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Study Finds Parents' Social Media Use Associated with Parenting Style
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Study Finds Parents' Social Media Use Associated with Parenting Style

Researchers found a link between parents’ social media use and their parenting styles.

Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?
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Have iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?

Apple's newest smartphone models use machine learning to make every image look professionally taken. That doesn't mean the photos are good.

EU Takes Aim at Big Tech's Power With Landmark Digital Act
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EU Takes Aim at Big Tech's Power With Landmark Digital Act

The European Union was expected to finalize the Digital Markets Act, the most sweeping legislation to regulate tech since a European privacy law was passed in 2018...

 Anonymous Claims it Hacked Russia's Central Bank
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Anonymous Claims it Hacked Russia's Central Bank

Group has already leaked thousands of Kremlin documents relating to the war.

Email as Therapy
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Email as Therapy

Many people find in-person counseling threatening, and may prefer the flexibility of message-based mental health services.

Russia's Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare
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Russia's Killer Drone in Ukraine Raises Fears About AI in Warfare

The maker of the lethal drone claims that it can identify targets using artificial intelligence.

Most People are Cool with Implanting Chips in Their Brains, but Only if They Can Turn Them Off
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Most People are Cool with Implanting Chips in Their Brains, but Only if They Can Turn Them Off

More than three-quarters of U.S. adults polled were against surgically implanting a chip in their brains to improve their cognitive abilities.

CISA Warning: Russian Actors Bypassed 2FA
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CISA Warning: Russian Actors Bypassed 2FA

What happened, how to avoid it.

A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good
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A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good

FIDO is looking to get to the heart of what still makes passwordless schemes tough to navigate.

Helping A.I. to Learn About Indigenous Cultures
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Helping A.I. to Learn About Indigenous Cultures

Data on Native communities are not at the levels needed for accuracy in A.I.-driven tools. A group is trying to solve that problem.

Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion Seeds
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Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion Seeds

University of Washington researchers have developed a tiny battery-free device that can be blown by wind currents, like dandelion seeds.

How MIT's Robot Cheetah Got Its Speed
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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.

See 'Spot' Save: Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department
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See 'Spot' Save: Robot Dogs Join NY Fire Department

Plans to use two new robot dogs only in precarious search and rescue missions may help avoid the controversy that met the Police Department's robots last year. ...

New Attack Amplifies DDoSes by 4 Billion-Fold
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New Attack Amplifies DDoSes by 4 Billion-Fold

New technique also stretches out distributed denial of service durations to 14 hours.

Smartphone App Calculates Genetic Risk for Heart Attack
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Smartphone App Calculates Genetic Risk for Heart Attack

Scripps Research uses DNA data from 23andMe to calculate risk for coronary artery disease.

WARNING: Objects in Driverless Car Sensors May Be Closer Than They Appear
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WARNING: Objects in Driverless Car Sensors May Be Closer Than They Appear

Researchers have identified an attack strategy that can trick industry-standard autonomous vehicle sensors into believing nearby objects are closer or further than...

'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses
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'No-Code' Brings the Power of AI to the Masses

Products allow anyone to use AI without writing any computer code.

Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists
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Here Come the Artificial Intelligence Nutritionists

Companies are experimenting with personalized diet apps, saying the future of healthy eating is A.I.

How California Is Building the Nation's First Privacy Police
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How California Is Building the Nation's First Privacy Police

A new state agency has a $10-million budget to regulate Google, Facebook and others. But first it needs to be created.

AI Can Help Historians Restore Ancient Texts
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AI Can Help Historians Restore Ancient Texts

DeepMind AI tool helps historians restore ancient Greek texts with 72% accuracy with human help
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