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December 2022


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University of Michigan to Install Smart Intersection Technology

University of Michigan to Install Smart Intersection Technology

The goal of the $20-million smart intersections project is to have intersections communicate with the technology in cars to warn drivers of potential dangers that could cause a crash.


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This Little-Known Bottleneck is Blocking Clean Energy for Millions

This Little-Known Bottleneck is Blocking Clean Energy for Millions

Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid.


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U.S. Opens Probe of Cruise Robotaxi Braking, Clogging Traffic

U.S. Opens Probe of Cruise Robotaxi Braking, Clogging Traffic

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating reports that General Motors' Cruise autonomous robotaxis can brake too quickly or stop moving unexpectedly.


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Particles of Light May Create Fluid Flow, Data-Theory Comparison Suggests

Particles of Light May Create Fluid Flow, Data-Theory Comparison Suggests

A computational analysis supports the idea that photons colliding with heavy ions can create a fluid of “strongly interacting” particles.


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OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data

OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data

Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal data.


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Electric Vehicle Charging Investment Approaches the $100-Billion Mark

Electric Vehicle Charging Investment Approaches the $100-Billion Mark

The amount of money deployed indicates an ability to address systemic industry challenges and opens up access to low-cost capital.


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Microsoft Finds macOS Bug That Lets Malware Bypass Security Checks

Microsoft Finds macOS Bug That Lets Malware Bypass Security Checks

Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple).


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How Ada Lovelace Used Embroidery to Create the First Computer Program

How Ada Lovelace Used Embroidery to Create the First Computer Program

The female computing pioneer drew on lessons from her artistic pursuits.


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Meek China Response to U.S. Chip Restrictions Raises Eyebrows

Meek China Response to U.S. Chip Restrictions Raises Eyebrows

Beijing typically "retaliates fully plus 10 percent," but this time it doesn't seem to have many punitive options.


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Uber Eats Launches Robot Delivery Service in Miami

Uber Eats Launches Robot Delivery Service in Miami

Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has launched a robot food delivery service in Miami via a partnership with robotics firm Cartken.


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Cyberattacks on Hospitals Thwart India's Push to Digitize Healthcare

Cyberattacks on Hospitals Thwart India's Push to Digitize Healthcare

Massive cyberattacks targeting hospitals in India have undermined the nation's healthcare digitization initiatives.


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Gen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at Work

Gen Z Overwhelmed by 'Tech Shame' at Work

An HP survey of 10,000 office workers worldwide found Generation Z employees are most likely to feel technological frustration at work.


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Vint Cerf Helped Create the Internet on the Back of an Envelope

Vint Cerf Helped Create the Internet on the Back of an Envelope

Forty years after the Internet was born, one of its pioneers calls for more critical thinking about how we use it.


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Happy Birthday to the Transistor

Happy Birthday to the Transistor

The final part of a podcast series on the transistor.


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Noisy Flashing Drone Could Stop Bats Crashing into Wind Turbines

Noisy Flashing Drone Could Stop Bats Crashing into Wind Turbines

Yuval Werber and colleagues at Israel's University of Haifa invented a drone that makes noise and flashes lights to prevent bats from colliding with turbine blades at wind farms.


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Humans vs. Robots: The Battle Reaches a 'Turning Point'

Humans vs. Robots: The Battle Reaches a 'Turning Point'

Warehouse robots increasingly are able to grasp and sort objects of various shapes and sizes with the dexterity of human hands.


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Security Researchers Cite Theorem of Infinitely Typing Monkeys

Security Researchers Cite Theorem of Infinitely Typing Monkeys

An international team of scientists led by Germany's Ruhr-Universität Bochum is developing new techniques to efficiently identify coding errors in embedded systems.


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Digital Eternity Is Just Around the Corner

Digital Eternity Is Just Around the Corner

These past few years have been visceral reminders of our mortality. But new technologies can offer a way for us and our loved ones to live on.


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Chinese Scientists Make 'Impossible' AI Breakthrough in Drug Research

Chinese Scientists Make 'Impossible' AI Breakthrough in Drug Research

The team says its machine learning model can accurately predict the complex molecular changes that determine a drug's effectiveness.


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China Bans AI-Generated Media Without Watermarks

China Bans AI-Generated Media Without Watermarks

New regulations from China's Cyberspace Administration that go into effect Jan. 10, 2023, ban the creation of media using artificial intelligence without watermarks or other clear labels.


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Researchers Develop Framework for Multiancestry Genomic Studies

Researchers Develop Framework for Multiancestry Genomic Studies

A multi-institutional team of researchers has devised a framework for analyzing multiancestry genomic studies across multiple biobanks.


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New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls

New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls

Researchers devised a method that could be used by attackers to access sensitive business and customer information by bypassing Web application firewalls to infiltrate systems.


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Researchers Propose Methods for Automatic Detection of Doxing

Researchers Propose Methods for Automatic Detection of Doxing

Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed an automated technique that uses machine learning to identify doxing on social media.


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Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise

Blockchain Fails to Gain Traction in the Enterprise

Maersk and IBM last month shut down their global platform that was supposed to bring blockchain to the shipping industry. Other big bets are moving slowly.


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FBI Cybersecurity Program for Critical Infrastructure Hacked

FBI Cybersecurity Program for Critical Infrastructure Hacked

A database with contact information for elite cybersecurity professionals is now being sold on the dark web to the highest bidder.


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Go-Playing Trick Defeats World-Class Go AI — but Loses to Human Amateurs

Go-Playing Trick Defeats World-Class Go AI — but Loses to Human Amateurs

Adversarial policy attacks blind spots in the artificial intelligence—with broader implications than games.


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Bluetooth Security Challenged

Bluetooth Security Challenged

Researchers identify a security loophole in the wireless standard.


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U.S. Finds its 'Center of Gravity' in the Fight Against Ransomware

U.S. Finds its 'Center of Gravity' in the Fight Against Ransomware

Yet the threat remains pervasive.


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Severe Vulnerabilities Found in Most Industrial Controllers

Severe Vulnerabilities Found in Most Industrial Controllers

Three-quarters of devices that keep facilities like electricity and water treatment plants safe and operational have severe, unpatched cybersecurity vulnerabilities, researchers found.


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A Faster Way to Preserve Privacy Online

A Faster Way to Preserve Privacy Online

Researchers have developed a method for retrieving private information from a database that is approximately 30 times faster than comparable methods.