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What are the traits of individuals more likely to demonstrate trolling behaviors?
As social media and other online networking sites have grown in usage, so too has trolling – an internet practice in which users intentionally seek to draw others into …
Enhancing cloud security with a two-step cryptography technique
The central goal of cloud computing is to provide fast, easy-to-use computing and data storage services at a low cost. However, the cloud environment comes with data …
Researchers design new techniques to bolster computer security
Because corporations and governments rely on computers and the internet to run everything from the electric grid, healthcare, and water systems, computer security is extremely …
Malicious COVID-19 online content bypassing moderation efforts of social media platforms
Malicious COVID-19 online content – including racist content, disinformation and misinformation – thrives and spreads online by bypassing the moderation efforts of …
PrivacyMic: A smart home system that doesn’t record speech
Microphones are perhaps the most common electronic sensor in the world, with an estimated 320 million listening for our commands in the world’s smart speakers. The …
One step closer to quantum-secure conference calls
The world is one step closer to ultimately secure conference calls, thanks to a collaboration between Quantum Communications Hub researchers and their German colleagues, …
Quantum communications reaching record distances
The Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Europe announced a demonstration of quantum communications over optical fibres exceeding 600 km in length. The breakthrough will …
AI-based diagnostic processes that safeguard data privacy
Digital medicine is opening up entirely new possibilities. For example, it can detect tumors at an early stage. But the effectiveness of new AI algorithms depends on the …
SeKVM: Securing virtual machines in the cloud
Whenever you buy something on Amazon, your customer data is automatically updated and stored on thousands of virtual machines in the cloud. For businesses like Amazon, …
How do we decide whether or not to trust AI systems?
Every time you speak to a virtual assistant on your smartphone, you are talking to an artificial intelligence — an AI that can, for example, learn your taste in music and make …
University of Minnesota researchers fail to understand consent
You’d think with all the recent discussion about consent, researchers would more carefully observe ethical boundaries. Yet, a group of researchers from the University of …
Do customers have a right to know how companies that use algorithms make their decisions?
Increasingly, businesses rely on algorithms that use data provided by users to make decisions that affect people. For example, Amazon, Google, and Facebook use algorithms to …
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