Car infotainment systems are getting ever more sophisticated.
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Technology has made driving safer in many ways, but also provided more opportunities for drivers to distract themselves.
Some fault teachers for an inability to restrict phone use at school. But both students and some parents resist this, and problems far exceed in-class distraction. A student puts her phone in a holder at Delta High School in Delta, Utah, in February 2024.
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Four Canadian school boards are suing social media giants. This comes as 95 per cent of Ontario schools report needing more resources to support student mental health.
Special ships lay data cables across the world’s oceans.
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The 485 multiterabit-per-second undersea data cables that span the world’s oceans link the globe and maintain the digital realm.
U.S.-China antagonism is particularly acute in the realm of hacking and cybersecurity.
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Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can help.
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Quantum computers that work at slightly higher temperatures could be cheaper and more accessible.
A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida’s Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people.
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A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship collisions.
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Quantum computing has huge promise from a technical perspective, but the practical benefits are less clear.
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Time pressure is bad for your health- but the answer may be right outside your door.
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Current methods of screening for dementia have a range of limitations. Using virtual reality for cognitive screening is still a new area, but it’s showing promise.
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In an era of transformation, manufacturing still matters.
TikTok’s features for combining users’ videos lend themselves to political disputes.
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TikTok’s features for combining different users’ videos have sparked a wave of creativity. They’ve also formed an arena for political arguments and insults.
How can users of AI tools like OpenAI’s Sora video generator be sure they aren’t producing copyright-violating content?
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With the right prompts, AI users can mimic copyrighted works. There’s no easy technical or legal fix.
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Smart rings can collect information about us that smartphones and smart watches struggle to.
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As technology has advanced, AI-generated deepfakes have become more convincing.
Chinese president, Xi Jinping, claps during the closing meeting of the Two Sessions annual parliamentary meetings.
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China is facing many economic obstacles, but Beijing remains optimistic about growth.
Are the AIs making decisions about your life fair?
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Bias in AI has been getting a lot of attention lately, but it’s just one aspect of the larger – and thornier – problem of fairness in AI.
Thomas Raggi of the band Måneskin performs a concert that streamed live on TikTok in 2021.
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For some musical artists, TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape.
Like it or not, AI is already playing a role in the 2024 presidential election.
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Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.
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Could the technology move beyond medical applications and into wide use?
Some U.S. lawmakers have grown concerned about TikTok.
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In China, ‘private’ businesses aren’t entirely private and the ultimate boss is the CCP, not the CEO.