Credit: Ziniu Chen, University Communications A rude awakening came to thousands of Americans in early May. Many motorists who had never seen the effects of…
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Google adds facial expression recognition to Android Accessibility Suite beta version
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team at XDA Developers has discovered that Google has added facial expression recognition to the beta version of the Android…
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High-performance detection tool for ReDoS-vulnerability
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Regular expressions (regexes) are widely used in different fields of computer science. However, the Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability…
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Smart-car identity and access management (IAM) system developed
Credit: City University London A postgraduate student in City’s Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) is attempting to plug the vulnerability gaps of smart cars to…
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Engineer turns error detection into ‘secret language’ for data security
Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Celestino Corral invented a method to use error checking computer code to add a layer of security to email and…
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China launches 6-month campaign to clean up apps
In this April 26, 2018, file photo, visitors stand in front of an electronic data display showing a map of China at the Global Mobile…
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Parks in UK count on new technology to monitor footfalls
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New technology is being trialed at selected parks across the UK to count people using phone signals, providing valuable data that…
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Google parent launches new ‘moonshot’ for robotics software
A new “moonshot” project from Google parent Alphabet will develop software for industrial robots. Google’s parent Alphabet unveiled a new “moonshot” project to develop software…
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Can AI chatbots help fill the empathy gap?
Credit: Michigan State University Stressed out? Need to talk? Turning to a chatbot for emotional support might help. ComArtSci Associate Professor of Communication Jingbo Meng…
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Windows 10/11 vulnerability exposes admin passwords to local users
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Twitter user has found and made public a Windows 10/11 vulnerability that exposes admin passwords to local users who can…
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