Ultrathin diamond can produce stable voltage when bent, revealing a hidden electromechanical property with potential uses in miniature sensing and energy systems (Artist’s concept). Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers have uncovered an unexpected electrical response in ultrathin…
A recent examination of hundreds of mobile apps marketed toward US military personnel found more than one in eight contained software built by companies in China, Russia, or other foreign nations, raising fresh concerns that…
The toolkit’s authors frame the problem slightly differently: Their central worry is not only evidence hidden from prosecutors but defendants who are never told a surveillance tool touched their case at all, and defense lawyers…
A new study reveals an innovative approach to photon confinement in quantum nanophotonics, introducing nanocavities that extend photon lifetime while maintaining subwavelength volumes, promising new advancements in quantum applications. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Dr. Hanan Herzig Sheinfux,…
When Ben Drury was shopping for his newborn at a department store in London, he saw something that made him grimace: A stroller on display had a holder for an iPad to keep an infant…
OpenAI is selling its first hardware — without any help from Jony Ive. It describes the Codex Micro as a “command center for agentic work” but it’s really a 13-switch wireless keyboard customized to help…
York University researchers have uncovered a surprising mismatch between how artificial neural networks and primate brains process visual information. Credit: Shutterstock A reverse prediction test suggests that supposedly brainlike AI models may rely on visual…
Prompt injections, the malicious commands attackers embed into content to entice large language models to follow them, have been attackers’ go-to tool for turning AI platforms against their users. A well-phrased command sneaked into an…
Hours of San Francisco Police Department drone video footage exposed on the open web illustrates a new era of incredibly granular—and consequential—urban surveillance. Meanwhile, the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office sent cease-and-desist letters to Apple…
These distribution systems work in three stages: entry points using adult or other content to attract and capture web traffic, a routing system sends it to destination sites, and those sites monetize the traffic through…
