Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning—called FluSense—which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyze the data to ...
Mar 19, 2020
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Security
A hacker who reportedly posed as the CEO of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the more than 80,000-member database of InfraGard, an FBI-run outreach program that shares sensitive information on national ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
This year alone, there are about 276 million vehicles operating on roads throughout the United States. Despite the current fascination with the concept of self-driving cars and their potential to reduce traffic congestion, ...
Sep 10, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Humans are able to "read" others' body language for cues on their emotional state. For instance, noticing that a friend is nervous by their tapping foot, or that a loved one who is standing tall feels confident. Now, a team ...
Sep 5, 2019
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Automotive
People seem to hold the human driver to be primarily responsible when their partially automated vehicle crashes. But is this reasonable?
Oct 5, 2022
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Internet
In August 2023, the White House announced a plan to bolster cybersecurity in K-12 schools—and with good reason. Between 2018 and mid-September 2023, there were 386 recorded cyberattacks in the U.S. education sector and ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Internet
Apple has launched a new website that shows with striking graphs how the coronavirus pandemic has slammed the brakes on life around the world.
Apr 15, 2020
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Internet
If you use such social media websites as Facebook and Twitter, you may have come across posts flagged with warnings about misinformation. So far, most misinformation—flagged and unflagged—has been aimed at the general ...
Jun 8, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smartphone apps have become commonplace tools for travel and navigation. As technology becomes more integrated into transport networks, apps will continue to be indispensable. But many of those apps remain inaccessible to ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Security
Many people think of privacy as a modern invention, an anomaly made possible by the rise of urbanization. If that were the case, then acquiescing to the current erosion of privacy might not be particularly alarming.
Feb 14, 2022
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