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Detecting Deception
Advanced machine learning algorithms can spot lying even better than a polygraph.
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Researchers Develop Tool to Protect Children's Online Privacy
A new tool can determine whether mobile applications for children comply with the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
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AI Takes Player Performance Analysis to New Dimension
New artificial intelligence algorithms could revolutionize player performance analysis for football (soccer) clubs.
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AI Researchers Condemn Predictive Crime Software, Citing Racial Bias, Flawed Methods
A coalition of more than 1,000 researchers, academics, and experts in artificial intelligence condemned soon-to-be-published research claims of predictive crime...
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Your Smart Home Devices Could All Be About to Stop Working
Experts say thousands of connected smart home devices could shut down with the expiration of their Secure Sockets Layer certificates.
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Manufacturers Use Technology to Stay Running
Venture-backed startups are providing software, sensors, robotics, and artificial intelligence tools to help factories open safely amid the coronavirus pandemic...
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A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New Office
Tech, catering and design companies are rushing to sell employers on fever scanners, box lunches, and office floor-planning apps for social distancing. But it's...
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USC Researchers Develop State-of-the-Art Biometric Security Systems
Researchers at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute have developed state-of-the-art biometric security systems.
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GPS Collars for Lions, Cheetahs: How IoT, Open Source Are Protecting Rare Animals
Smart Parks is testing lightweight GPS collars that can be fitted to lions and cheetahs in Liwonde, Malawi.
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Amazon Deploys AI 'Distance Assistants' to Notify Warehouse Workers if They Get Too Close
Amazon has deployed a new artificial intelligence tool to help employees follow social distancing rules.
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La Trobe University Uses AI to Bring Mental Health Care to Cancer Patients
Using the framework can help medical personnel. understand a patient's behavior, emotions, and decision-making based on data shared by the patient.
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Big Tech Zeros In on the Virus-Testing Market
As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, some companies are rushing out new work force health-vetting and tracking tools.
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Britain Didn’t Want Silicon Valley’s Help on a Tracing App. Now It Does.
Months after other countries, Britain will now use technology provided by Apple and Google to build a contact-tracing app.
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Massive Spying on Users of Google's Chrome Shows New Security Weakness
A recent spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of add-ons to Google's Chrome Web browser.
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Inside the NBA's Plan to Use Smart Technology, Big Data to Keep Players Safe From Coronavirus
The NBA plans to use smart technologies to protect players and staff as 22 teams prepare to play at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando.
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The Quantum Threat
Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.
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China is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Boys and Men, Using U.S. Equipment
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing's growing surveillance capabilities.
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Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb's Vibrations
Researchers have developed a long-distance eavesdropping method that exploits vibrations on the glass surface of a light bulb's interior.
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In Autonomous Russia, Tractor Drives You
Two Russian companies have partnered on an advanced autonomous driving system for agricultural vehicles.
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Researchers Model the Health Benefits of Electric Cars, Find 'Large Improvement in Air Quality'
Researchers in Canada created computer simulations of the potential human health benefits of a large-scale transition to electric cars.
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