Computing & information processing
The New Chip That Can Protect You from Data Theft
Researchers from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab developed new machine-learning accelerator chips that aim to enhance data security for health trackers, fitness apps, and...
Have An Android Phone? You Might Be at A Higher Risk of Data Tracking
Android phones were exposed by experts as extremely vulnerable to cyberattacks, with almost 200,000 data tracking attempts made in just 30 days on a...
Scientists Create, Store, and Retrieve Quantum Data for the First Time
Scientists from various European universities managed to store and retrieve data from quantum computers for the first time in history- an essential step in...
AI is Making Smart Devices Easier to Hack – What Can Be Done?
Our everyday routines are becoming increasingly flooded with AI-powered smart and ultra-connected devices (Internet of Things), and manufacturers are gathering incredible amounts of user...
The World’s First Programmable Photonic Chip
In a revolutionary step for telecommunications, data centers, and artificial intelligence systems, researchers at UPV’s Photonics Research Laboratory in Spain worked with private company...
Cheap AI Chips Used to Boost Hypersonic Weapons Range
Researchers from the Beijing Power Machinery Research Institute and the Dalian University of Technology integrated a cheap AI chip module (the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i)...
The Future of Wi-Fi – Bending Lights
Faced with the ever-growing demand for data, current wireless technologies are being pushed to their limits, and cellular and Wi-Fi networks are nearing their capacity...
Secure Quantum Computing in Your Private Home
Researchers from Oxford University developed “blind quantum computing” – a new approach to securely connect two quantum computing entities using existing fiber optic systems....
Cybergangs Are Using AI-Generated Code – What Are the Implications?
Cybercriminals impersonating legitimate German companies are attacking organizations across various industries in the country using AI, as was reported by cybersecurity company Proofpoint.
The hackers,...
AI in Wartime
Artificial intelligence is gaining use in modern warfare – what does it mean, and is it dangerous? AI, while faster than humans, is not...
Miniature Robot ‘Smart Swarms’ Inspired by Nature Could Soon Flow Through Our Bodies
Researchers developed “smart swarms” of miniature robots after drawing inspiration from nature, observing ant colonies, fish schools, and beehives. These mini-bot swarms collaborate through engineered...
Quantum Computers Just Turned 800 Times More Reliable
Quantum computing company Quantinuum and tech giant Microsoft claim they reached an “unprecedented” breakthrough in quantum computing reliability, drastically reducing error rates and physical...
Human-Inspired Computer Vision Can Revolutionize IoT
Engineers from the University of Pittsburgh (PITT) Swanson School of Engineering are developing a way to make computer vision more human-like, which would enable...
Global Strategies to Accelerate AI in Science and Research
The International Science Council's Center for Science Futures published the report "Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress in 2024" to address...
The Phishing Platform Automating Cybercrime
Darcula is a new Chinese-language phishing-as-a-service platform with more than 20,000 phishing domains that target organizations in over 100 countries.
While the concept of an...
The Cybersecurity Threats to the Trucking Industry
A new paper by researchers from Colorado State University claims commercial trucking systems have severe cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could enable hackers to take control...
Two Revolutionary AI Chips Can Control Robots Through Thought
These two chips might be the key to developing sophisticated brain-computer interfacing.
Scientists from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China claim to...
Russia Unleashes a Dangerous New Wiper
Russia is reportedly using a new and extremely capable malware variant to target Ukrainian telecommunication networks.
Cybersecurity threat intelligence platform SentinelLabs reports the new Russian...
North Korean Hackers use Nuclear Threat to Trick Victims
North Korea’s nuclear threats are reportedly being used and exploited by North Korean hackers as a “lure” to make victims open malicious files and...
Blockchain Method Protects Personal User Data
Imagine this scenario: you enter a website, and before you can access any of the information there is an annoying popup asking you to...
New Biodegradable Papertronics
As the need for biodegradable electronics is growing increasingly urgent, Professor Seokheun "Sean" Choi from Binghamton University decided to look into the idea of...
Microsoft’s New AI Hacker Tracker
Microsoft set to release Copilot for Security AI tool to help cybersecurity workers produce summaries of suspicious incidents and identify hackers’ methods to conceal...
