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.
A generic image of a smart ring in use.
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of putting smart technology into a ring?
Several popular messaging apps, including Messenger, Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, use end-to-end encryption.
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End-to-end encryption provides strong protection for keeping your communications private, but not every messaging app uses it, and even some of the ones that do don’t have it turned on by default.
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Many families want to set ground rules to reduce their screen time – and have time to connect with each other, without devices. Here’s where to start.
The USS Portland test-fires a laser weapon. The photo captured infrared light to make the beam visible.
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Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones.
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The next generation of spacesuit needs to do more than simply protect an astronaut from the vacuum of space.
How would you feel if your workplace was tracking how you feel?
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Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms.
‘Watch while I make the economy disappear!’
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Degrowthers advocate cutting investment as a way to reduce use of precious resources, which is exactly what the UK government has been doing for the last 40 years.
Why do batteries lose charge more quickly when it’s cold?
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Electric vehicles are catching on across the US, but they’re also catching on fire in colder regions like the Northeast and Midwest.
The US largely dominates the technology landscape.
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The lack of large, global European tech leaders might actually be a blessing.
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The effects of AI’s growth on global security could be difficult to predict.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took questions on the day the Biden administration announced an executive order that puts personal data privacy in a national security context.
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The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from exploiting Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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Low tech or hi-tech, the next year will determine how much action nations take on election interference.
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Simon Kolstoe argues that while AI can greatly assist in ethics reviews, it cannot make an ethical decision.
Frank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958.
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Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century.
Digital infrastructure is key to the development of Africa.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, most governments welcome China’s investment in digital infrastructure.
This robot mimics simple life forms.
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‘Loopy’ is a multicellular robot inspired by biology and designed to react to its environment without instructions on how to do so.