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Decade-Old Bugs Discovered in Avast, AVG Antivirus Software
Researchers at cybersecurity software company SentinelOne reported two high-severity bugs in Avast and AVG antivirus products that have gone undetected for a decade...
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How AI is Cleaning Up the High Seas
The state of maritime monitoring hasn't changed much in generations. Pirates beware; AI is changing that.
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How MIT's Robot Cheetah Got Its Speed
Researchers have designed a new version of the Mini Cheetah robot that can achieve high running speeds more efficiently than its predecessors.
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UC Berkeley Robot Navigation Could Chart New Course for Self-Driving Systems
An approach that uses hours of video and elements of reinforcement learning can guide a robot vehicle almost two miles without a full map of the surroundings.
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Brazilian Academics Create Automated Fake News Detection Platform
A team of researchers has developed a Web platform that can automatically detect fake online news.
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Robot Fry Cook Gets Job at 100 White Castle Locations
Miso Robotics' Flippy 2 robot fry cook is being deployed in 100 White Castle fast food restaurants.
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IonQ Teams with U.S. Department of Energy
IonQ and DoE are trying to create a stable, domestic pipeline for sourcing the barium qubits used in quantum processors built by IonQ.
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Intel Invests in Open-Source RISC-V Processors, Creates Billion-Dollar Fund
Intel and RISC-V working together is a game-changer, and today is the day that RISC-V becomes a chip power.
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Software Is Crammed Full of Bugs. This 'Exciting' Project Could Banish Most of Them
Chip designer Arm has released a prototype development board based on the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) architecture.
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More Than Half of Medical Devices Have Critical Vulnerabilities
The 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security Report estimates 53% of medical devices in hospitals connected to the Internet of Things have critical flaws.
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Researchers Develop Method Embedding Atoms One-by-One to Build Quantum Chip
A new silicon construction technique developed by German and Australian researchers could potentially make building quantum computers more affordable and reliable...
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Developers are in Short Supply. Here are the Skills, Programming Languages Employers Need
Hiring managers expect finding qualified developers will be the biggest recruitment challenge of 2022, according to a survey of 14,000 developers and technology...
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Singapore Engineers Build Robotic Fingers with Delicate Grip
National University of Singapore engineers have constructed a robotic hand that can grasp various objects using three-dimensionally-printed fingers.
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EU Pharmaceutical Giants Run Vulnerable Apps, Fail to Use Encryption in Login Forms
New research warns 80% of the European Union's top pharmaceutical companies are "critically exposed" to cyberattack due to poor security postures.
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Quantum Computing: IBM Just Created This New Way to Measure the Speed of Quantum Processors
Big Blue has released a new metric, CLOPS, which puts a number on the speed of a quantum computer.
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Robot Taxi Boats Take to the Water in Amsterdam
An autonomous boat taxi is set for deployment in the canals of Amsterdam.
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Researchers Develop AI System to Improve Eye Disease Detection
The comprehensive artificial intelligence retinal expert (CARE) system can detect and monitor eye diseases.
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Singapore Inks Pact with Finland to Mutually Recognize IoT Security Labels
Singapore and Finland have agreed to recognize each other's cybersecurity labels for Internet of Things devices.
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Google to Pay Developers to Make Open Source Projects More Secure
Google is investing $1 million in the Linux Foundation's Secure Open Source pilot program to make open source projects more secure.
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