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“Can You Hear Me Now That I’m On 5G?”
Additional 5G spectrum is on the way…but which entity will control it?
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Fleet of Robots Successfully Tracks, Monitors Marine Microbes
Researchers have demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study a community of marine microbes.
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Venice Is Watching Tourists' Every Move
Officials in Venice, Italy, are using technology to track the number of tourists in the city, and where they go.
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Social Media Manipulation by Political Actors an industrial Scale Problem
A 2020 survey of 81 countries by the U.K.'s Oxford Internet Institute uncovered evidence of social media manipulation of political communications in each country...
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Superconducting Microprocessors? Turns Out They're Ultra-Efficient
Researchers at Japan's Yokohama National University report the creation of the first prototype superconducting microprocessor, which they said has no electrical...
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Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce Join Push for Digital Vaccination Credentials
In the U.S., there is no federal system consumers can use to get easy access to their immunization records online and establish their vaccination status for work...
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Spider Legs Build Webs Without the Brain's Help
Researchers have simulated the way each leg of a spider functions as a semi-independent "computer," with sensors that trigger movements based on environmental readings...
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Hack the Army Bug Bounty Challenge Asks Hackers to Find Vulnerabilities in Military Networks
The Defense Digital Service and HackerOne are calling on military and civilian hackers to identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the U.S. Army's computer systems...
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Microscanner Mirrors Replace Human Vision
Researchers have developed a microscanner mirror for LiDAR systems that enables the three-dimensional scanning of a vehicle's surroundings out to more than 200...
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Sharper Signals: How Machine Learning Is Cleaning Up Microscopy Images
Researchers increasingly are using machine learning to eliminate noise from microscopy images.
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Millions Flock to Telegram, Signal as Fears Grow Over Big Tech
The encrypted messaging services have become the world's hottest apps over the last week, driven by growing anxiety over the power of the biggest tech companies...
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CES Goes Full Pandemic with Smart Masks, Stickers to Detect Covid, Biggest Wi-Fi Update in Years
The 2021 Consumer Electronics Show is highlighting innovations spurred by Covid-19.
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An Avalanche of Violence: Analysis Reveals Predictable Patterns in Armed Conflicts
An armed conflict model developed by researchers explains how such conflicts spread geographically, with violent interactions growing temporally and spatially in...
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Your Next Car May Let You Drive Hands-Free. Is That a Good Thing?
More automakers are installing automated steering and speed control in more vehicles, using sensors, radar, and cameras to keep the car centered, control speed,...
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Finally, Apps to Sink Your Teeth Into
Developers are beginning to incorporate teeth into new technologies.
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Scientists Paint Multicolor Atlas of the Brain
A novel technique developed by Columbia University researchers helped to map neural network dynamics in the C. elegans worm.
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Rediscovering RISC-V: Apple M1 sparks renewed interest in non-x86 architectures
With the runaway success of the new ARM-based M1 Macs, non-x86 architectures are getting their closeup. RISC-V is getting the most attention from system designers...
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Robot Foresters Could Plant Thousands of Trees a Day
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem are planting trees from Milrem's driverless ground...
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