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English Bias in Machine Learning

Despite the existence of thousands of languages, English is allowed virtually total dominance over machine learning and artificial intelligence. Researchers who train computers in understanding the content of a random text, typically teaches the training samples in English. ‘This introduces…

Novel Hearing Aids Technology Can Read Lips through Facemasks

An international team of computing scientists and engineers have developed a new system that is capable of reading lips with accuracy even when the speaker is wearing a facemask. The system combines artificial intelligence with radio-frequency to identify lip movements.…

Janet Jackson’s Song Can Crash Windows XP Laptops

Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen in a blog post on Wednesday, recounted that he had heard from a colleague in Windows XP product support that a Janet Jackson song could crash some Windows XP-era laptops. The blog post stated that…

Security Researcher Hacks Starlink’s User Terminal

For the past four years, Elon Musk’s Starlink has been launching over 3,000 small satellites into space. This satellite network provides internet connection to remote locations on Earth, especially since the Russian-Ukraine conflict. There are plans to launch more satellites,…

New Program Can Trace Encrypted WhatsApp Messages

Mayank Varia, cryptographer and computer expert, may have found the solution to allow the sending of secure, confidential and untraceable messages, but still with a way to track threatening messages. Varia is an expert on the societal effect of programs…