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Tech Xplore / 'Hot pixels' attack steals data through CPU readings

A team of security researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan and Ruhr University Bochum in Germany has reported a new form of side-channel attack that capitalizes on power and speed management methods used by ...

May 31, 2023 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Study demonstrates the potential of ferroelectric hafnia for developing low-power logic devices

Transistors, semiconducting devices that regulate, amplify and generate the flow of electrical current, are central components of most electronics. Electronics engineers have been trying to develop increasingly smaller transistors, ...

May 31, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / A cleaner approach to refrigeration using a squeezable metal

A team of material scientists at the University of Maryland, working with one colleague from Jiaotong University and another from Beihang University, both in China, has developed a cleaner approach to building cooling systems ...

May 31, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / New app uses AI to enable anyone to make musical mashups

Imagine if the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" opened Michael Jackson's "Beat It," then Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" riff blended with Jackson. This mix isn't an impossible fantasy, but a reality with Mixboard, ...

May 31, 2023 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Assessing political bias in language models

The language models behind ChatGPT and other generative AI are trained on written words that have been culled from libraries, scraped from websites and social media, and pulled from news reports and speech transcripts from ...

May 31, 2023 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / A more effective way to train machines for uncertain, real-world situations

Someone learning to play tennis might hire a teacher to help them learn faster. Because this teacher is (hopefully) a great tennis player, there are times when trying to exactly mimic the teacher won't help the student learn. ...

May 31, 2023 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / Using search algorithms to help guide unmanned aerial vehicles in dense city environments

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have important uses ranging from aerial photography for agricultural and environmental monitoring to military and policing use. Much of the current UAV technology requires a line-of-sight connection ...

May 31, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / New 'designer' titanium alloys made using 3D printing

A team of researchers has created a new class of titanium alloys that are strong and not brittle under tension, by integrating alloy and 3D-printing process designs.

May 31, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / An adaptive artificial cochlea that could enhance the performance of hearing aids

In recent years, electronics engineers have developed a wide range of systems inspired by human and animal biology. By closely replicating complex biological processes, these systems could ultimately tackle numerous real-world ...

May 30, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / A simple test reveals: Bot or human?

Although ChatGPT is still in its infancy, its appearance has impacted virtually all fields relying on technology. Which is to say, pretty much everything is or will soon be touched by it.

May 30, 2023 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / 'You can 3D print one material through another, as if it were invisible': New 3D printing technique

Scientists have developed an advanced technique for 3D printing that is set to revolutionize the manufacturing industry.

May 30, 2023 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Team sets new speed record for industry standard optical fiber

An optical fiber about the thickness of a human hair can now carry the equivalent of more than 10 million fast home internet connections running at full capacity.

May 30, 2023 in Internet