Internet
When a person is notified of a data breach involving their personal information, if they react with a feeling of fear—as opposed to anger—they're more likely to stop using the site.
Jun 22, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Owners of the free fertility app Premom have settled with users after sharing health data without consent to other companies, including Google and marketing firms in China.
May 18, 2023
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Engineering
For residents of rural and underserved areas, access to emergency medical care can be a matter of life and death. With limited access to health care services and long ambulance wait times due to distance, these communities ...
May 18, 2023
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Engineering
Sophisticated systems for the detection of biomarkers—molecules such as DNA or proteins that indicate the presence of a disease—are crucial for real-time diagnostic and disease-monitoring devices.
May 2, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Using disinformation to create political instability and battlefield confusion dates back millennia.
Apr 17, 2023
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Internet
Arkansas children would need their parents' OK to access social media sites under a bill Arkansas lawmakers advanced Wednesday, moving the state closer toward becoming the second to enact restrictions that critics say raise ...
Apr 6, 2023
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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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Consumer & Gadgets
New research reveals serious privacy flaws in fertility apps used by Australian consumers—emphasizing the need for urgent reform of the Privacy Act.
Mar 22, 2023
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Hardware
In a recent paper published in Nature Reviews Physics, Professor Richard Brown and Dr. Nick Martin, discuss how the standardization of 'low-cost' air quality monitors can help measure pollution.
Mar 17, 2023
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Security
The online counseling service BetterHelp has agreed to return $7.8 million to customers to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for sharing health data it had promised to keep private—including information about mental ...
Mar 3, 2023
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