A new review has revealed that over three-quarters of the world’s most popular websites allow users choose the most common passwords such as ‘P@$$w0rd’ and ‘abc123456’. Over 50% of the 120 top-ranked websites allow 40 of the most easily guessed…
Microsoft to Stop Selling Emotion-Reading Tech, and Restricts Facial Recognition Access
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would stop selling technology which could pinpoint emotion based on a facial image. They also said they would stop providing access to facial recognition technology. This action is a consequence of the efforts of…
3D Scan Reveal Ancient Native American Art Deep in Alabama Cave
A study published in the journal, Antiquity, describes how a team of scientists used 3D photo mapping to recreate the tight crevices of a cave in Alabama and reveal etchings that had previously gone unnoticed. Ancient rock art was usually…
New Algorithm Can Identify People at Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
Novel Chip Can Process and Classify Nearly 2 Billion Images in One Second
To speed up the abilities of processing, analyzing, storing and classifying images by computer chips, engineers at Penn have created a novel scalable chip which classifies and recognizes images almost instantaneously. The team— consisting of Firooz Aflatouni, Associate Professor in…
Scientists Use Robots to Show how Predators Pursue Prey Fish
University of Bristol scientists have illustrated how predators overcome the erratic behavior of their prey during the hunt by adjusting their own. The study challenges the widely-held belief that unpredictable behavior helps animals survive encounters with predators. Instead of just…