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Month: August 2025

Math

Numerical simulations characterize ‘matrix tides’ and other complex wave patterns seen in Qiantang River

August 13, 2025 Phys Org

During 2024, onlookers observed a startling sight on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal bores that surge upstream […]

Internet

AI web browser assistants raise serious privacy concerns

August 13, 2025 Tech Xplore

Popular generative AI web browser assistants are collecting and sharing sensitive user data, such as medical records and social security numbers, without adequate safeguards, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and Mediterranea […]

Computers

Exposing how automation apps can spy—and how to detect it

August 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and computer scientists has identified vulnerabilities in popular automation apps that can make it easy for an abuser to stalk individuals, track their cellphone activity, or even control […]

Computers

Robots gain new function: Algorithm automatically recognizes sensors and their mathematical modeling

August 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Modern robotic systems—in drones or autonomous vehicles, for example—use a variety of sensors, ranging from cameras and accelerometers to GPS modules. To date, their correct integration has required expert knowledge and time-consuming calibration.This article was […]

Computers

More cameras, more problems? Why deep learning still struggles with 3D human sensing

August 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

Accurately estimating human pose was among the first tasks addressed by deep learning. Early models like OpenPose focused on localizing human joints as 2D keypoints in image coordinates. Later, Google came up with Mediapipe, followed […]

Internet

AI porn victims see Hong Kong unprepared for threat

August 12, 2025 Tech Xplore

For Hong Kong law student “C,” AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women.This article was originally published on this website.

Math

Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space

August 11, 2025 Phys Org

A group of UBC Okanagan students has helped create technology that could improve how doctors and scientists detect everything from tumors to wildfires.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

Proving presence: GPS spoofing and deepfakes countered by Proof-of-Location system

August 11, 2025 Tech Xplore

The work of University of Tartu intersectoral doctoral researcher Eduardo Brito could reshape how we verify truth in the digital world. His research on a decentralized Proof-of-Location system, recently published in Scientific Reports, offers a […]

Computers

Eye-tracking tech achieves 90% accuracy in detecting readers’ intent

August 11, 2025 Tech Xplore

Researchers from the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences at the Technion have developed a technology capable of identifying various aspects of a reader’s interaction with a text that is based solely on their eye […]

Internet

New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears

August 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

Instagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting people in danger by revealing their whereabouts without their knowledge.This article was originally published on this […]

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