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Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.
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Robotic Worms Could One Day Dig Beneath Your Feet
Scientists are creating earthworm-inspired soft robots, envisioning their flexibility as an advantage for penetrating hard-to-reach areas.
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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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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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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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Computer Errors from Outer Space
Ever-shrinking microchips are elevating the risk of computer glitches caused by cosmic rays bombarding the Earth from outer space.
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Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels
Consumers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food items through an eco-labeling system based on work by researchers at the U.K.'s Oxford University...
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Conjoined Twins Separated with the Help of VR
Virtual reality (VR) technology was instrumental in the surgery that successfully separated Brazilian twins who were joined at the head.
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World Cup to Use Drones to Help Protect Stadiums
This year's World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar will employ autonomous radar-guided interceptor drones for stadium security.
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Videogame Prescribed by Doctors to Treat ADHD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a computer game to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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The Lost Masterpieces Being Revealed
Advanced technologies are revealing previously hidden masterpieces.
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Ministry of Defence Acquires U.K. Government's First Quantum Computer
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has acquired that government's first quantum computer from London-based Orca Computing.
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Why You May Have a Thinking Digital Twin Within a Decade
Artificial intelligence combined with the Internet of Things allows the digital construction of digital twins that constantly learn from and help improve their...
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Could Contact Lenses Be the Ultimate Computer Screen?
Saratoga, CA-based Mojo is one of a number of companies currently testing smart contact lens products.
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Student-Built Robot Rover on Track to Explore the Moon
Iris, a tiny wheeled robot built by students at Carnegie Mellon University, is expected to be the first uncrewed rover from the U.S. to explore the Moon.
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True Story? Lie Detection Systems Go High-Tech
A new method of lie detection developed by researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University uses electrodes affixed to the face to determine if someone is lying.
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Scientists Claim Big Advance in Using DNA to Store Data
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Institute claim they can improve DNA data storage 100-fold with a new processor they developed...
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U.K., U.S. Join Forces to Strike Back in Cyberspace
The U.S. and U.K. will collaborate to strike back against mutual adversaries engaging in malicious cyber-activities.
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