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A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices

February 22, 2017 by John Daniell

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Published By: Wired, 2/14/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Dutch researchers have discovered a method of hacking commonly used microprocessors. Operating systems randomly assign the locations in memory where programs run, but this hack detects…

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New Smartwatch Software May Now Verify Your Signatures

February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: Phys.org, 1/30/2017 (university press release) >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University have developed new software that will allow smartwatches to verify handwritten signatures. This software monitors…

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Twitter Data Could Improve Subway Operations During Big Events

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by John Daniell

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Published By: University at Buffalo News Center, 1/26/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Research performed at the University at Buffalo has suggested that the swelling of subway usage during large events correlates closely with increases in Twitter activity.…

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Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter

February 6, 2017February 8, 2017 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: Georgia Tech News Center, 1/26/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Georgia Tech Researchers have created an early prototype system that uses a language model to predict the perceived credibility of social media messages,…

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Private Medical Data Is For Sale – and It’s Driving a Business Worth Billions

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 by Anna Clark

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Published By: The Guardian, 1/10/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Private medical data is a multi-million dollar industry that is growing rapidly, according to Adam Tanner at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science. When medical…

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For Driverless Cars, a Moral Dilemma: Who Lives or Dies?

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 by John Daniell

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Published By: Associated Press, 1/18/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at MIT are conducting a worldwide survey to determine how consumers think a self-driving car should handle morally complex situations. Their findings will tell designers…

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AI Spots Skin Cancer as Well as Human Doctor

January 31, 2017January 30, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: Newsweek, 1/26/2017 >> View the Article << Summary A team of researchers at Stanford University has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can identify early symptoms of skin cancer.  The researchers trained the…

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Give Robots ‘Personhood’ Status, EU Committee Argues

January 27, 2017January 26, 2017 by Julia Bernd

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Published By: The Guardian, 1/12/2017 >> View the Article << Summary The European Parliament is considering a proposed legal framework to define the rights and responsibilities of autonomous artificial intelligences and of the companies and engineers…

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A String Quartet Concert, With an A.I. Assist

January 24, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: New York Times, 1/13/2017 >> View the Article << Summary "Sight Machine", a performance piece by Trevor Paglen, uses AI to generate a live image mapping of musicians as they play. The algorithm involves movement-analysis…

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Will Blockchain-Based Election Systems Make E-Voting Possible?

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: Government Technology, 1/11/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Kaspersky Lab held a contest for researchers exploring the use of blockchain accounting to verify electronic voting. The goals included secure methods of counting votes…

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UA-Developed Avatar Is Helping to Screen New Arrivals at Bucharest Airport

January 18, 2017January 17, 2017 by John Daniell

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Published By: UANews, 1/9/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Romanian border police are using a system designed by the University of Arizona called AVATAR (Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time), to screen international travelers…

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Japanese Company Replaces Office Workers With Artificial Intelligence

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: The Guardian, 1/5/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, an insurance firm in Japan, is replacing 34 workers with an AI system that will calculate payouts to policyholders.  They are…

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