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Meta's LeCun: Most of Today's AI Approaches Will Never Lead to True Intelligence
Fundamental problems elude many strains of deep learning, says LeCun, including the mystery of how to measure information.
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IBM Open Source Tools Help Companies Spot Bias in Advertising
IBM's Artificial Intelligence Fairness 360 toolkit has confirmed the existence of bias in digital advertising.
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Linux Malware Has a Sneaky Way of Staying Hidden
Researchers discovered the Syslogk Linux rootkit delivers a backdoor trojan hides on a targeted machine until triggered.
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How One Paper Blew Up Bitcoin's Claim to Anonymity
All individuals transacting in Bitcoin are within six degrees or fewer of separation from a core group, say researchers.
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Ed Tech Wrongfully Tracked Schoolchildren During Pandemic: Human Rights Watch
A study of 164 government-endorsed education technology products found 146 endangered children's privacy by collecting and selling their data to ad tech companies...
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Highest Paying Jobs with a Computer Science Degree
Computer science is a broad and rewarding field. Find out the computer science degree salary you can expect depending on your chosen career path.
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Zyxel Remote Execution Bug Being Exploited
Researchers found that a bug in Zyxel firewalls that could enable unauthenticated remote attackers to execute code.
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Corrupted Open Source Software Enters the Russian Battlefield
A programmer behind the popular open-source npm program node-ipc poisoned it with malware that erased the hard drives of computers located in Russia or Belarus....
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IonQ Teams with U.S. Department of Energy
IonQ and DoE are trying to create a stable, domestic pipeline for sourcing the barium qubits used in quantum processors built by IonQ.
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Intel Invests in Open-Source RISC-V Processors, Creates Billion-Dollar Fund
Intel and RISC-V working together is a game-changer, and today is the day that RISC-V becomes a chip power.
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Tech Salaries Just Hit Record Highs. So Why Do IT Staff Still Feel Underpaid?
According to the latest Dice Tech Salary Report, the average salary for U.S. technologists reached a record high of $104,566 in 2021.
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Researchers Develop Method Embedding Atoms One-by-One to Build Quantum Chip
A new silicon construction technique developed by German and Australian researchers could potentially make building quantum computers more affordable and reliable...
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Developers are in Short Supply. Here are the Skills, Programming Languages Employers Need
Hiring managers expect finding qualified developers will be the biggest recruitment challenge of 2022, according to a survey of 14,000 developers and technology...
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Singapore Engineers Build Robotic Fingers with Delicate Grip
National University of Singapore engineers have constructed a robotic hand that can grasp various objects using three-dimensionally-printed fingers.
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Employers Seeking Those Skilled in Python, Java, Linux, SQL
Dice's Tech Jobs Report suggests employers are eager to hire people "who understand the core concepts of software development and project management."
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Most Popular, Fastest-Growing Programming Languages for Developers
SlashData's 21st State of the Developer Nation Report listed JavaScript as the most popular programming language in the third quarter.
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Robot Taxi Boats Take to the Water in Amsterdam
An autonomous boat taxi is set for deployment in the canals of Amsterdam.
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Developers: Intel's Automated Debugging Tool ControlFlag Now Open Source
ControlFlag can automatically detect anomalies in software code - and it could spare developers hours of tedious work.
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Google to Pay Developers to Make Open Source Projects More Secure
Google is investing $1 million in the Linux Foundation's Secure Open Source pilot program to make open source projects more secure.
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