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Building Up the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
U.S. chipmakers await monetary support from the government a year after supporting legislation was signed into law.
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Cyberattack on U.K.'s Electoral Registers Revealed
The U.K.'s Electoral Commission disclosed a "complex cyberattack" in which "hostile actors" accessed copies of electoral registers from August 2021.
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Technology Aims to Prevent Falls for Elderly
The Move More Live More project in Northern Ireland aims to prevent falls by the elderly by predicting risks that contribute to falls weeks ahead of time.
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Friend or Foe: Can Computer Coders Trust ChatGPT?
The use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for coding has inspired both enthusiasm and reluctance among programmers.
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The Women Who Left Their Jobs to Code
Some U.K. women are defying the trend of lower female representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) compared to men by becoming programmers...
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Crewless Container Ships Appear on the Horizon
The Norwegian container ship Yara Birkeland eventually will be a crewless vessel that navigates via radar and cameras, feeding sensor data to artificial intelligence...
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Ecologists Deploy Drones to Monitor Deer Population
Ecologists are using aerial drones to monitor fallow deer populations in the U.K.'s Ashdown Forest.
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Smart Appliances Could Stop Working After Two Years Due to Lack of Software Updates
U.K. informed consumer brand Which? warns smart appliances could stop operating after only two years due to a cessation of software updates from manufacturers. ...
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Hackers Strand Vanuatu's Government
A suspected cyberattack has disabled the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu's government since November 4.
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Billions Spent in Metaverse 'Land' Grab
Research by DappRadar indicates that over the past year, people and companies have spent $1.93 billion in cryptocurrency to purchase virtual “real estate” in the...
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