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Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data
The tweak, which targets the code in accessibility features for visually impaired users, drew ire from researchers and those who monitor the platform
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Quantum Supremacy Achieved by More Complex Quantum Computer
A quantum computer completed a calculation in 4.2 hours that would have taken a classical system thousands of years.
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ML Method to Analyze Complex Scientific Data of Proteins
A new machine learning process enables faster analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance data than conventional methods, with comparable accuracy.
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Robot-Prepped Pizza at 800 Degrees
Autonomous pizza machine developer 800 Degrees Pizza has partnered with an international pizza brand to offer a fully automated pizza-making experience.
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Unique Amplifier Could Change Optical Communication
A new amplifier promises to revolutionize space and fiber communications.
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2021 has Broken the Record for Zero-Day Hacking Attacks
The reasons why are complicated—and not all bad news.
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Dialing the Trust Level Down to Zero
With cybersecurity under increasing attacks, experts say we should move to the Zero Trust Architecture.
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A Way to Solve the 'Hardest of the Hard' Computer Problems
Scientists have vastly accelerated the speed and efficiency of reservoir computing to tackle some of the most difficult information processing challenges.
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2 Quantum Computing Breakthroughs Reveal the Technology's Commercial Potential
The research is significant because of the vast array of problems that can be addressed using Monte Carlo simulations.
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Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Over Real Estate – Here's What That Means for Homebuyers
Real estate companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence in every aspect of buying, selling and home financing.
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Quantum Computer Helps Design Better Quantum Computer
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai used a quantum computer to design a quantum bit that could power better quantum systems...
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Now We're Cooking with Lasers
Experiments by Columbia University researchers have considered different cooking modalities by exposing chicken to blue and infrared light, then 3D-printing a sample...
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'Dislike' Button Would Improve Spotify Recommendations
A research team at Cornell University has developed a recommendation algorithm that could improve Spotify by incorporating both likes and dislikes.
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Preparing for a Future Pandemic with AI
Artificial intelligence-driven investigations into COVID treatments are yielding insights for application to future pandemic responses.
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Flatter Chips
Two-dimensional materials — graphene and its cousins — could enable better integrated circuits.
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Algorithmic Poverty
Algorithms can have a devastating impact on people's lives, especially if they already are struggling economically.
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A Switch in Time
The introduction of the nanosheet transistor is just one step in the continuing attempt to stick to the spirit of Moore's Law.
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Biden Administration Combating Ransomware with Crackdown on Cryptocurrency Payments
Cybersecurity experts see exchanges as a weak point for ransomware gangs that otherwise operate wholly in on the Internet, all but untouchable by law enforcement...
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