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Swiss university awards Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin with honorary PhD
The University of Basel – an institution that has produced great minds like philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and psychiatrist Carl Jung – has awarded Vitalik Buterin, a prominent blockchain figure and the co-founder of Ethereum, with an honorary doctorate. дальше »
2018-11-30 17:27 | |
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AI-generated fingerprints could soon fool biometric systems
Research led by two top universities has shed doubt on whether biometric security systems, on their own, can protect our most sensitive data. Humans are notoriously bad at creating secure passwords. дальше »
2018-11-29 06:52 | |
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Scientists’ new approach to invisibility is more HG Wells than Harry Potter
Novel research into cloaking technology conducted at a Spanish university has produced a potential method for making objects invisible from the inside out. Maybe the titular character in HG Wells’ classic novel “The Invisible Man,” who arrives at his transparent state by injecting himself with a special formula, was on to something after all. дальше »
2018-11-28 02:35 | |
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Here’s why low-credibility news seems to dominate Twitter
With the entire world seemingly up in arms over “fake news,” you’d think it would have been wiped out by now. Yet low-credibility content continues to thrive on social media thanks to the disproportionately influential effect that social media bots have on humans. дальше »
2018-11-28 23:54 | |
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China may have made the world’s first designer babies despite the risks
A researcher in China’s Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, has claimed that he has created the world’s first gene-edited designer babies. The claim comes as a surprise, as the ethics and safety of this particular form of gene editing are still under debate. дальше »
2018-11-26 15:11 | |
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Ethiopia to launch its first-ever satellite with China’s help
Ethiopia has announced its intention to launch its first satellite during 2019. According to the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) at the Addis Ababa University, the satellite is expected to be launched from China during September 2019. дальше »
2018-11-25 12:29 | |
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Microsoft developed an AI that creates amazing caricatures
Stanford graduate student Kaidi Cao will join fellow AI researchers Jing Liao, of City University of Hong Kong, and Lu Yuan of Microsoft at SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo this December to present their incredible caricature-drawing neural network. дальше »
2018-11-21 02:34 | |
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Girls who play video games are three times more likely to study STEM than non-gamers
I played a lot of video games when I was a teenager. I have fond memories of hours dedicated to the pixelated missions of the likes of Zelda and Mario Bros on my family’s Nintendo Entertainment System. дальше »
2018-11-20 15:42 | |
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Student discovers copycat stalker imitating her Instagram account
A Scottish college student apparently discovered a classmate had been imitating her pictures on Instagram, to an eerie degree. According to a now-deleted Facebook post, a woman named Chloe Cowan and her sister spotted the copycat, allegedly a fellow student named Honey Basra. дальше »
2018-11-20 02:31 | |
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Breakthrough neural network paves the way for quantum AI
Italian researchers recently developed the first functioning quantum neural network by running a special algorithm on an actual quantum computer. The team, lead by Francesco Tacchino of the University of Pavia in Italy, pre-published their research on ArXiv earlier this month in a research paper titled “An Artificial Neuron Implemented on an Actual Quantum Processor. дальше »
2018-11-19 20:51 | |
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Report: People are going to have a lot of sex in self-driving cars
It’s clear that driverless cars will revolutionize the way we get from Point A to Point B. Perhaps less obvious is how it’ll change our sex lives. According to a new study by the Annals of Tourism Research, ditching the driver could open up a whole lot of doors for transit-related sexual activity. дальше »
2018-11-17 03:37 | |
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Researchers create ‘master key’ fingerprints that can fool biometric databases
Researchers from New York University have created a set of master fingerprint keys that can be used to spoof biometric identification systems. While the database of fingerprints used by the researchers had a chance of falsely matching with a random fingerprint one out of 1000 times, the master prints they generated had the power to falsely match one out of five times. дальше »
2018-11-15 22:57 | |
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Meet the startup that wants to build high-tech electric cars in Brexit Britain
Yesterday, at an event at Loughborough University’s London campus, Swedish startup Uniti showcased its latest all-electric two-seater concept car: the Uniti One. I’m by no means a car person, but a bit of drool did moisten my chin when I saw the Uniti One. дальше »
2018-11-14 18:49 | |
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Alibaba’s inexpensive smart display tech makes shopping easier for the visually impaired
Tech giants are generally slow when it comes to making their products accessible to the differently abled. But lately, some of them have been working on innovative projects that will accommodate more users. дальше »
2018-11-12 09:36 | |
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Researcher behind Monero’s crypto system awarded prestigious prize
An Australian researcher has received a prestigious award from the nation’s top computer society, specifically for his pioneering contributions to anonymizing cryptocurrency transactions. Associate Professor Joseph Liu of Monash University has been named the Australian Computer Society’s (ACS) researcher of the year at its annual disruptor awards last week. дальше »
2018-11-8 16:29 | |
