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Bots, Fraud Farms Responsible for 73% of Web Traffic
Arkose Labs reported malicious attacks by bots and human fraud farms accounted for 73% of all Web and app traffic in the third quarter of 2023.
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A Drone with Ears
Researchers developed a microphone array that can be added to drones, along with cameras, to help locate disaster victims.
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Wearable Communication System Could Reduce Digital Health Divide
University of Arizona (UA) researchers developed a wearable monitoring system that can send health data up to 15 miles without major infrastructure.
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A Simpler Means for Visible Light Communication
Researchers at China's Nanchang University have developed a visible light communication (VLC) equalizer based on a single-order circuit.
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Using LLMs to Code New Tasks for Robots
A research team developed a tool that uses large language models to code new tasks for robots, which it then simulates.
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Crowdsourced Feedback Helps Train Robots
A reinforcement learning approach trains robots using crowdsourced feedback from nonexpert users.
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Scientists Develop More Efficient Way to Transmit Data Between Devices
Researchers demonstrated a lower-power method for transmitting data at close range while maintaining high throughput using electric, rather than electromagnetic...
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Robot Can Tidy Up Clothes in a Messy Bedroom
Ken Goldberg at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues developed a robot system to efficiently pick up strewn clothes.
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AI Detects Methane Plumes from Space
A new machine learning tool uses data from hyperspectral satellites to automatically detect methane plumes from space.
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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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Canadian Government Reaches Deal with Google on Online News Act
The agreement comes three weeks before the Online News Act rules come into force.
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Drones with Defibrillators Are Saving Lives
Researchers found drones with automated external defibrillators arrived at the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest more than 3 minutes before ambulances in 67%...
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Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in Windows Hello Implementations
Researchers found vulnerabilities in several laptop makers’ implementations of Windows Hello, the biometric login feature built into Windows.
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Synthetic Imagery Sets New Bar in AI Training Efficiency
A team of researchers demonstrated that training machine learning models with synthetic images can outperform traditional training methods using real images.
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6G Could Pull Double Duty to Monitor Climate Change
Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.
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ML Technique Better at Predicting Cancer Cure Rates
A machine learning model developed by University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) researchers can better predict cancer cure rates.
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Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by IoT on Mobile Networks
Computer scientists developed a technique to manage mobile network demand by multiple Internet of Things devices using terahertz frequencies.
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Outdated Password Practices are Widespread
Researchers say a majority of the world’s most popular websites put users and their data at risk by failing to meet minimum password requirement standards.
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Scientists Turn Invasive Carp into Traitors
Agencies are using "traitors" to find hotspot hideouts of invasive carp that are threatening the Great Lakes.
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