Closing the market for fake documents on the open web
Credit: Michigan State University Buying a counterfeit driver's license or passport used to require a secret meeting with some shady ...
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Distracted learning a big problem, golden opportunity for educators, students
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scanning social media while listening to a lecture. Watching a favorite ...
Over 150 million websites among a billion tested include sensitive (and tracked) content
Nikolaos Laoutaris, Research Professor at IMDEA Networks Institute, participates in the biggest study about tracking of sensitive topics on the ...
Divisive dialogue: Why do we engage in virtual political talk?
UNLV social media expert Natalie Pennington explores the impact of politics and partisanship on online friendships.Credit: Josh Hawkins/ UNLV Creative ...
New website predicts likelihood of cyber attacks between nations
Cyber Attack Predictive Index ranks a dozen possible scenariosCredit: Johns Hopkins University Where in the world might the next cyberattack ...
New discovery opens for breakthrough in laser technology
Aarhus University has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate nonlinear effects in semiconductor lasers -- ...
Literal rise of the internet enables new climate science
NSF helps Rice University professor crunch data on atmospheric gravity wavesCredit: Loon HOUSTON - (Oct. 12, 2020) - An unintended ...
Moon to Earth: WA to host space communications station
Credit: Credit: NASA. An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be built ...
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Stepping 'beyond binary' to store data in more than just 0s and 1sCredit: Pixabay: Akela999 Electronic data is being produced ...
Game ‘pre-bunks’ COVID-19 conspiracies as part of UK’s fight against fake news
Credit: Cambridge/UK Cabinet Office A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic ...
Data science professor receives $1.25 million from Department of Defense
Justin Zhan develops algorithms to enhance computational speed and efficiency of applications requiring massive amounts of streaming data.Credit: University of ...
Vaccine opposition online uniting around ‘civil liberties’ argument
Growing 'freedom of choice' position and increase in state-level Facebook pages could impact vaccine-related legislation, researchers sayCredit: Valerie Morgan/UMD WASHINGTON ...
The most sensitive optical receivers yet for space communications
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Communications in space demand the most sensitive receivers possible for maximum reach, while also ...
Detecting fake online photos, videos with a computerized brain
Nearly $1.2 million in grants will help University of Missouri researchers create an intelligent computer detection systemCredit: University of Missouri ...