Communications of the ACM
Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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The Best of NLP
Natural language processing delves more deeply into its knowledge gap.
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AI Can Stop the Cybersickness Some People Get When Using VR Headsets
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
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DARPA's Subterranean Challenge Scores
The U.S. Defense Department agency has been sponsoring underground circuit competitions for robotic hardware systems for the last three years.
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ML Models for Diagnosing Covid-19 Not Yet Suitable for Clinical Use
Studies describing machine learning models for diagnosing Covid-19 are not yet suitable for detecting or diagnosing the virus from standard medical imaging.
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A Quantum Trick with Photons Gives ML a Speed Boost
Researchers at Austria's University of Vienna have accelerated machine learning using a quantum trick involving photons.
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High Severity Linux Network Security Holes Found, Fixed
Positive Technologies' Alexander Popov detected five high-severity security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel's virtual socket implementation.
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How to Spot Deepfakes? Look at Light Reflection in the Eyes
A new tool can automatically identify deepfake photos of people by analyzing light reflections in their eyes for minute deviations.
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Double-Masking Benefits Are Limited, Japan Supercomputer Finds
Double-masking yields limited benefits compared to a single well-fitted disposable mask, according to an analysis conducted with a Japanese supercomputer.
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Trading Chicken Parts is Going Digital
Ashley Honey at New Zealand-based Nui hopes to use his company's electronic trading platforms to automate trading of meat and poultry products.
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Israel Allocates $60 Million to Build First Quantum Computer
Israel's Innovation Authority and Defense Ministry have committed $60 million to building the country's first quantum computer.
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Majorana Meltdown Jeopardizes Microsoft's Quantum Computer
Majorana particles would make perfect qubits to build a large quantum computer, but their creation and detection in 2018 was probably no more than overinterpreted...
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Furious AI Researcher Creates a List of Non-reproducible Machine Learning Papers
The Papers Without Code website aims to create a centralized list of machine learning papers that are not implementable.
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Drones vs. Hungry Moths: Dutch Use Tech to Protect Crops
Dutch farmers are adopting palm-sized drones to protect their crops against moths.
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Microsoft-led Team Retracts Quantum 'Breakthrough'
Microsoft's 2018 paper claimed to have observed evidence supporting Majorana particles' existence.
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Synthetic Data: Even Better than the Real Thing?
Societal issues and new tools are driving synthetic data uptake. How does it stack up against its real-life counterpart?
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Japanese Smart City Offers Residents Quake, Privacy Protection
After the 2011 earthquake, local governments have partnered with companies and researchers to improve residents' lives
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Honda Launches Advanced Self-Driving Cars in Japan
Japanese automaker Honda has launched a limited roll-out of its new Legend, which it calls the most advanced driverless vehicle licensed for the road, in Japan....
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Ghana Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccines to Rural Communities
San Francisco-based startup Zipline is delivering coronavirus vaccines to rural communities in Ghana via autonomous drones.
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Meet the Israeli Robot That 'Hears' Through Dead Locust's Ear
Researchers at Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) have connected a dead locust's auditory organ to a robot, which responds to the sounds it picks up.
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