An emerging form of surveillance, wireless tapping, explores the possibility of remotely deciphering conversations from the tiny vibrations produced by a cell phone’s earpiece. With the goal of protecting users’ privacy from potential bad actors, […]
When French video-game publisher Ubisoft announced it was shutting down servers for The Crew, a popular online racing game released in 2014, it wasn’t just the end of a title. It marked the beginning of […]
Most content platforms thrive on user engagement, but a professor at the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School has discovered that too much of it can be harmful.This post was originally published […]
When we look at the world, our brain doesn’t just recognize objects such as “a dog” or “a car,” it also understands the broader meaning, like what’s happening, where it’s happening, and how everything fits […]
While developing a tool to boost literacy and reading comprehension, researchers at Northeastern University have joined in on a beloved children’s activity: storytime.This post was originally published on this website.
AI is a relatively new tool, and despite its rapid deployment in nearly every aspect of our lives, researchers are still trying to figure out how its “personality traits” arise and how to control them. […]
M.C. Escher’s artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring “impossible objects” that break the laws of physics with convoluted geometries. What you perceive his illustrations to be depends on your […]
When it comes to cybersecurity, humans are often seen as the weakest link, but new research suggests that with a little help, people can do a surprisingly effective job at identifying malware.This post was originally […]
A code-reuse attack named coroutine frame-oriented programming (CFOP) is capable of exploiting C++ coroutines across three major compilers, namely Clang/LLVM, GCC and MSVC. CFOP even succeeds in environments that are protected by control flow integrity […]
Not long ago, planning a trip meant juggling guidebooks and hours of searching the web for the best restaurants and must-see sights. Now, travelers are turning to artificial intelligence tools to do the heavy lifting.This […]
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