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AI Will Augment SEO
Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.
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3-D Printing Strengthens Material for Energy and Propulsion Applications
A research team led by engineers at MIT developed a new 3D printing method for strengthening materials.
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Amazon to Let Baseball Fans Buy Beer by Scanning Palm
Amazon plans to launch contactless alcohol purchases at Coors Field in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team, through its Amazon One touchless...
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The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing
Indirect prompt-injection attacks can leave people vulnerable to scams and data theft when they use the AI chatbots.
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Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update
An update rolled out by the Ethereum cryptocurrency reduced the energy needed to produce it, and also fixed a security flaw.
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Underwater Robot Deployed to Aid Endangered Right Whales Off Georgia Coast
Researchers deployed an underwater robot to listen for endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming near the Georgia port of Savannah.
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A Boost for the Quantum Internet
Researchers at Austria's University of Innsbruck transmitted quantum information with a quantum repeater node operating at telecommunication networks' standard...
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Humanoid Robots Are Coming of Age
A few years ago, humanoid robots were clumsy and awkward. Now several startups claim to have models almost ready to go to work in warehouses and factories.
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AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences
The University of California, San Diego's James T. Kadonaga and colleagues used artificial intelligence to advance gene activation research by identifying "synthetic...
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Sound Vibrations Can Encode, Process Data Like Quantum Computers
University of Arizona researchers demonstrated that trapping sound in a simple mechanical device can imitate certain properties of quantum computers.
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Fruit-Picking Robot Eve Ready to Harvest Apples Commercially, as Shortage of Workers Persists
Australian startup Ripe Robotics spent four years developing its autonomous fruit-picking robot Eve, which is processing apples in orchards owned amid a labor shortage...
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Popular Android TV Boxes Sold on Amazon Are Laced with Malware
Security researchers found malware in popular Android-powered TV set-top boxes sold on Amazon.
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Toil and Trouble
Exascale computing power helps researchers understand bubble behavior that can handicap reactor technology designed to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
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Researchers Say they Found Spyware Used in War for the First Time
Samvel Farmanyan, the former co-founder and host of an opposition television program in Armenia, told TechCrunch the hack he suffered "is a form of terror."
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Volt Typhoon Targets U.S. Critical Infrastructure with Living-Off-The-Land Techniques
Microsoft continues to investigate Volt Typhoon's methods for gaining access to targeted organizations through Internet-facing Fortinet FortiGuard devices.
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ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Calls for AI Regulation, Warning of 'Existential Risk'
The statement echoed the comments of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Congress last week, where he testified to the need for a separate regulatory body.
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Driver's Licenses, Addresses, Photos: Inside How TikTok Shares User Data
Employees of the Chinese-owned video app have regularly posted user information on a messaging and collaboration tool called Lark, according to internal documents...
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Get Ready for Team America: AI Police
Biden Admin expands plan for 'responsible' ML research and seeks to drive international talks on making binary brainboxes behave.
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Adobe to Integrate AI into Photoshop amid Fears of Job Losses, Mass Faking of Images
Company says Adobe Firefly is a 'co-pilot' to graphic design, rather than a replacement for humans.
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