AmEx buys dining reservation company Tock from Squarespace for $400M
American Express will acquire the dining reservation and event management platform Tock from Squarespace for $400 million cash.
Jun 21, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Training AI models to answer 'what if?' questions could improve medical treatments
Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make medical treatments safer, more efficient, and more personalized.
Jun 14, 2024
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Security
Here's how machine learning can violate your privacy
Machine learning has pushed the boundaries in several fields, including personalized medicine, self-driving cars and customized advertisements. Research has shown, however, that these systems memorize aspects of the data ...
May 23, 2024
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MediSecure data breach: Why is health data so lucrative for hackers?
The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology provider, electronic prescription company MediSecure, was revealed last week.
May 20, 2024
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Engineering
A laser immersion probe for smart inline monitoring of water and wastewater
A new type of laser-based immersion probe, which the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen is testing as part of projects with industrial partners and users, could pave the way for continuous inline monitoring ...
May 2, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Garbage could replace a quarter of petroleum-based jet fuel every year
Every year, the nation's aviation industry uses around 22 billion gallons of jet fuel, which produces about 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide—or 3% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Because of this, researchers and ...
Apr 18, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Developing artificial skin that can regenerate skin and transmit sensation at the same time
Damage to nerve tissue due to skin defects such as burns, skin diseases, and trauma causes loss of sensory and cognitive functions that are essential for life-sustaining activities, as well as mental and physical distress. ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
New all-liquid iron flow battery for grid energy storage
A commonplace chemical used in water treatment facilities has been repurposed for large-scale energy storage in a new battery design by researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Engineering
Scientists propose anti-fatigue preparation for 3D-printed titanium alloy
A research team led by Profs. Zhang Zhefeng and Zhang Zhenjun from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed an innovative strategy to fabricate an anti-fatigue 3D-printed titanium alloy ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Engineering
Researchers introduce biomineralization as a sustainable strategy against microbial corrosion in marine concrete
Microbially induced corrosion (MIC) is a prevalent issue in marine environments, leading to structural damages such as cracking in concrete infrastructure. This corrosion poses a persistent challenge, significantly reducing ...
Feb 23, 2024
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