Passwords are difficult. Even with password managers to generate and autofill them, they’re still a hassle to use for all the day-to-day logins in our lives. The problem is that there are no great alternatives. However, Web3 engineers at the DFINITY Foundation are working on a promising alternative. It’s called II or Internet Identity, and … Read more
New updates are added at the bottom of this story. The original story (released June 27, 2019) follows: It appears that internet provider Mediacom is currently experiencing some sort of outage. In particular, Mediacom Internet users are turning to social media platforms to share the service which is currently not working. Here are some reports: … Read more
LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) – Hollywood actors went on strike on Thursday after talks with studios broke down, joining film and TV writers who have been on pickets since May and exacerbating the disruption of dozens of shows and movies. Hollywood studios now face their first double shutdown in 63 years, forcing them to … Read more
Open quantum phononics based on engineered SAWqubit interaction. Credit: Nature communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39682-0 Nothing exists in a vacuum, but physicists often wish it didn’t. If the systems studied by scientists could be completely isolated from the outside world, things would be much simpler. Take quantum computing. It’s a field that’s already attracting billions of … Read more
FOX Business host Charles Payne reacts to new AI abilities on ‘Making Money’. A senior Adobe representative told Congress on Wednesday that the company supports giving artists the right to prevent AI systems from being trained on their creative work and indicated that it would support a new Congressional bill on that issue. In a … Read more
Call scams that use artificial intelligence to mimic the voices of people you may know are used to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. These calls use what is known as generative AI, which refers to systems that can create text, images, or any other medium such as video, based on a user’s requests. Deepfakes … Read more
Companies like Amazon and Facebook have systems in place that continuously respond to how users interact with their apps to streamline the user experience. What if educators could use the same adaptive experimentation strategy to regularly improve their teaching materials? That’s the question asked by a group of researchers who have developed a free tool … Read more