As businesses around the world slowly start to reopen after being forced to shut down operations due to the COVID-19…
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Drones, personal flying vehicles and air taxis may be part of our everyday life in the very near future. Drones and…
When Star Wars was awarded the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978 it marked the first time the…
The advent of 5G has raised many concerns among people, to the extent that anti-5G movements have emerged in various countries…
The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on. The story is complex and it’s important to highlight where China is making promising advances in useful AI applications and to challenge common misconceptions, as well as to caution against problematic uses.
The stunning successes of artificial intelligence would not have happened without the availability of massive amounts of data, whether its…
Research shows that students are motivated to learn language through watching foreign language television programs. In the world of professional sports, baseball players, ice-hockey players and football managers have also claimed that television was a key resource for their language development.
The link between hot weather and aggressive crime is well established. But can the same be said for online aggression, such…
There are so many different equations claiming to predict marathon performance. But these are not always very accurate because predicting marathon performance is difficult. However, in our new study, we showed that analysing the abundance of data produced during training and racing by wearable fitness trackers may be helpful. We found it’s possible to calculate a critical speed value that we can use to predict a runner’s marathon time with a good degree of accuracy.
Undoubtedly you’ve heard reports that hackers and even foreign governments are using social media to manipulate and attack you. You may wonder how that is possible. As a professor of computer science who researches social media and security, I can explain – and offer some ideas for what you can do about it.