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Picking Locks with Audio Technology
How eavesdropping smartphones could give thieves a copy of your front door key.
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Rock Star, Web Founder Teaming Up on Technology
The Interspecies I/O forum last week announced the $1-million Coller Prize for Interspecies Conversation, whose backers include rock artist Peter Gabriel and former...
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India Seeks to Limit Facebook, Google Dominance Over Online Data
An expert committee appointed by the Indian government has called for the creation of a new data regulator to oversee the sharing, monetization, and privacy of...
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Siri, Alexa Targeted as E.U. Probes Internet of Things
The European Commission is mounting an antitrust investigation into the Internet of Things, targeting voice assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa. ...
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Google, Amazon, J&J Join WHO to Fight Covid-Era Smoking
Google, Amazon, and Johnson & Johnson have joined the World Health Organization effort to combat the global Covid-19 pandemic's threat to smokers, partly with artificial...
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Bill Gates-Backed Company to Hunt for Cobalt Near Glencore Mine
Kobold Metals, a startup backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and others, aims to search for cobalt near a nickel mine in northern Quebec using data analytics.
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Japan Is Figuring Out How to Deliver Goods Untouched by Humans
Japanese companies are developing next-generation logistics technology to deliver goods untouched by humans, driven by worker shortages and the Covid-19 pandemic...
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National Security Agency Exposes Tool Used by Russian Hackers
The U.S. National Security Agency last week accused Russian hackers of exploiting a software vulnerability in Linux computers.
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UPS to Fly Medications by Drone to Florida Retirement Area
UPS will use drones to make prescription deliveries to residents of The Villages in Florida, one of the biggest retirement communities in the U.S.
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Satellites Are Helping to Track Food Supplies in Coronavirus Era
Demand is on the rise for alternative data that show how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting industries and trade worldwide.
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France Says Apple Bluetooth Policy Is Blocking Virus Tracker
France said Apple's Bluetooth policy is delaying a government contact-tracing application designed to contain the coronavirus.
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YouTube to Limit Video Quality Around the World for a Month
YouTube has reduced the quality of video streaming to standard definition around the world in an effort to ease Internet traffic during the coronavirus outbreak...
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Location Data to Gauge Lockdowns Tests Europe's Love of Privacy
Officials in Austria and Italy are using location data transmitted by mobile phones to determine the effectiveness of their coronavirus lockdown policies.
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Silicon Valley Is Listening to Your Most Intimate Moments
How the world's biggest companies got millions of people to let temps analyze some very sensitive recordings.
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Tesla’s Autopilot Could Save the Lives of Millions, But It Will Kill Some People First
The complicated ethics of Elon Musk's grand autonomous vehicle experiment.
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With Face Scans, Automated Marking, Singapore Carves AI Niche
Singapore has unveiled an effort to become a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030.
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Louisiana Target of Attempted Ransomware Hack, Governor Says
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said attackers targeted the state with ransomware that impacted certain state servers, forcing initiation of security protocols...
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What Chipmakers Tell Us About the Great Global Unwinding
The U.S.-China trade war is fracturing the world's semiconductor manufacturing base, and that won't stop even if the tariffs do.
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Russia's Pizza King Wants to Use the Cloud to Take Over the World
Russian pizza magnate Fyodor Ovchinnikov plans to open 1,000 Dodo Pizza outlets in Europe, Asia, and Africa in the next five years, using a combination of application...
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France Set to Roll Out Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program
France is set to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to provide its citizens secure digital identities.
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