Communications of the ACM
Is MFA Needed to Improve Security?
Considering the outlook for multi-factor authentication applications.
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Drones Join Fight to Save New Zealand's Rarest Dolphin
The nonprofit MAUI63 organization hopes to preserve New Zealand's endangered Maui dolphin with an aerial drone.
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Digidog, a Robotic Dog Used by the Police, Stirs Privacy Concerns
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog for deployment in dangerous situations, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.
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Prototype of Intelligent Underground Robotic System for Urban Environments Developed
An international research team has developed a robot that can intelligently navigate underground in urban environments.
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Biden Signs Executive Order to Address Chip Shortage
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden addressed a global chip shortage with an executive order that aims to strengthen supply chains.
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Can Pat Gelsinger Turn Intel Around?
The giant chipmaker's new boss has his work cut out.
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Flexible Terahertz Camera Can Inspect Objects With Diverse Shapes
A flexible, free-standing terahertz (THz) camera patch can film irregularly shaped objects more easily than traditional bulky and rigid THz cameras.
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Search-and-Rescue Drone Locates Victims by Homing in on Their Phones
The Search-And-Rescue DrOne platform integrates aerial drones, artificial intelligence, and smartphones to find survivors of disasters using signals from their...
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EU Report Warns AI Makes Autonomous Vehicles 'Highly Vulnerable' to Attack
A report by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) describes autonomous vehicles as "highly vulnerable to a wide range of attacks."
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The Appearance of Robots Affects Our Perception of the Morality of Their Decisions
A study under the Moralities of Intelligent Machines project found the appearance of robots influences humans' perception of their decisions' morality.
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DARPA's New Combat Drones Could Catch a Ride from Other Aircraft
The program aims to create autonomous, fighter-jet-like craft that would deploy from the sky and then wield air-to-air weapons.
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The Power of Quantum Complexity
A theorem about computations that exploit quantum mechanics challenges longstanding ideas in mathematics and physics.
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