Consumer & Gadgets
The widespread use of AI algorithms, particularly algorithms designed to recommend content and products to users based on their previous activity online, has led to the rise of new phenomena known as social media echo chambers ...
Robotics
Carnegie Mellon University engineers have developed a soft material with metal-like conductivity and self-healing properties that is the first to maintain enough electrical adhesion to support digital electronics and motors. ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science have designed a "reconstruction attack" that proves U.S. Census data is vulnerable to exposure and theft.
Feb 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Destenie Nock, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and engineering and public policy in Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, has co-authored a study that helps illuminate the future ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Controversy surrounds the U.S. Census Bureau's new measures to preserve privacy, but a new study examines how existing data error can pose an even larger problem for evidence-based policies. The cornerstone of the Census ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Internet
It's 7:15 am on a Friday morning, and Jordan wants to download an application to their laptop. They know the app by name, or so they think; they open a new tab in their Internet browser and mistype the app's name. The error ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Security
After nearly a decade of studies, the passwords research group in Carnegie Mellon's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute has developed a policy for creating passwords that maintains balance between security and usability—one ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
With electric vehicles making their way into the mainstream, building out the nationwide network of charging stations to keep them going will be increasingly important.
Jun 9, 2020
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Security
Artificial intelligence may make it difficult for even the most discerning ears to detect deepfake voices—as recently evidenced in the fake Joe Biden robocall and the bogus Taylor Swift cookware ad on Meta—but scientists ...
Mar 21, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Small-scale solar power, also known as rooftop or distributed solar, has grown considerably in the U.S. over the past decade. It provides electricity without emitting air pollutants or climate-warming greenhouse gases, and ...
Mar 21, 2024
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