13 h. ago Researchers discover a GPU vulnerability that could threaten AI models

A team of computer scientists at the University of Toronto recently discovered that a certain type of hardware attack is effective against graphics processing units (GPUs), the core computing engines that power today's artificial intelligence models and cloud-based machine learning services.

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1 week ago Hydrogen from solar heat: Novel oxide material discovered for carbon

A research team from POSTECH and Seoul National University (SNU) has discovered a novel oxide material that can produce large quantities of clean hydrogen using only heat, without carbon emissions. The discovery, enabled by a new high-throughput computational screening method, was recently published in Advanced Science.

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2 w. ago A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early humans co

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

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2 w. ago A discovery sheds new light on how different types of early humans coexisted long ago

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

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2 w. ago Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical

To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.

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2 w. ago German researchers discover dozens of shipwrecks including possible WWII steamer lost in air raid

German researchers have found 31 shipwrecks in Lake Constance, with one nearly completely preserved cargo sailing ship with its mast and yard still in place.

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3 w. ago Remains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica

Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

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3 w. ago Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

Security researcher Eaton Zveare told TechCrunch that the flaws he discovered in the carmaker's centralized dealer portal exposed vast access to customer and vehicle data. With this access, Zveare said he could remotely take over a customer's account and unlock their cars, and more.

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3 w. ago A Misconfiguration That Haunts Corporate Streaming Platforms Could Expose Sensitive Data

A security researcher discovered that flawed API configurations are plaguing corporate livestreaming platforms, potentially exposing internal company meetings—and he's releasing a tool to find them.

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