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Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
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Crash-Defying Quadcopter Lands on Rooftops Pitched at Up to 60 Degrees
Mechanical engineers at Canada's University of Sherbrooke developed landing technology for quadcopter drones that enables them to land on inclined surfaces.
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Researchers Design Inks for 3D-Printable Wearable Bioelectronics
A newly developed class of biomaterial inks exhibit the same characteristics as highly conductive human tissue like skin.
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Amazon Keeps Growing, and So Does Its Cache of Data on You
Amazon is expanding its reach into the healthcare and smart home industries through its acquisition of a primary care company and a merger with iRobot.
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'Quantum-Safe' Crypto Hacked by 10-Year-Old PC
Many challenges still lie ahead for post-quantum cryptography.
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Facebook, Twitter, Others Remove Pro-U.S. Influence Campaign
It was the first time that an influence operation promoting U.S. interests abroad had been discovered and taken down from the social media platforms.
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Google Finds 'Inoculating' People Against Misinformation Helps Blunt Its Power
British researchers and a team from Google found that teaching people how to spot misinformation made people more skeptical of it.
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The Low Threshold for Face Recognition in New Delhi
Police in India's capital say they only require an 80% accuracy rate for matches, raising new alarm bells for civil liberty advocates.
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Oracle Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Tracking 5 Billion People
A class-action lawsuit against U.S. multinational technology company Oracle claims it tracks and collects personal information on billions of people.
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Education Ministry to Nurture 1 Million Skilled Workers for Digital Industry
South Korea's Ministry of Education said it will train 1 million skilled workers for the digital industry by 2026.
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Your Next Wooden Chair Could Arrive Flat, Then Dry into a 3D Shape
Researchers have developed a process in which flat wooden shapes produced by three-dimensional printers can be programmed to transform into complex shapes.
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China's Aviation Regulator Sets Goals for Drone Industry
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has released a proposed roadmap for developing its civilian drone industry.
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Scientists Turn Toward AI for Unraveling Cell Biology
Researchers used artificial intelligence to correlate cellular cytoskeleton structure with the position of nuclei.
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Watch NIST's 'Atomic Television' Live and in Color
Scientists have enhanced an atom-based radio receiver to detect and display live color TV and videogames.
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Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat
A new wearable sensor can detect amino acids and certain vitamins in small amounts of human sweat.
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No-Code AI: Platforms and Tools
In the 1990s, tools like Macromedia Dreamweaver made Web development accessible to all. Today, no-code tools aim to do the same for artificial intelligence.
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Rare Earths Processor Buys Rights to Mine in Greenland
One of the world's few rare earths processors outside China has bought exploration rights to mine in Greenland.
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It's Alive! It's With the Band! A Computer Soloist Holds Its Own
Voyager, a computer program, played with Ensemble Signal in the U.S. premiere of a George Lewis piece that was a highlight of this year's concert calendar.
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Sloppy Use of Machine Learning Is Causing a 'Reproducibility Crisis' in Science
AI hype has researchers in fields from medicine to sociology rushing to use techniques they don't always understand—causing a wave of spurious results.
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Sloppy Software Patches Are a 'Disturbing Trend'
The Zero Day Initiative has found a concerning uptick in security updates that fail to fix vulnerabilities.
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