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Accident Prevention Software for Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers at Germany's Technical University of Munich say they have created accident-preventing software for autonomous vehicles that anticipates variations of...
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Majority of Europeans Would Consider Human Augmentation, Study Finds
A survey of more than 14,000 people in 16 countries found most Europeans would consider technological augmentation to their bodies.
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Singapore to Pay Citizens for Keeping Healthy with Apple Watch
Apple and Singapore's government have partnered on the two-year LumiHealth initiative, which will monitor and reward user behavior via the Apple Watch and an iPhone...
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Glove-Like Device Mimics Sense of Touch
A soft wearable device developed by engineers at the University of New South Wales Sydney in Australia recreates the sense of touch using haptic technology.
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Woman Becomes First Healthcare Cyberattack Death
A woman in Germany suffering a life-threatening illness was the first person to die from a cyberattack on a healthcare system.
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Huang’s Law Is the New Moore’s Law, and Explains Why Nvidia Wants Arm
The rule that the same dollar buys twice the computing power every 18 months is no longer true, but a new law—which we named for the CEO of Nvidia, the company...
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IBM Establishes First Quantum Education, Research Initiative for Historically Black Colleges, Universities
IBM announced its first IBM Quantum education and research initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), led by Howard University and 12 other...
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Data Processing Module Makes Deep Neural Networks Smarter
Researchers have enhanced deep neural network performance by integrating feature normalization and feature attention modules into a hybrid attentive normalization...
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Automated Mobility District 'Digital Twin' Provides Insights for Urban Transportation Systems
Researchers have developed a modeling and simulation toolkit to help researchers and city planners determine the specific advantages and disadvantages of urban...
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Smart Transportation Systems Need to Reckon with Rogues
Arizona State University engineers have come up with an algorithm that manages autonomous vehicle traffic through intersections safely, under real-life conditions...
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Police Drones Take to U.K. Skies
U.K. police agencies are trying out the use of aerial drones to support ground-based forces in scenarios where helicopter or aircraft deployments may be less practical...
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The Phish Scale: NIST-Developed Method Helps IT Staff See Why Users Click on Fraudulent Emails
The Phish Scale could help organizations better train their employees to avoid being deceived by seemingly trustworthy emails.
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This Unheard Steve Jobs Tape is Part of an Amazing Trove of Tech History
When Steve Jobs demoed his NeXT computer at a 1988 user meeting, Charles Mann was there to record it—along with dozens of other talks by computing pioneers.
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Walmart Launches On-Demand Drone Delivery Pilot
Walmart said it has partnered with end-to-end drone delivery company Flytrex to roll out an on-demand drone delivery pilot program in Fayetteville, NC.
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Genetic Analysis Method Could Advance Personal Genomics
The laboratory ofJohns Hopkins University's Alexis Battle developed software that could help identify more causes of genetic disorders, especially when used with...
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Most Cybersecurity Reports Only Focus on the Cool Threats
A study found just 82 of 629 commercial cybersecurity reports published in the last decade discuss threats to civil society, with the rest devoted to cybercrime...
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AI Can Edit Video in Real Time to Sync Audio to People's Lips
Researchers at India's International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) have developed artificial intelligence that tweaks video footage in real time to...
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Millions of WordPress Sites Are Being Probed, Attacked With Recent Plugin Bug
Defiant Inc. reports millions of WordPress sites have been attacked by hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the "File Manager" WordPress plugin.
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