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Amazon Opening 30,000-Sq.-Ft. Store with QR Codes, Palm-Scanning Checkout
Amazon will open a 30,000-sq.-ft. clothing store in Los Angeles later this year.
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Former Google Scientist Says the Computers that Run our Lives Exploit Us
Meet Hume AI, a potentially more humane way to let the machines in.
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Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency to Fight Fake News, Foreign Interference
Sweden on Jan. 1 created the Swedish Psychological Defense Agency to fight the spread of disinformation campaigns.
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The Battle to Prevent Another January 6 Features a New Weapon: The Algorithm
A year after the attack on the Capitol, data scientists say artificial intelligence can help forecast insurrection — with some big concerns.
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Americans Widely Distrust Facebook, TikTok, Instagram with Their Data, Poll Finds
Pulled between not trusting some tech companies and still wanting to use their products, people look to government regulation, according to a Washington Post-Schar...
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Is Artificial Intelligence About to Transform the Mammogram?
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher who survived breast cancer has devised a technique that seems to predict many breast cancer cases.
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'Black Box' to Chronicle Ravages of Climate Change
Australia is building "Earth's Black Box," a reportedly indestructible steel structure containing a real-time archive of climate change news and research.
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Complaint to FTC Claims Amazon Search Results Full of Ads 'Unlawfully Deceiving' Consumers
More than a quarter of Amazon search results are paid ads, according to the complaint filed by a coalition of labor unions.
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Tech Companies Join the Fight to Take Down Hacking Groups
Google and Microsoft are taking on hackers.
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Facebook Reveals Broad Takedown of Global Disinformation Networks
The takedowns described in the company's monthly threat report demonstrate how the cat-and-mouse game between Facebook and bad actors is escalating.
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My Day With Henry Evans–A Quadriplegic Who's Gaining Movement Through Robotics
Severely quadriplegic Henry Evans has beta-tested robots as part of a 20-year collaboration with healthcare roboticist Charlie Kemp.
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Happy Hacksgiving: Officials Warn of a Surge of Cyber Threats
Government agencies are also warning companies and consumers to be on guard against holiday attacks.
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The Pentagon's $82 Million Super Bowl of Robots
Inside a three-year competition that raises the question: How long until humans are obsolete?
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Smithsonian African American Museum Launches Online Interactive Access
The new 'Searchable Museum' will bring a trove of artifacts, stories, and images to the Internet.
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Ransomware Hackers Have the Upper Hand
Hackers put companies under intense pressure to pay ransoms quickly to get their computers systems back online.
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Why Facebook Won't Let You Control Your Own News Feed
Lawmakers want social networks to offer users a chronological timeline. Leaked documents help to explain why Facebook doesn't.
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The Next Generation of Home Robots will be More Capable — and Perhaps More Social
Tech titans and upstarts alike are working to deepen our relationships with their robots.
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Sensors Add to Accuracy, Power of U.S. Nuclear Weapons but May Create Security Perils
Sensors created by Sandia National Laboratories for U.S. ballistic missiles could augment their detonation timing and accuracy.
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Commerce Department Announces Rule Aimed at Stemming Sale of Hacking Tools to Russia, China
The rule is not intended to keep American researchers from working with colleagues overseas to find software flaws.
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