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Asked to describe his work for a lay audience, Allan Shtofenmakher responds with an unexpected question: “Have you ever seen the movie ‘Wall-E?’” Recalling that the 2008 Disney-Pixar movie’s view of Earth from space was “brown and dusty and just surrounded by tons and tons of space junk,” he cautions, “If we’re not good stewards…
Sam Madden, the College of Computing Distinguished Professor of Computing at MIT, has been named the new faculty head of computer science in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), effective Aug. 1. Madden succeeds Arvind, a longtime MIT professor and prolific computer scientist, who passed away in June. “Sam’s research…
India may soon face the possibility of a Telegram ban, as authorities investigate the messaging app’s role in alleged illegal activities. The arrest of Telegram’s CEO, Pavel Durov, in France has prompted the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to examine the platform’s potential misuse for extortion and gambling. The Ministry of Home Affairs…
In order to train more powerful large language models, researchers use vast dataset collections that blend diverse data from thousands of web sources. But as these datasets are combined and recombined into multiple collections, important information about their origins and restrictions on how they can be used are often lost or confounded in the…
Nokia Oyj’s mobile networks assets are drawing preliminary interest from suitors including Samsung Electronics Co. amid increasing pressure to find new growth in the troubled telecom equipment sector, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Finnish company has been having discussions with advisers about potential options for its mobile networks business, which has…
Google is reportedly bringing new features to its Google Photos app to help users edit their photos in hassle-free ways. According to a recent APK teardown by tech publication Android Authority, the existing Spotlights feature has been renamed as Presets on Google Photos version 6.97 on Android devices. The Presets feature might provide four…
Wordle answer for August 29: Did you manage to crack yesterday’s Wordle? If not, you’re in good company. The August 29 puzzle presented a real challenge, with the answer being LITHE—a term meaning “Thin, supple, and graceful,” mostly used to describe a person. Thankfully, today’s Wordle is less daunting. It’s a straightforward word that…
Kevan Parekh will be Apple’s new chief financial officer (CFO) starting next year, as he replaces the current CFO, Luca Maestri. This major change will come into effect from 1 January 2025, as Maestri steps down from his role at the iPhone maker. Kevan Parekh is an Indian-origin electrical engineer who has previously worked…
Microsoft Edge is one of the most used web browsers around the globe. The pre-installed Windows’ web browsers has the second largest market share right in terms of desktop users after Google Chrome. As our reliance on the internet is growing, we increasingly share personal information such as banking details, dates of birth, and…
Addressing MIT’s newest students and their families yesterday, President Sally Kornbluth and several alumni faculty offered some tips about how to thrive at the Institute. “You belong here,” Kornbluth and others assured the audience, while emphasizing the many ways that the 1,102 members of the Class of 2028 are connected and interdependent. “All of…