A majority of patients interacting with a health care provider via a video screen mounted on a robot said it was similar to an in-person interaction with a health care worker. Image: MIT News, with images from iStockphotoIn the era of social distancing, using robots for some health care...
Photo credit: Anete Lusina.A recent study outlines a range of privacy concerns related to the programs that users interact with when using Amazon’s voice-activated assistant, Alexa. Issues range from misleading privacy policies to the ability of third-parties...
Image credit: Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty ImagesIf you believe social media, every entrepreneur is out there killing it, taking exciting risks and relentlessly pursuing their goals. Unfortunately, people are rarely so eager to show off the darker part: The...
Bionaut Labs' small, remote-controlled devices can overcome the obvious constraint that holds back surgical drills, probes and needles: once they’re in the body, they can’t turn. (Getty Images)The robots are coming: After working under the radar for...
These scams are raking in tens of thousands of dollars in crypto a month, blockchain analytics firm Whitestream determined.Israel-based blockchain analysis firm Whitestream has released a report uncovering four recent crypto scams originating in Lagos, Nigeria, going on to claim that “it seems that Lagos is a central focal point in...
Get ready to watch more TikTok, on a much bigger screen.Back in December, Samsung announced a new deal with TikTok to enable Samsung Smart TV owners in Europe to watch TikTok clips on their TV sets. Now, the company has confirmed that...
Purdue University researchers have demonstrated a new method for building quantum networks that can support communication between a larger number of quantum computers. (Credit: Pixabay)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When quantum computers become more powerful and widespread, they...
UK consumer group Which? is pushing for the government to take immediate action to protect the future of cash for those who need it, as its latest analysis shows a spike in the number of people forced to pay to withdraw their own money from cash machines.The research shows...
Insects’ remarkable acrobatic traits help them navigate the aerial world, with all of its wind gusts, obstacles, and general uncertainty. Image: courtesy of Kevin Yufeng ChenIf you’ve ever swatted a mosquito away from your face, only to have it return again (and again and again), you know that...
Kang Wang, a UCLA electrical and computer engineering professor and his colleagues received a one-year, $920,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a new class of interconnect technology for future quantum computing.
Quantum computers offer the tantalizing...