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This nifty free tool limits incoming email to 3 times per day
On average, we spend 47,000 hours answering emails throughout our careers. To put that number in perspective, we spend about 22,000 hours in school and university. Dealing with this steady influx of emails is not just annoying: It’s killing productivity and can even cause anxiety. дальше »
2018-11-7 16:10 | |
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University shuts down its entire network to stop Bitcoin crypto-jackers
A Canadian university had to shut down its entire campus network after it discovered hackers had hijacked its computing power to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency – Bitcoin, to be exact. In a statement released earlier this week, Nova Scotia-based St. дальше »
2018-11-7 13:44 | |
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South Korea: North Korea is still hacking our computers to mine cryptocurrency
According to South Korea’s intelligence service, North Korea is purportedly still hacking computers to mine cryptocurrency as a revenue stream for the country’s government, United Press International (UPI) reports. дальше »
2018-10-31 18:06 | |
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Physicists might have created quantum entanglement in bacteria
A team of scientists may have observed a quantum physics phenomena called entanglement occur within a living organism. Then again, maybe they didn’t. That’s quantum physics for you. Researchers from Oxford published a study earlier this month detailing their examination of an experiment conducted in 2016 by physicist David Cole and other researchers at the University of Sheffield. дальше »
2018-10-30 21:53 | |
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This project literally puts female scientists on the map
Think of the last time you attended a conference and saw an all male panel of experts – or manels as they are called. It is most likely not too long ago. The website 500womenscientists. org is fighting this by making it easier for people across the world to network with female researchers in various fields. дальше »
2018-10-29 17:00 | |
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Meet the 23-year-old engineering detective behind the biggest leaks in tech
You see it all the time — Facebook’s latest feature leaks to the public, and everyone knows about it before Zuckerberg has said a word. But where do these leaks come from? Meet Jane Wong, a 23-year-old studying product engineering at Hong Kong University. дальше »
2018-10-24 14:17 | |
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IBM just proved quantum computers can do things impossible for classical ones
A team of researchers from IBM, the University of Waterloo, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) today published the results of an experiment proving a quantum computer can do things a classical one cannot. дальше »
2018-10-19 01:50 | |
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UK puts on misleading robot puppet-show in Parliament
The UK’s Parliament recently decided to question an actual robot about artificial intelligence. This might sound like a good idea on paper, but considering there aren’t any sentient robots, it’s a lot like asking a toaster oven to testify on the State’s nutrition program. дальше »
2018-10-17 22:48 | |
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TRX Won’t Slow Down, Check Out TRON’s Latest Announcements
Listen Here – https://soundcloud. com/cryptodaily/trx-wont-slow-down-check-out-trons-latest-announcements TRON and the TRON Foundation have made very exciting progress through the start of October and continue to impress the crypto community. дальше »
2018-10-11 18:00 | |
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Pollinating drone bees can’t replace honey bees, ecologists calculate
The successful demonstration of remote-controlled “drones-bees” by Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has been making news since Tuesday. But the buzz surrounding the drone’s applications could be much hyped, according to at least two independent estimates by biologists. дальше »
2018-10-11 11:23 | |
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Yale ventures into blockchain with investment in new $400M crypto-fund
It seems even the Ivy League wants a piece of the cryptocurrency and blockchain action. While academic institutions have been gradually evolving to include blockchain and cryptocurrency courses, they have mostly stayed away from investing in the industry – until now. дальше »
2018-10-5 15:21 | |
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Researchers have created a font that can boost your memory
I spent my university years sitting in countless lectures accompanied by uninspiring Powerpoint presentations. My notes were equally uninspiring, and never stayed in my memory. It’s a problem that doesn’t just affect students. дальше »
2018-10-5 12:00 | |
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Streaming almost killed piracy, but cyberlockers are changing that
Illegal downloading is on its way out. A new report released by polling firm YouGov has found that only 10 percent of people in the UK now use illegal downloads to access music, down from 18 percent in 2013. дальше »
2018-10-5 10:29 | |
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Oxford University: Blockchain sector on ‘silent collision’ course with the law
The University of Oxford has shared analysis of the relationship between blockchain developers and the rule of law. It claims the blockchain industry is on a “silent collision course” with lawmakers, and a major overhaul is sorely needed. дальше »
2018-10-3 17:35 | |
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Facebook advertisers can target you with data you didn’t even list on your profile
Facebook is sharing personally identifying information that you never submitted to the social network with its advertisers – and you can’t erase it from their records. That’s from a paper (PDF) published by researchers at Northeastern University and Princeton University, who looked into how ad targeting works on Facebook. дальше »
2018-9-28 08:41 | |
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TNW’s School Supplies: Tasty tech to blow your student loan on
It feels like an age ago, but I remember my first week at university. For the first time in my life, I was living independently of my parents, and the first tranche of my student loan had infused my bank account. дальше »
2018-9-27 20:23 | |
