https://techxplore.com/internet-news/ en-us The latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered new structural relationships in complex networks, such as X (formerly Twitter) and political blogs, that could help explain the digital flow of information. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-hidden-networks-twitter.html Internet Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:42:16 EST news620635331 From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run homes. But with that comes tangled electrical cords or batteries that need to be replaced. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Energy Materials have brought solar panel technology indoors to power smart devices. They show which photovoltaic (PV) systems work best under cool white LEDs, a common type of indoor lighting. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-indoor-solar-power-internet.html Internet Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:12:02 EST news618768721 Most people call an internet outage an annoyance. The researchers at USC's ANT Lab (Analysis of Network Traffic) call it a data point. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-human-internet-usage.html Internet Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:08:23 EDT news618066500 Smart speakers offer amazing convenience—from playing your favorite tunes to re-ordering toilet paper—with only a simple voice command. But that convenience can come with a steep cost in privacy that many consumers aren't even aware they're paying. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-smart-speaker-ways.html Internet Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:42:57 EDT news617629366 There are enough differing opinions about the usefulness of Wikipedia to fill, well, an encyclopedia. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-ai-boost-wikipedia-reliability.html Internet Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:56:55 EDT news617295408 In a world that relies on high-speed internet and seamless communication, the absence of a reliable fiber connection can be a significant hurdle. Fortunately, a cutting-edge technology known as free-space optical communication (FSO) offers a flexible solution for field-deployable high-speed wireless communication in areas where fiber connections are unavailable. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-10-miniaturized-free-space-optical-breakthrough-high-speed.html Internet Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:24:45 EDT news616771483 Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family—including Gmail, Maps and YouTube—as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-google-ai-chatbot-bard-circle.html Internet Tue, 19 Sep 2023 06:09:58 EDT news614322594 Add one more threat to the list of risks you take when you use your phone to conduct business at the local coffee shop. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-exploit-passwords-keystrokes.html Internet Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:14:17 EDT news613829649 Researchers in UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi's lab have proposed a new foundation that can enable high-quality imaging of still objects with only WiFi signals. Their method uses the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction and the corresponding Keller cones to trace edges of the objects. The technique has also enabled—for the first time—imaging (reading) the English alphabet through walls with WiFi, a task once deemed too difficult for WiFi due to the complex details of the letters. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-method-wifi-walls.html Internet Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:38:17 EDT news613665490 Google Chrome browser extensions expose users to hackers who can easily tap into their private data, including social security numbers, passwords and banking information, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M). https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-issue-chrome-extensions-access-private.html Internet Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:13:55 EDT news613214030 Sending an email with a forged address is easier than previously thought, due to flaws in the process that allows email forwarding, according to a research team led by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-scammers-abuse-flaws-email-forwarding.html Internet Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:09:05 EDT news613134542 Cloud gaming, which involves playing a video game remotely from the cloud, witnessed unprecedented growth during the lockdowns and gaming hardware shortages that occurred during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the burgeoning industry encompasses a $6 billion global market and more than 23 million players worldwide. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-cloud-based-gamers-sync.html Internet Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:34:04 EDT news612711240 A pair of information security specialists at Universita di Catania, working with a colleague from the University of London, have found four security vulnerabilities in one of TP-Link's most popular smart-bulbs. Davide Bonaventura, Giampaolo Bella and Sergio Esposito have written a paper describing their testing of the smart-bulb and what they found. They have posted it on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-tp-link-tapo-smart-bulb-vulnerable.html Internet Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:20:01 EDT news612096367 A Cornell-led research team has discovered that the algorithm behind Google Ads charged significantly more to deliver online ads to Spanish-speaking people about the benefits of SNAP, formerly known as food stamps. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-google-algorithm-overlook-spanish-speakers.html Internet Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:37:46 EDT news610889855 When looking for a new type of book, movie, or restaurant, your search may suggest a title or venue you've already purchased or experienced. This is because the artificial intelligence tools many companies rely on push users into a "filter bubble," resulting in recommendations identical, or very similar to, what has been previously purchased. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-algorithm.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 13:36:03 EDT news608214961 Optical data communications lasers can transmit several tens of terabits per second, despite a huge amount of disruptive air turbulence. ETH Zurich scientists and their European partners demonstrated this capacity with lasers between the mountain peak, Jungfraujoch, and the city of Bern in Switzerland. This will soon eliminate the necessity of expensive deep-sea cables. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-lasers-enable-internet-backbone-satellite.html Internet Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:47:43 EDT news606487657 An optical fiber about the thickness of a human hair can now carry the equivalent of more than 10 million fast home internet connections running at full capacity. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-team-industry-standard-optical-fiber.html Internet Tue, 30 May 2023 15:32:38 EDT news604679555 Two types of people thrive in the distant hidden recesses of the Dark Web. One type consists of the good guys: whistleblowers, freedom fighters, journalists, the intelligence community and law enforcement agencies, all generally waging the good fight against power, greed and tyranny. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-darkbert-language-dark-web.html Internet Tue, 23 May 2023 14:20:01 EDT news604070247 The explosion of generative AI has taken the world by storm, but one question all too rarely comes up: Who can afford it? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-dark-cloud-chatgpt-revolution.html Internet Sun, 21 May 2023 06:34:34 EDT news603869668 Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intelligence across its platform. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-google-chatgpt-bard-expansion.html Internet Wed, 10 May 2023 15:36:41 EDT news602951790 There has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created with webcams and other recording devices worldwide since 2019, according to the the Internet Watch Foundation. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-05-online-predators-children-webcams.html Internet Wed, 03 May 2023 12:48:25 EDT news602336899 Cookies. Fingerprinting. Tracking. Surveillance. Spyware. Geostalking. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-tor-vpn-company-browser-privacy.html Internet Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:09:54 EDT news599843387 Google announced Tuesday it's allowing more people to interact with " Bard," the artificially intelligent chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft's early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-google-artificially-intelligent-bard-stage.html Internet Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:46:48 EDT news598617992 The rise of artificial general intelligence—now seen as inevitable in Silicon Valley—will bring change that is "orders of magnitude" greater than anything the world has yet seen, observers say. But are we ready? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-ai-upend-world-electricity-internet.html Internet Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:10:01 EDT news598427810 Six decades ago, an episode of the legendary TV series "The Twilight Zone" warned us about the risks of ticking off machines. Frustrated by a wave of modern appliances, a grumpy magazine writer in the episode "A Thing About Machines" takes out his frustrations on them and breaks them. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-gpt-excitingand-ominousachievements.html Internet Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:10:06 EDT news598179032 It's happened to anyone with a cell phone—dropped calls or dead air because suddenly there is no service available. Or worse, the location pin drops on the navigation app. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-smart-surfaces-wireless-communication-localization.html Internet Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:02:51 EST news597070967 Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turning testy or even threatening is likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics said on Friday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-angry-bing-chatbot-mimicking-humans.html Internet Sat, 18 Feb 2023 04:00:25 EST news595915215 To help identify when tense online debates are inching toward irredeemable meltdown, Cornell researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can track these conversations in real-time, detect when tensions are escalating and nudge users away from using incendiary language. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-hostile-online-ai-tool-users.html Internet Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:55:16 EST news595612508 Google said Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial intelligence showdown with Microsoft which has invested billions in the creators of ChatGPT, the hugely popular language app that convincingly mimics human writing. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-02-google-chatgpt-like-bot-bard.html Internet Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:08:02 EST news594918469 The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-cheaters-beware-chatgpt-maker-ai.html Internet Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:07:06 EST news594396421