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Science & Environment / NewScientist

Hackers can steal data by messing with a computer's processor

Software that has been blocked from connecting to the internet should be secure from hacking attempts, but now researchers have found a way to sneak data out by varying the speed of the computer's processor

7 May 2024 7:53 pm
Ball-balancing robot could assist wheelchair users

A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots that walk on two legs

6 May 2024 10:30 pm
How Schrdinger's cat could make quantum computers work better

A quantum bit inspired by Schrdingers cat can resist making errors for an unprecedentedly long time, which makes it a candidate for building less error-prone quantum computers

6 May 2024 9:30 pm
Politicians can use social media ads to buy votes for just 4

An analysis of the 2021 German federal elections has found that for every 200,000 times a politician's social media adverts were viewed, their vote share increased by 2.1 per cent - a potentially low-cost way of swinging elections

2 May 2024 5:52 pm
AI-driven race cars test limits of autonomous driverless technology

AI-driven race cars compete at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, a showcase of driverless autonomous technology and an advanced test bed for AI research

1 May 2024 10:57 pm
Australia places A$1 billion bet on quantum computing firm PsiQuantum

A joint investment by the Australian federal government and the government of Queensland makes PsiQuantum one of the largest dedicated quantum computing firms in the world

30 Apr 2024 3:40 pm
Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions

Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to construct complex optical illusions - pictures that look like different things when viewed from far away or with motion blur

29 Apr 2024 11:30 am