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FBI launches operation to remove backdoors from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers
The Justice Department said the operation was "successful."
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Google is poisoning its reputation with AI researchers
Can Google be trusted to evaluate its own AI?
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From pencil sharpeners to a $539m lawsuit: how big tech weaponised design patents
In 1842, the US patent office registered 14 designs, including a bathtub and a ‘corpse preserver’. It now handles 35,000 a year. Why did this once sedate world became a corporate arms race?
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Virtual reality that teaches inhibitory control may be helpful in treating binge eating disorder
In an experiment published in the journal Appetite, a virtual reality training was found to reduce loss of control eating among participants
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Yamaha unveils a wild new 469 hp prototype electric motor
The unit integrates both the mechanical and electrical components needed to work into one unit.
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Elon Musk's controversial brain chips could be implanted in humans THIS year
ELON Musk's brain chip start-up could begin inserting technology into people's minds later this year. The implants built by California-based Neuralink will one day allow those with physical disabilities to control a computer with their thoughts.
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Tiger Woods's Crash Shows Just How Far Car Safety Has Come
Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety puts their stamp of approval on a list of cars they deem the safest on the market. For their 2021 edition, released in February, the nonprofit research organization doled out accolades to 90 vehicles, up from 64 the year before. IIHS President David Harkey said automakers really “stepped up to meet the challenge.”
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Quantum computer based on shuttling ions is built by Honeywell
A quantum charged coupled device – a type of trapped-ion quantum computer first proposed 20 years ago – has finally been fully realized by researchers at Honeywell in the US. Other researchers in the field believe the design, which offers notable advantages over other quantum computing platforms, could potentially enable quantum computers to scale to huge numbers of quantum bits (qubits) and fully realize their potential.
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Nvidia enters 'science-fiction metaverse' with Omniverse Enterprise for 3D collaboration | ZDNet
Omniverse Enterprise will allow distributed designers to work together in real time, with Nvidia stating users will not need to import and export between different programs.
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Elon Musk's Boring Company shows off Vegas tunnel again, and it looks lame
It seems like this project is quickly turning into Tesla cars driving people underground, rather than some sort of futuristic transport system.
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CEO of a top bitcoin exchange warns a crackdown on cryptocurrencies may be coming
Jesse Powell, CEO of bitcoin exchange Kraken, said there "could be some crackdown" on cryptocurrencies.
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The 'Iron Man' body armour many of us may soon be wearing
Imagine wearing high-tech body armour that makes you super strong and tireless. Such technology, more specifically called an exoskeleton, sounds like the preserve of the Iron Man series of superhero movies. Yet the equipment is increasingly being worn in real life around the world. And one manufacturer - California's SuitX - expects it to go mainstream.
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Microsoft in advanced talks to buy Nuance for about $16 billion, announcement could come Monday
Buying Nuance could bolster Microsoft's assets in voice software, where it already has technology for developers.
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15 Technologies I Thought My Son Would Never Use
Technology doesn’t always turn out the way we’d expect.
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This Robot Taught Itself to Walk in a Simulation—Then Went for a Stroll in Berkeley
Recently, in a Berkeley lab, a robot called Cassie taught itself to walk, a little like a toddler might. Through trial and error, it learned to move in a simulated world. Then its handlers sent it strolling through a minefield of real-world tests to see how it’d fare.
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How gadgets could unlock the potential of lucid dreaming
Recent experiments show we can learn in our dreams. What else could we do with the right technology?
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My Dream of the Great Unbundling
We don’t need the next big thing. We need countless next little things.
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This new electric car will be able to power your gadgets
The feature in the upcoming Hyundai Ioniq 5 is called bidirectional charging, and it means you could plug your television into your car.
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Memverge CEO says big memory-based architecture will replace performance-tier storage
This week, big memory software company Memverge announced the release of its Memory Machine software version 1.2, which offers customers performance and capacity leveraging up to 40 cores in 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Ice Lake) and up to 6TB of memory capacity per socket with Intel Optane persistent memory 200 series.
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Logitech is done making Harmony remotes
Logitech is killing off its line of Harmony remotes, with the remaining devices available only 'while supplies last.'
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