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May 2023


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3-D Printing Strengthens Material for Energy and Propulsion Applications

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 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 payment device.


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The Security Hole at the Heart of ChatGPT and Bing

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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A Boost for the Quantum Internet

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 frequency.


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Underwater Robot Deployed to Aid Endangered Right Whales Off Georgia Coast

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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Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update

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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Humanoid Robots Are Coming of Age

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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Toil and Trouble

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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Popular Android TV Boxes Sold on Amazon Are Laced with Malware

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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AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences

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 extreme" DNA sequences.


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Fruit-Picking Robot Eve Ready to Harvest Apples Commercially, as Shortage of Workers Persists

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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Sound Vibrations Can Encode, Process Data Like Quantum Computers

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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Researchers Say they Found Spyware Used in War for the First Time

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

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'

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

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

 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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AI Will Augment SEO

AI Will Augment SEO

Adding artificial intelligence to search engines enables enhanced Search Engine Optimization and Marketing.

 


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Adobe to Integrate AI into Photoshop amid Fears of Job Losses, Mass Faking of Images

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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White House Unveils New Efforts to Guide Federally Backed Research of Artificial Intelligence

White House Unveils New Efforts to Guide Federally Backed Research of Artificial Intelligence

The U.S. government and private sector in recent months have begun more publicly weighing the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence.


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Breakthrough in Computer Chip Energy Efficiency Could Cut Datacenter Electricity Use

Breakthrough in Computer Chip Energy Efficiency Could Cut Datacenter Electricity Use

Researchers at Oregon State (OSU) and Baylor universities have significantly cut the energy consumption of photonic chips used in datacenters and supercomputers.


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Software Update for World's Wind Farms Could Power Millions More Homes

Software Update for World's Wind Farms Could Power Millions More Homes

A software upgrade developed by researchers at France's Polytechnic Institute of Paris improves the efficiency of wind turbines by ensuring they spend more time facing directly into the wind.


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Apps for Older Adults Contain Security Vulnerabilities

Apps for Older Adults Contain Security Vulnerabilities

Researchers at Canada's Concordia University found security bugs in 95 of 146 popular Android applications designed for older adults.


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Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health

Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy urges action to ensure social media environments are healthy and safe.


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The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank

The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank

An overreliance on technology startups could have been a major factor in its demise.


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Taiwan Is Running Low on Engineers

Taiwan Is Running Low on Engineers

Leaders of Taiwan's semiconductor industry fear the nation's supply of engineers will be unable to meet demand for new talent.


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Quantum Computers Compared

Quantum Computers Compared

Scientists compared leading quantum computers using the Quantum Computing User Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.


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Engineering a New Way to Feed Gorillas

Engineering a New Way to Feed Gorillas

Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have built an automatic feeding machine for gorillas at Zoo Atlanta that allows for more natural foraging.


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Silicon Valley, Cradle of Computer Chips, Gains Big New Research Center

Silicon Valley, Cradle of Computer Chips, Gains Big New Research Center

Applied Materials is betting technical talent at nearby universities and the local companies that design chips will spur innovation quickly, making up for cost differences with other locations.


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A.I. May Help Design Your Favorite Video Game Character

A.I. May Help Design Your Favorite Video Game Character

Generative A.I. is already changing how games are made, with Blizzard Entertainment training an image generator on assets from World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch.

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