Internet
Social media allows users to express themselves through words, pictures, videos and emojis, but some marginalized groups say social media platforms restrict the visibility of their online posts, according to a new University ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
In a world where more and more services and social interaction are based on mobile apps, a smartphone has become close to a necessity. Despite this, some people avoid smartphones and instead use a dumbphone—a traditional ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Robotics
An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo's Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Lab (SIRRL) has found that people prefer interacting with robots they perceive to have social identities like their ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Imagine a world where your smartphone can detect your mood just by the way you type a message or the tone of your voice. Picture a car that adjusts its music playlist based on your stress levels during rush hour traffic. ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Internet
Do you know what the padlock symbol in your internet browser's address bar means? If not, you're not alone. New research by my colleagues and I shows that only 5% of UK adults understand the padlock's significance. This is ...
Nov 24, 2023
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Engineering
To Ilan Mandel, a Cornell robotics researcher and builder, the math didn't add up. How could a new, off-the-shelf hoverboard cost less than the parts that compose it?
Sep 14, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently found that data-visualization experts have no agreed-upon understanding of who makes up one of their largest audiences—novice users. The work, which ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
New forms of artificially intelligent moderators that oversee 3D virtual spaces and intervene against bad behavior could help protect children from online bullying and harassment, a new study suggests.
Jun 19, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Many intelligent applications and systems, including biomedical hardware and devices, require human computer interaction technology. This technology enables intelligent hardware to obtain physiological and behavioral information ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Studying people in human-computer interaction (HCI) research can be slow. That's why researchers at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) recently harnessed the power of large language models (LLMs), specifically ...
May 9, 2023
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