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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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Computer Science Proof Unveils Unexpected Form of Entanglement
Three computer scientists have solved the NLTS conjecture, proving that systems of entangled particles can remain difficult to analyze even away from extremes. ...
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'Retbleed' Speculative Execution Attack Affects AMD, Intel CPUs
The "Retbleed" flaw targets older AMD and Intel central processing units as a channel for Spectre-based speculative-execution attacks.
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Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston
A Congressional probe found seven of the largest U.S. bitcoin mining companies could cumulatively use as much electricity as all the homes in Houston.
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Ethereum Merge: How Crypto's Carbon Footprint Is About to Shrink
Ethereum, the second biggest blockchain in the world, is transitioning to proof of stake. That sentence may not make sense to you, but it's a huge deal.
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The Webb Space Telescope's Profound Data Challenges
The James Webb Space Telescope's data-collecting operations present a number of challenges, including dependence on a reliable communications subsystem.
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A Health Monitoring Wearable That Operates Without a Battery
University of California, Irvine researchers have developed a self-powered, wireless wearable device that can monitor a user's pulse.
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D-Wave's 500-Qubit Machine Hits the Cloud
Experimental prototype offers sneak peek of 7,000-qubit quantum computer.
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Imaging Technique Visualizes Gene Expression in Brains of Live Mice in Real Time
An international team of researchers has created a method for visualizing mRNA molecules in the brains of live mice in real time.
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Hundreds of Windows Networks Infected with Raspberry Robin Worm
A private threat intelligence advisory issued by Microsoft warns that hundreds of Windows networks are infected with the Raspberry Robin worm.
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Researchers Defeat Facial Recognition Systems with Universal Face Mask
Researchers have found that facial recognition systems may be thwarted by fabric face masks bearing adversarial patterns.
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A 'Wise Counsel' for Synthetic Biology
Researchers have developed a modular software application for optimizing biological systems, which they said does not require computational skills to use.
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Robots Aren't Done Reshaping Warehouses
The pace of automation has accelerated in the pandemic, as big players invest billions in their efforts to streamline how goods are sorted and shipped.
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'They Couldn't Even Scream Any More. They Were Just Sobbing': The Amateur Investors Ruined by the Crypto Crash
Fuelled by hype and hysteria, the market in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies went from an obscure niche to a $3-trillion industry. Then the house of cards collapsed...
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Cruise's Robot Car Outages Are Jamming Up San Francisco
In a series of incidents, the GM subsidiary lost contact with its autonomous vehicles, leaving them frozen in traffic and trapping human drivers.
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The Self-Driving Big Rigs That You'll See on the Highway Soon
Aurora, Waymo, TuSimple and Torc are among the leaders in an industry that could pass self-driving cars.
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Quantum Algorithms Conquer a New Kind of Problem
Computer scientists have found a new type of problem that quantum computers can solve dramatically faster than their classical counterparts.
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Smart Textiles Sense How Their Users Are Moving
Researchers have fabricated smart textiles that can sense their wearer's posture and motions.
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Apple to Add 'Lockdown' Safeguard on iPhones, iPads, Macs
Apple has announced the forthcoming rollout of a "lockdown" option for iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers, in order to shield them from spyware.
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Computer Component Could Use as Little Energy as Physically Possible
Researchers built a nanomechanical logic gate that uses vibrations for information processing rather than electrons.
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