A Chinese research team wrote a review article on deep active learning, an increasingly popular method of combining active learning with deep learning for sample selection in the training of neural networks for artificial intelligence tasks. It was published in Intelligent Computing ..read more

Open source software—software that is freely distributed, along with its source code, so that copies, additions, or modifications can be readily made —is "everywhere," to quote the 2023 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report. Of the computer programs used by major industries, 96% include open source software, and 76% of those programs consists of open source software. But the percentage of software packages "containing security vulnerabilities remains troublingly high," the report warned ..read more

Before airplanes even reach the runway, pilots must file a plan to inform air traffic controllers where they're going and the path they are going to take. When planes are in the air, however, that plan often changes. From turbulence causing passenger discomfort and additional fuel use to unexpected weather patterns blocking the original path, pilots have to think on the fly and inform air traffic controllers of any modifications to their routes ..read more

A Georgia Tech researcher has successfully evaded security measures on Apple's latest MacBook Pro with the M3 processor chip to capture his fictional target's Facebook password and second-factor authentication text ..read more

A new artificial intelligence (AI) application developed by a team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Mainz University of Applied Sciences is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets ..read more

Terahertz communication will shape the future of wireless networks. Extensive high data rates with secure networks are possible with terahertz technology. However, such a high frequency also presents well-known challenges, such as limited range and susceptibility to atmospheric absorption ..read more

Gears are common machine components used in many engineered systems, such as automotive vehicles, aircraft engines, automation and robotic systems and more ..read more

Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess—at least in terms of organizing his works. When he died in 1519, the Renaissance master left behind 7,000 pages of undated drawings, scientific observations and personal journals, more or less jumbled up in a box. So, when his assistant collected da Vinci's papers, he did his best to collate them into journals, or codices, mostly based on subject matter. Ever since, art historians have used all sorts of techniques to make an accurate timeline of the various documents now held in museums and collections across the world ..read more

Rockstar Games, the studio behind the blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series, has said it will release the trailer for the next installment in December, setting the gaming world abuzz ..read more

What if our cars didn't allow us to speed? Or, at least, strongly encouraged us not to speed ..read more