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All it takes to fool facial recognition at airports and border crossings is a printed mask, researchers found

Kneron Researchers with an artificial-intelligence firm said they were able to fool facial-recognition software at an airfield and mobile-payment kiosks using a printed disguise, highlighting security vulnerabilities. The researchers said the tests, which were carried out across three continents, clowned two mobile-payment structures, a Chinese border checkpoint, and a passport-control …

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Novel Coronavirus — The Latest Pandemic Scare

Chances are you’ve heard the news about a brand-new and potentially lethal coronavirus. 1 Ground zero is Wuhan City, Hubei Province in China. As of February 2, 2020, mainland China reported2 a total of 17,187 proven lawsuits, including 2,110 severe cases and 362 demises( including a retired doctor working with …

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Why There Is Chlorine on Your Chicken

In the U.S ., most poultry that comes from concentrated animal feeding procedures( CAFOs) is laundered in a strong chlorine or other antimicrobial solution as a direction to kill pathogens. 1 The chlorine rinses or sprayings are intended to act as antimicrobials that reduce Salmonella and other common causes of …

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Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019

You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers folded inside the news. 8 years old The 16 -year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg established headlines for her speech at the UN Climate Summit, but she is also among a group of children and teens, who are now being …

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