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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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Chinese Robot Waiters Fuel Korean Anxiety Over Labor Shortages
South Koreans are anxious over a flood of cheap Chinese robot waiters amid labor shortages, population declines, and growing rivalry with Chinese technology firms...
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Reinventing Utopia: Self-Created Communities for the Digital Age
Jon Hillis is using digital technologies to create a network of self-generating co-living communities like Neighborhood Zero outside Austin, TX, to help decentralize...
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Glasgow University Spinout Raises $43 Million to 'Digitize Chemistry'
Chemify, which was spun out of the U.K.'s Glasgow University in 2022, has received $43 million in funding to further its efforts to "digitize chemistry."
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Care Homes in Japan Use Big Data to Boost Caregivers, Lighten Workloads
Japan-based nursing home operator and insurer Sompo Holdings is using technology to alleviate a caregiver shortage in that nation.
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Detection Tool to Fight Flood of Fake Academic Papers
Academic publishers have introduced an online tool developed by academic and professional publishing association STM that can identify bogus papers fabricated by...
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Deepfake 'News' Videos Ramp Up Misinformation in Venezuela
Generative AI technology from Synthesia was used to create recent deepfake videos that attempted to spread misinformation and propaganda in Venezuela.
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What Gucci, Others Learned from the Metaverse
Luxury retailers are capitalizing on the metaverse, with some using the virtual environment to identify trends and roll out new products.
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Art, AI Collide in Landmark Legal Dispute
Human artists and artificial intelligence companies are disputing generative AI-intellectual property in a landmark legal case.
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Hype around Quantum Computing Recedes over Lack of Practical Uses
China claims to have made a major breakthrough, but Western experts say any commercial benefits are still years away.
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Chinese Researchers Claim to Break Encryption Using Quantum Computers
Scientists in China are claiming they have found a way for current-generation quantum computers to crack the RSA algorithm underlying the most common form of online...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Raises Alarm Over Student Cheating
Universities need new ways to assess and respond to threats to academic integrity posed by AI tools that students could use to cheat on written assignments.
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