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Peter Grad

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Peter Grad was a reporter, columnist and editor at newspapers in his hometown of the Bronx; Meriden, Conn., and then (for 32 years) in New Jersey at The Record. He was the Op-Ed Page editor at The Record for 18 years and also contributed a weekly computer column beginning in the nineties under the titles "The Computer Tutor" and "The PC Guy."" He designed a prototype for a video- and audio-enhanced online multimedia newspaper for The Record years before that became the norm for the nation's.

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Tech Xplore / New side-channel attack vulnerability found in Intel CPU

Add one more vulnerability to the list of side-channel attacks that have long dogged Intel CPUs.

Apr 26, 2023
Tech Xplore / New materials will yield stronger, faster-charging batteries

Researchers at MIT say they have created a new material that will pave the way to faster charging batteries.

Apr 25, 2023
Tech Xplore / Smart fabric measures heart rate, heals itself

Our days of patching up or discarding torn clothing may soon be over.

Apr 24, 2023
Tech Xplore / Persona-driven ChatGPT yields toxic, racist output

ChatGPT is basking in virtually unprecedented popularity and acceptance by the tech community and general public, drawing more than 13 million users a day less than five months after its debut.

Apr 19, 2023
Phys.org / Solar sails could guide interplanetary travel, says new study (Update)

Space travel has brought us to our next-door neighbor, the moon, and to the depths of our larger solar community inhabited by giants such as Saturn and Jupiter.

Apr 17, 2023
Tech Xplore / Computer scientists create 'believable' human interactions in AI world of Smallville

Make a template based on a 1980s virtual reality game, create 25 AI characters, give them personalities and histories, equip them with memory, and throw in some ChatGPT—and what do you get?

Apr 17, 2023
Phys.org / Researcher reveals a double standard for officers who issue parking tickets

"THEY park on the sidewalks and hide fire hydrants with their cars. They angle where they should parallel and turn normal streets into obstacle paths. They never seem to feed their parking meters, they rarely get tickets ...

Apr 11, 2023
Tech Xplore / Don't bet on ChatGPT to always be rational

It's a sure bet that Chat GPT will usher in an extraordinary new era of progress. But if you want AI to tackle tasks involving gambling, all bets are off.

Apr 10, 2023
Tech Xplore / Powerful new Meta AI tool can identify individual items within images

Meta took a big leap forward this week with the unveiling of a model that can detect and isolate objects in an image even if it never saw them before. The technology is introduced and described in an article on the arXiv ...

Apr 10, 2023
Tech Xplore / Tor joins forces with VPN company to create new browser for increased privacy

Cookies. Fingerprinting. Tracking. Surveillance. Spyware. Geostalking.

Apr 4, 2023
Medical Xpress / Implantable oxygen-eating batteries help kill cancer

Despite decades of research and tens of billions of dollars for research and treatments worldwide, the battle against cancer continues.

Apr 3, 2023
Phys.org / Sustainable space exploration will harness microbes

Global warming, pollution and diminishing resources are generating great urgency among scientists seeking solutions by expanding frontiers of exploration and developing new technologies.

Mar 31, 2023
Tech Xplore / Australian report cites 'datafication' of childhood

To protect privacy in our homes we may build fences, grow shrubs, hang curtains and install security cameras.

Mar 21, 2023
Tech Xplore / New Yorkers friendlier than expected as robots take out the trash

A quick search of stereotypes of New Yorkers yields one characteristic that turns up most frequently: rudeness.

Mar 20, 2023
Tech Xplore / GPT-4's exciting—and ominous—achievements

Six decades ago, an episode of the legendary TV series "The Twilight Zone" warned us about the risks of ticking off machines. Frustrated by a wave of modern appliances, a grumpy magazine writer in the episode "A Thing About ...

Mar 16, 2023