-identified to protect ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The phrase "too much of a good thing" may sound like a contradiction, but it encapsulates one of the key hurdles preventing the expansion of renewable energy generation. Too much of a service or commodity makes it harder ...
Aug 25, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Big data has gotten really, really big: By 2025, all the world's data will add up to an estimated 175 trillion gigabytes. For a visual, if you stored that amount of data on DVDs, it would stack up tall enough to circle the ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Most scientists, no matter their discipline, rely on data storage systems to help them draw conclusions from their work.
Jun 2, 2020
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Software
Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government's COVIDSafe mobile app.
Apr 30, 2020
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Internet
Israel's top spy agency has been using secretly collected cellphone data to retrace the movements of those who tested positive for the coronavirus.
Apr 10, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
In mechanical engineering, maintaining and replacing defective components timely in machine tools is an important part of the manufacturing process. In the case of ball screw drives, such as those used in lathes to precisely ...
Feb 11, 2020
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Computer Sciences
The ubiquity and sheer volume of data generated today give experts in virtually every domain ample information to track everything from financial trends, disaster evacuation routes, and street traffic, to animal migrations, ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
An EU initiative has launched an online interactive data set of sustainable energy initiatives across Europe. The database could help policymakers reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonise the economy.
Aug 10, 2018
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