Computer Sciences
The rush to deploy powerful new generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, has raised alarms about potential harm and misuse. The law's glacial response to such threats has prompted demands that the companies developing ...
May 25, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
If you own an internet-connected "smart" device, chances are it knows a lot about your home life.
Apr 25, 2023
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Business
As public concern about the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence keeps growing, it might seem like it's time to slow down. But inside tech companies themselves, the sentiment is quite the opposite. As ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Other
On May 11, 2020, a deadly threat flew from Los Angeles to New York City in under nine minutes. It was a 20-ton Chinese Long March 5B rocket body passing around 60 miles overhead.
Mar 30, 2023
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Robotics
You might have heard of killer robots, slaughterbots or terminators—officially called lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs)—from films and books. And the idea of super-intelligent weapons running rampant is still science fiction. ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Business
Over the last decade, the meteoric rise of ridesourcing services like Uber and Lyft have transformed the urban landscape, affecting travel patterns, car ownership, and congestion, and more broadly, the economy, the environment, ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Business
Today, there are more ways than ever to pay a bus fare. Instead of painstakingly counting their change into a farebox, transit riders can quickly tap their phone or swipe an auto-reloadable transit card.
Sep 30, 2022
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Telecom
Many users of Japan's No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. were still having trouble making calls Monday after a massive outage throughout the weekend that affected nearly 40 million people, disrupting deliveries, weather reports ...
Jul 4, 2022
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Telecom
Movable airborne antennas receiving cellphone signals could reduce EMF exposure while offering higher data transmission speed and using less power.
Oct 4, 2021
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Other
Facial recognition tech linked to personal health codes has been rolled out in a Chinese city bordering Myanmar as authorities seek to squash a coronavirus outbreak.
Jul 13, 2021
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