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FBI Conducted Potentially Millions of Searches of Americans' Data Last Year, Report Says
Searches in national-security investigations came without warrants, could stoke privacy concerns in Congress.
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China's Weibo Shows User Locations to Combat 'Bad Behavior'
Chinese social media application Weibo will publish users' Internet Protocol addresses on their account pages and when they post comments, in order to rein in...
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U.K. Brownies to Learn Coding in Bid to Involve More Girls in Technology
Brownies, the second-youngest section of Girlguiding (scouting) in the U.K. for girls aged 7–10, are learning to code, while Guides (ages 10-14) are working with...
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Japanese Rail Company Rolls Out VR-Piloted Gundam Robot Worker
Several companies in Japan cooperated to create and deploy a humanoid heavy equipment maintenance robot that is directed through virtual reality (VR).
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Researchers Monitor Subsurface CO2 Storage
Texas A&M University researchers demonstrated that unsupervised machine learning algorithms could analyze data from a geological carbon sequestration site to determine...
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Google Forces Developers to Explain Data Collection
Developers can begin declaring how they use collected data, with a deadline of July 20 to complete their submissions.
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How French Fiber Optic Cable Attacks Accentuate Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
Ciaran Martin, founding head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre and now an Oxford University professor, called the attacks "extraordinary" in a tweet....
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Intel CEO Sees Chip Shortage Lasting Into 2024
Semiconductor giant says quarterly sales fell amid sagging demand for lower-end laptops.
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Boston's New CIO to Focus on Unlocking City Data
Santiago Garces will start as CIO of the New England city in May, following top roles in open-data efforts in South Bend and Pittsburgh.
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Governments Intentionally Shut Down Internet 182 Times Across 34 Countries in 2021: Report
Access Now noted the biggest offender was India, which shut down its Internet in sections of the country at least 106 times. This is the fourth consecutive year...
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A Heart-Pounding Supercar Aims to Upend How Cars Are Built
The Czinger 21C is made with 3D printers. "If he's successful," an analyst said, "it will be an earthquake for the industry."
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Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale
Many cybercriminals and ransomware groups have links to Russia and don't target the nation. Now, it's being opened up.
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Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document
"We do not have an adequate level of control and explainability over how our systems use data," Facebook engineers say in leaked document.
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An Easier Way to Teach Robots New Skills
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a machine learning method that enables robots to acquire new skills using a handful of human examples...
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Laser-Based 3D Printer Produces Complex Objects in Any Order
Stanford University researchers have developed a three-dimensional printing system that can construct objects in any order, instead of layer by layer.
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Researchers Use ML to Speed Up Counting of Microplastics
Researchers have proposed a new machine learning method to accelerate the counting and classification of microplastics, while also boosting affordability and ease...
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Apple Opens Self-Repair Store With $300 iPhone Screens, 19-Cent Screws
You can now access official manuals and parts, but for most people, the minimal savings won't be worth it.
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New Approaches to Biometric Security
The latest biometric security methods place a priority on contactless identification.
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U.S., 60 Global Partners Launch Declaration for the Future of the Internet
The Declaration represents "a political commitment among Declaration partners to advance a positive vision for the Internet and digital technologies."
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