Ransomware hits hundreds of US schools, local governments: study 2 min read

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Ransomware hits hundreds of US schools, local governments: study

Ransomware attacks have hit hundreds of US schools, health organizations and local governments, resulting in major disruptions, according to researchers Hundreds of US municipalities, schools... Read More

Remote-sensing technology to detect emissions from passing cars 2 min read

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Remote-sensing technology to detect emissions from passing cars

Credit: Mike_shots, Shutterstock Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in various parts of the world. According to the World Health Organization, 9 out of10 people... Read More

Google will warn you when your passwords are too simple to guess and used too often 3 min read

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Google will warn you when your passwords are too simple to guess and used too often

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Google is trying to help you not be a password weakling. After all, you have more than two dozen online accounts,... Read More

A new water-splitting technique to generate clean hydrogen 8 min read

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A new water-splitting technique to generate clean hydrogen

Picture of the researchers, featuring (from left to right): Dr. Hen Dotan, Avigail Landman, Prof. Avner Rothschild, Prof. Gideon Grader. Credit: Chen Galili, Technion Spokesperson... Read More

Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup 4 min read

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Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup

The Northern clingfish can hold tightly to rough, slimy surfaces. Credit: Petra Ditsche The finger-sized Northern clingfish employs one of the best suction cups in... Read More

Bosch aims to fill in blanks on automotive safety in electric vehicles 3 min read

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Bosch aims to fill in blanks on automotive safety in electric vehicles

Credit: Bosch First responders and rescue teams are respected for doing all they can and based on what they know to help rescue victims of... Read More

Microsoft returns with smartphone after high-profile flops 3 min read

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Microsoft returns with smartphone after high-profile flops

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, left, shakes hands with Chief Product Officer Panos Panay, who is holding a Surface Duo at an event Wednesday, Oct. 2,... Read More

Google rolls out updated privacy tools for YouTube, Maps 1 min read

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Google rolls out updated privacy tools for YouTube, Maps

This July 19, 2016, file photo shows the Google logo at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Employee activism and outside pressure have pushed... Read More

Apple Maps is improved, but still is no Google Maps 4 min read

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Apple Maps is improved, but still is no Google Maps

Credit: CC0 Public Domain There’s so much to like about Apple’s revamp of the long maligned Maps app. —Better spoken direction. Instead of announcing that... Read More

Seattle company is using artificial intelligence to make pizza 4 min read

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Seattle company is using artificial intelligence to make pizza

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Upon entry into an industrial building on the outer edge of Interbay, a neighborhood in Seattle, the scent of pizza wafts... Read More

'Personalized DJ' music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners' changing moods 2 min read

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'Personalized DJ' music playlist algorithm matches songs to listeners' changing moods

Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, professor of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the McCombs School of Business, together with a pair of computer science researchers at the... Read More

Functional fabrics: Engineers, designers, and other scholars assigned to develop techniques for 'smart textiles' 4 min read

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Functional fabrics: Engineers, designers, and other scholars assigned to develop techniques for 'smart textiles'

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Drexel University opens a new center that its leaders hope will revive one of Philadelphia’s oldest industries. The $7 million, 10,000-square-foot... Read More

Americans fret over social media control of news: Survey 2 min read

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Americans fret over social media control of news: Survey

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A majority of Americans believe social media platforms have too much control over news they see and many express concern that... Read More

Hybrid breakers could make direct current practical in high power applications 4 min read

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Hybrid breakers could make direct current practical in high power applications

Plasma potential surrounding electrical materials. Credit: Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology Direct current (DC) powers flashlights, smartphones and electric cars, but major power... Read More

Twitter outages reported from Japan to USA 2 min read

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Twitter outages reported from Japan to USA

Users from Japan to the USA reported they were unable to log in, use the mobile app or see direct messages Several features on Twitter... Read More

Engineering team develops 'shipyard on a ship' 4 min read

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Engineering team develops 'shipyard on a ship'

Nebraska’s Yongfeng Lu (left) and doctoral student Lei Liu with a portable laser that helps prevent and repair corrosion on aluminum-sided ships. Credit: Alyssa Amen... Read More

A touch of zirconium to better catch the sun 2 min read

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A touch of zirconium to better catch the sun

Erkan Aydin is part of the KAUST team working on transparent conductive films that let through a broader range of the solar spectrum to improve... Read More