Internet
A team of researchers at Alphabet's research and development company, X, working on what has been named Project Taara, has successfully set up a laser-based system for beaming the internet across the Congo River at speeds ...
Hardware
A bug in a protocol used by virtually all Internet of Things devices exposes millions of users to potential attack, a researcher reported Monday. The fault centers on the Universal Plug and Play protocol, a 12-year-old implementation ...
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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Internet
While we tackle scores of digital tasks daily on our desktop computers, smartphones, smart watches, notebooks, security devices and sound systems, and converse with Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant to answer questions or ...
Engineering
Rice University engineers have one-upped their own technique to increase security for the "internet of things."
Feb 19, 2020
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Internet
Internet censorship by authoritarian governments prohibits free and open access to information for millions of people around the world. Attempts to evade such censorship have turned into a continually escalating race to keep ...
Nov 13, 2019
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Software
Another day, another app mishap story, and it is in the Ouch range. This one is called WiFi Finder.
Consumer & Gadgets
Toniebox, Tiptoi, and Tamagotchi are smart toys, offering interactive play through software and internet access. However, many of these toys raise privacy concerns, and some even collect extensive behavioral data about children, ...
Aug 26, 2024
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Telecom
Hurricanes, tropical storms and even severe thunderstorms can lead to power outages.
Aug 14, 2024
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Internet
The number of New York households with high-speed internet access rose from 725,000 to 1.3 million between 2017 and 2022, but much of that increase comes exclusively from cellular plans, which could mean that as many as 1.5 ...
Jun 6, 2024
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