Security
An international team of computer scientists had set a new record for two of the most important computational problems that are the basis for nearly all of the public-key cryptography that is currently used in the real world.
Dec 5, 2019
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Automotive
A new study from McGill University warns that cutting public transit service could lead to a "doom spiral" resulting in a collapse of the system. The paper is published in the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Business
Hackers who targeted the city of Dallas had access to the addresses, social security numbers and other personal information of nearly 300 more people than what had been previously disclosed to the public, city officials now ...
Jan 12, 2024
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Internet
YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos.
Nov 14, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Entrepreneur Antony Perzo introduces a small device called Emobot, which looks like a cross between a speaker and a piece of abstract art, and explains: "It's an emotional thermometer!"
Jan 5, 2023
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Telecom
Mexico City has set a world record for free Wi-Fi access thanks to thousands of public internet access points across the capital, Guinness World Records announced Wednesday.
Nov 11, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
In "The Social Dilemma," the Netflix documentary that has been in the news recently for its radical revelations, former executives at major technology companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, among others, share how ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Internet
A database with information on virtually the entire US voting population has been circulated on hacker forums, opening up the potential for disinformation and scams that could impact the November 3 election, security researchers ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Internet
"Your early vote has not been recorded," one text message said, with a link for more information.
Oct 11, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
The nation's second-largest health system, Ascension, has agreed to allow the software behemoth Google access to tens of millions of patient records. The partnership, called Project Nightingale, aims to improve how information ...
Dec 4, 2019
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