Mercedes Enlists Quantum Computing to Build a Better Electric Vehicle Battery
The Wall Street Journal
Sara Castellanos
February 25, 2019
The research and development division of Mercedes-Benz is exploring how quantum computers could be used to discover new materials for advanced batteries in electric cars within the next 10 years.
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Your Bionic Hand Is Now at Risk From Hackers
ZDNet
Charlie Osborne
February 26, 2019
Kaspersky Lab researchers disclosed at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Spain that bionic hand prostheses from Moscow-based Motorica are vulnerable to hacking.
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Which Colleges Are Best and Worst at Enrolling and Graduating Women in Computer Science and Engineering?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
February 24, 2019
Analysis of U.S. Department of Education data by The Chronicle of Higher Education found only four colleges with at least 50 bachelor’s degree recipients in computer science (CS) in 2016-2017 awarded more than 50% of such degrees to women, and one institution was a women’s college.
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Machines Whisper Our Secrets
UC Riverside News (CA)
Holly Ober
February 22, 2019
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of California, Riverside have developed a method for reverse-engineering how laboratory instruments are being used by recording the sounds they produce.
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Google Looks to Leave Passwords Behind for a Billion Android Devices
CNet
Alfred Ng
February 25, 2019
Google and the Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance announced at Mobile World Congress 2019 that Android is now FIDO2-certified, meaning Android device users can log in to their accounts with fingerprints and security keys instead of passwords.
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Researchers Create Method to Ensure Integrity of Clinical Trials Data With Blockchain
News-Medical
James Ives
February 23, 2019
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have developed a proof-of-concept method for ensuring the integrity of clinical trials data, using blockchain.
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Smart, Fluffy Storytelling Robot to Be Trialed in U.S. Classrooms
New Scientist
Donna Lu
February 20, 2019
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a cute, fluffy robot that can help boost language skills in young children.
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After Paying Out $250,000 in 2018, GitHub Plans to Boost Bug Bounty Bonuses
GeekWire
Tom Krazit
February 19, 2019
GitHub is increasing the rewards it pays out to security researchers who find bugs in the platform’s code, saying it will pay up to $30,000 to those who identify "critical" security flaws.
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HPE Computers Stranded in Space
BBC News
Zoe Kleinman
February 27, 2019
Two Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) servers sent to the International Space Station in an experiment remain marooned in Earth orbit, three months after their intended return was delayed indefinitely.
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Amazon to Create 1,000 U.K. Apprenticeships in ML and Robotics
ITPro
Dale Walker
February 26, 2019
Amazon plans to create more than 1,000 apprenticeships in the U.K. over the next two years, many of which will be based in the company’s software development and machine learning (ML) units.
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Bringing 3D Imaging to Kidney Patients
University of Melbourne
Andrew Trounson
February 24, 2019
Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia have developed a method of using simple microscopes to identify and track kidney damage caused by diabetes.
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