Business
When a person applies to work for Uber or Lyft they must fill out several online forms detailing important information, including their date of birth and their driver's license.
Nov 18, 2024
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Robotics
The deployment of robot teams could allow humans to complete various real-world tasks faster and more efficiently. For instance, multiple co-operating robots could help to quickly find and rescue survivors of natural disasters ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly automating tasks like translation, text classification and customer service. But tapping into an LLM's power typically requires users to send their requests to a centralized server—a ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Engineering
QUT biomedical engineers have developed a new automated method to drastically advance melt electrowriting, a new, high-resolution 3D printing technology used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Nov 18, 2024
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Robotics
In a review paper published recently in Science Robotics a cognitive roboticist, cognitive psychologist and a psychiatrist discuss the concept of "sense of self" in humans, and they explore how robots can be used to better ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
People write with personal style and individual flourishes that set them apart from other writers. So does AI, including top programs like Chat GPT, new Johns Hopkins University-led research finds.
Nov 18, 2024
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Robotics
Four-legged animals that start walking and gradually pick up speed will automatically fall into a trot at some point. This is because it would take more energy not to change gait. This correlation was discovered more than ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The more lottery tickets you buy, the higher your chances of winning, but spending more than you win is obviously not a wise strategy. Something similar happens in AI powered by deep learning: we know that the larger a neural ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
An international team led by the University of Surrey with Imperial College London have identified a strategy to improve both the performance and stability for solar cells made out of the "miracle material" perovskite by ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of the Hamas militant organization, was killed by the Israeli military in the south Gazan city of Rafah in October 2024. Given the role Sinwar played in the planning and execution of the October ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Internet
The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday.
Nov 19, 2024
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Internet
How will the internet evolve in the coming decades?
Nov 19, 2024
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Hardware
Two-and-a-half years after breaking the exascale barrier, the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory continues to set new standards for its computing speed and performance.
Nov 19, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Imagine having a live art class taught by Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can now do this in your living room with a laptop and headset through startups ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Robotics
Have you ever wondered why an airplane has a vertical tailfin? The plane needs it to stabilize its flight. Since flying without a vertical tail is much more energy-efficient, the aviation industry has worked hard to accomplish ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Amid the global pursuit of next-generation secondary battery solutions to replace current lithium-ion technology, Korean researchers have pioneered a lithium composite material that dramatically enhances both safety and lifespan, ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Security
New research reveals serious privacy flaws in the data practices of new internet-connected cars in Australia. It's yet another reason why we need urgent reform of privacy laws.
Nov 20, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A new technology that can generate electricity from vibrations or even small body movements means you could charge your laptop by typing or power your smartphone's battery on your morning run.
Nov 20, 2024
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Business
Recently, LinkedIn announced its Hiring Assistant, an artificial intelligence "agent" that performs the most repetitious parts of recruiters' jobs—including interacting with job candidates before and after interviews. LinkedIn's ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
A small team of AI researchers at Adobe Inc., working with a colleague from Auburn University and another from Georgia Tech, has developed a small language model (SLM) that they claim can be run locally on a smart phone with ...
Nov 20, 2024
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Robotics
Trust between humans and robots is improved when the movement between both is harmonized, researchers have discovered.
Nov 20, 2024
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Hardware
To make sense of the world, most humans rely in great part on their vision. Recent research suggests that the human visual system is hierarchical, meaning that it processes information on different levels, ranging from the ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index.
Nov 21, 2024
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Robotics
A musical robot that can play the piano alongside a human, creating a harmonic accompaniment in real time, has won an award at the Center for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA) Conference 2024.
Nov 21, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles will now be able to go from zero battery power to an 80% charge thanks to researchers at the University of Waterloo who made a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery design to enable this extremely fast 15-minute ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Robotics
Say hello to the robot called Bifrost. With the help of AI technology, it uses its tactile capabilities to manipulate soft and pliable objects to order.
Nov 21, 2024
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Business
In a new study, Felipe A. Csaszar and his co-authors explore how artificial intelligence may impact the strategic decision-making process of firms. Through empirical studies involving a leading accelerator program and a startup ...
Nov 21, 2024
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Engineering
Northwestern University scientists have developed a new protective coating that significantly extends the life of perovskite solar cells, making them more practical for applications outside the lab.
Nov 21, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
A team of computer engineers and AI specialists at Microsoft, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Chicago, has led to the development of a new language that allows LLMs to speak with one another more ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Engineering
Solar and wind are quickly transforming the energy landscape—but if we are to realize the full potential of these intermittent, renewable energy sources, we'll need safe, affordable batteries capable of storing it.
Nov 22, 2024
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Telecom
Researchers from Princeton and MIT have found a way to intercept underwater messages from the air, overturning long held assumptions about the security of underwater transmissions.
Nov 22, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Fields ranging from robotics to medicine to political science are attempting to train AI systems to make meaningful decisions of all kinds. For example, using an AI system to intelligently control traffic in a congested city ...
Nov 22, 2024
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Engineering
Madison engineers have found a way to simultaneously mitigate three types of defects in parts produced using a prominent additive manufacturing technique called laser powder bed fusion.
Nov 22, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Publishing giants and generative artificial intelligence companies are striking deals that aim to both protect copyright and provide for the rapidly increasing needs of the AI industry.
Nov 22, 2024
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Business
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
Nov 22, 2024
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Telecom
Smartphone-based augmented reality, in which visual elements are overlaid on the image of a smartphone camera, are extremely popular apps. These apps allow users to see how furniture would look in their house, or navigate ...
Nov 23, 2024
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Internet
US antitrust lawyers are calling on a judge to force the sale of Google's Chrome browser to limit the company's market clout in a move that would shake up the internet giant.
Nov 23, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Science fiction has long been a window into possible futures, often anticipating technological advancements and societal shifts with surprising accuracy.
Nov 23, 2024
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Business
A team of cybersecurity researchers at Stony Brook University has uncovered a new way for scammers to steal from unsuspecting cryptocurrency users. They have posted a paper to the arXiv preprint server describing the new ...
Nov 24, 2024
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Business
Australia has ditched plans to fine social media companies if they fail to stem the spread of misinformation, the country's communications minister said Sunday.
Nov 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The planned reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is praised as a boon for Pennsylvania and a boost for AI, but it is loathed by residents still haunted by a near-catastrophic meltdown there in 1979.
Nov 24, 2024
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