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An experimental computing system physically modeled after the biological brain has "learned" to identify handwritten numbers with an overall accuracy of 93.4%. The key innovation in the experiment was a new training algorithm ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Security
US regulators on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop data broker Kochava from selling smartphone location information that could help trace visits to "sensitive locations" like reproductive health clinics.
Aug 29, 2022
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Engineering
A new stick-like, water-based device can convert energy from movement into electricity. The technology, which was reported in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, could be used to power portable devices, ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Internet
When your Netflix stream drops out in the middle of a rainstorm, can you blame the wild weather?
Jun 10, 2021
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Internet
Shipping goods from furniture to food could be transformed by a new transport network called the 'physical internet." It is built on similar principles to the internet, which revolutionised the way information flows around ...
Feb 15, 2021
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The app failure that led to a chaotic 2020 Iowa caucus was a reminder of how vulnerable the democratic process is to technological problems—even without any malicious outside intervention. Far more sophisticated foreign ...
Mar 6, 2020
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Internet
Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Nov 5, 2019
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