Category: 3. Tech
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New research will help strengthen vital infrastructure resilience against malevolent attacks
UBC Okanagan Faculty of Management researchers Dr. Amir Ardestani-Jaafari (right) and Dr. Amin Ahmadi Digehsara discuss their gaming strategy that helps protect infrastructure from attack with student Mohammad Mosaffa (left). Credit: UBCO As technology continues to advance, the likelihood of malevolent attacks and subsequent failures on society’s critical infrastructures increases. Blackouts, water shortages, transport collapses—these…
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Bankman-Fried faces prosecutors in US fraud trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, faced a tough cross-examination on Monday, with US prosecutors chipping away at his denials of committing massive fraud. The testimony in a New York courtroom followed Bankman-Fried’s time on the stand last week where he carefully presented himself as a… Continue Reading…
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US auto strike nears end as union, GM reach tentative deal
General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have come to an in-principle deal on a new labor contract after weeks of striking, according to a source close to negotiations. A wave of strikes that disrupted the three largest US automakers for six weeks looked to have been finally resolved Monday, as the auto workers…
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Biden unveils AI order aiming to ‘lead the way’ on safety
U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order aims to stop artificial intellience abuses like deep fakes and smear campaigns but said Congress needs to pass legislation guarding the public against abuses by big tech. President Joe Biden issued an executive order Monday on regulating artificial intelligence, aiming for the United States to “lead the way” in…
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Venus’ Surprising History: Early Tectonics and Possible Traces of Life
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy provides evidence for how the planet Venus might have once had plate tectonic activity at the same time as the ancient Earth. This study was led by researchers at Brown University and holds the potential to help scientists better understand the formation and evolution of Venus, including its…
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This blue paint color for cars uses nano-pigments for more intensity
The most popular car paint color in America is white. The hue has names like Blizzard White, Snow Quartz, and Wind Chill Pearl. Black, gray, and silver aren’t far behind on the popularity scale, rounding out the vast majority of cars on the road. These stats don’t mean that automakers are staying monochrome, though. On…
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Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.” The Department of…
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Accelerating AI tasks while preserving data security
SecureLoop is an MIT-developed search engine that can identify an optimal design for a deep neural network accelerator that preserves data security while improving energy efficiency and boosting performance. This could enable device manufacturers to increase the speed of demanding AI applications, while ensuring sensitive data remain safe from attackers. Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT With…
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The brain may learn about the world the same way some computational models do
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To make our way through the world, our brain must develop an intuitive understanding of the physical world around us, which we then use to interpret sensory information coming into the brain. How does the brain develop that intuitive understanding? Many scientists believe that it may use a process similar to…
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Business advantages of customers using ‘personal fabrication’ in 3D printing revealed in new study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For years, the idea of a “3D business” only evoked images of 1950s theater patrons donning plastic goggles to watch a “stereoscopic” movie. Now the term is used more often to denote 3D printing that allows consumers to create their own items. But a burgeoning offshoot of this technological breakthrough is…