A very tiny alteration can help deepfakes escape detection
Last month, Sophie Wilmès, the prime minister of Belgium, appeared in an online video to tell her audience that the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to the "exploitation and destruction by humans of our natural environment." Whether or not these two existential crises are connected, the fact is that Wilmès said no such thing.
Exer Labs raises $2 million and launches computer vision app for Peloton-style coached workouts
Exer Labs has raised $2 million in funding and unveiled its AI-based Exer Studio app for the Mac that captures your movements for coaching advice.
Cloud communication platform MessageBird raises $200 million at a $3 billion valuation
MessageBird, a cloud communication platform spanning contact center software and APIs for developers, has raised $200 million at a $3 billion valuation.
SiteAware raises $10 million to track construction zone progress using drones and AI
SiteAware, a startup adopting a 'digital twin' approach to construction validation, has raised $10 million in series A funding to expand its operations.
A New Kind of Fund That Is Stingier With Information
Once, exchange-traded funds all tried to mirror the market. Now some are trying to beat it, in some cases by concealing their day-to-day trades.
Behind Anduril’s Effort to Create an Operating System for War
The company, launched by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey, is building software to connect multiple Air Force systems—allowing officers to act more quickly.
Budget 2020: Keeping Australia at the forefront of weather and climate modelling
The Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator quietly picked up AU$7.6 million in funding.
Data mining and model-predicting a global disease reservoir for low-pathogenic Avian Influenza (A) in the wider pacific rim using big data sets
Avian Influenza (AI) is a complex but still poorly understood disease; specifically when it comes to reservoirs, co-infections, connectedness and wider landscape perspectives. Low pathogenic (Low-path LP) AI in chickens caused by less virulent strains of AI viruses (AIVs)—when compared with highly pathogenic AIVs (HPAIVs)—are not even well-described yet or known how they contribute to wider AI and immune system issues.
Rewiring of gene expression in circulating white blood cells is associated with pregnancy outcome in heifers (Bos taurus)
Avian Influenza (AI) is a complex but still poorly understood disease; specifically when it comes to reservoirs, co-infections, connectedness and wider landscape perspectives. Low pathogenic (Low-path LP) AI in chickens caused by less virulent strains of AI viruses (AIVs)—when compared with highly pathogenic AIVs (HPAIVs)—are not even well-described yet or known how they contribute to wider AI and immune system issues.
Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase regulates light-induced phase advance of the central circadian rhythm in mice
Kawaguchi et al. show that mice deficient in lipocalin-type prostaglandin (PG) D synthase (L-PGDS) exhibit impaired light-induced phase advance, but normal phase delay and nonvisual light responses. This study suggests the role of L-PGDS for the light-induced phase advance possibly via a chemoattractant receptor DP2/CRTH2.
Government to pay £2m to settle covid testing case
The UK has settled a lawsuit brought by a tech firm over the government's contract bidding process.
CBP expands facial recognition program to international travelers at San Francisco and San Jose airports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding a controversial facial recognition program to airports in San Jose and San Francisco.
Apple just expanded the reach of its iPhone health records feature
App allows iPhone users download their medical records to their smartphones.
DoNotPay’s ‘robo lawyer’ now scans your emails to fight spammers, cancel subs, and get refunds
DoNotPay has launched a new email-scanning service that automatically applies for refunds, cancels subscriptions, fights spam, and more.
CLEANN: A framework to shield embedded neural networks from online Trojan attacks
With artificial intelligence (AI) tools and machine learning algorithms now making their way into a wide variety of settings, assessing their security and ensuring that they are protected against cyberattacks is of utmost importance. As most AI algorithms and models are trained on large online datasets and third-party databases, they are vulnerable to a variety of attacks, including neural Trojan attacks.
Illusive Networks raises $24 million to thwart cyberattacks with honeypots
Illusive Networks, a startup developing technology to thwart cyberattacks with honeypots, has raised $24 million in fresh venture capital.
Robot reapers and AI: Just another day on the farm
Pressures on agriculture have forced a technological revolution that are driving a new age of farming.
UK's fastest supercomputer will let scientists ask 'the right questions'
Nvidia-powered supercomputer will be based in Cambridge - the home of Arm.