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Vitalik Buterin co-authors research showing how Ethereum can scale securely
Ethereum devs are edging closer to scaling Ethereum. A new paper, co-authored by Vitalik Buterin, claims to have eliminated certain security trade-offs plaguing its new ‘sharding‘ tech. Researchers Mustafa Al-Bassam and Alberto Sonnino from University College London teamed up with Buterin to publish, what they say, is the key to fixing Ethereum’s scalability problems. дальше »
2018-9-26 17:47 | |
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‘Minimal Turing Test’ asks you to prove you’re a human with a single word
A pair of scientists recently came up with a new take on the Turing Test. It goes like this: “Imagine you and a smart robot are both before a judge who cannot see you. The judge will guess which of you is the human. дальше »
2018-9-24 20:43 | |
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Researchers paid people to talk to themselves so AI will sound less dumb
A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh developed a novel method for teaching AI to respond to queries in a more conversational manner: They paid people to talk to themselves. It turns out that paying one person to pretend to be two people is a cost-effective way of training an AI to recognize natural human language. дальше »
2018-9-20 19:04 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Dash Is Not Really That Private
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-9-7 00:27 | |
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Nearly half of the world’s top universities teach blockchain
Eight out of the top 10 universities that offer blockchain courses are based in the US, according to a new report compiled by popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The research has more broadly uncovered that 42 percent of the world’s top universities offer at least one academically endorsed course. дальше »
2018-8-29 13:48 | |
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This astrophysicist explains the surprisingly complex concept of ‘nothing’
Philosophers have debated the nature of “nothing” for thousands of years, but what has modern science got to say about it? In an interview with The Conversation, Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, explains that when physicists talk about nothing, they mean empty space (vacuum). дальше »
2018-8-22 14:51 | |
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Scientists just ‘proved’ that it’s easier to influence children with robots than adults
A much-ballyhooed study published yesterday indicates children are more easily influenced by robots than adults. Perhaps next we’ll discover that robots find it easier to take candy from babies than grown-ups. дальше »
2018-8-16 21:09 | |
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Researchers teach Hearthstone bot to dominate Legend rank players
A team of researchers from the University of Warsaw recently developed an AI bot to play Blizzard’s Hearthstone. This isn’t the first machine built to play the game, but it may very well set the benchmark for all that come after it. дальше »
2018-8-15 19:28 | |
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Browser mining is generating over $250K worth of cryptocurrency every month
New academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250,000 worth of Monero every month – most of it going to just 10 individuals. The research, released by RWTH Aachen University in Germany, provides an extensive overview of browser-mining activity across the internet. дальше »
2018-8-14 18:48 | |
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Online dating study shows everyone seeks partners ‘out of their league’
A recently published study sought answers to a seemingly unquantifiable question: What does dating “out of your league” really mean? Published in the journal Science Advances, new research details a “hierarchy of desirability” that attempts to pinpoint the traits that makes a desirable partner out of reach. дальше »
2018-8-10 01:49 | |
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Blockchain bug hunters feature prominently at this year’s Pwnie Awards
Researchers have been diligently prodding cryptocurrency and blockchain companies for kinks in their security – and it seems some of them are finally getting recognition for their work. Three researchers are up for Pwnie Awards this year – an annual showcase of the best and worst in information security. дальше »
2018-8-8 19:35 | |
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A homeowner’s guide to living on Mars
If you had to live the rest of your life on Mars, what would you miss the most? Figuring out how we could we be comfortable living on the red planet is a challenge but with increasing discussion about how to send people to Mars with the ultimate aim of colonizing the planet, how to replace the sensation of the sunshine on your face or the grass beneath your feet is prescient one. дальше »
2018-8-7 16:19 | |
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Scientists hope AI will illuminate the mystery of dark matter
Nearly a decade ago scientists got pretty excited over a glow coming out of the center of our galaxy. They believed it to be gamma ray emissions resulting from self-destructing dark matter. Unfortunately, it turns out, the Milky Way’s glowing “bulge” wasn’t related to suicidal dark matter. дальше »
2018-8-6 21:40 | |
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Researchers published a cannabis study that’s dangerously misleading
A recent study published by a team of researchers from Lancaster University and The University of Lisbon indicates long-term cannabis use could result in damage to the human brain. We’re not sure how they managed to come to that conclusion however, because the study was conducted using neither cannabis nor humans. дальше »
2018-7-28 01:33 | |
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These satellite images show how much damage climate change has caused
Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University The average rainfall for the first two weeks of July in England was 6mm, while only 15mm fell throughout all of June, according to the UK’s Environment Agency. дальше »
2018-7-27 13:18 | |
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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms
“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized. дальше »
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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