https://techxplore.com/internet-news/ en-us The latest news on the internet, world wide web, web 2.0 and science technology. A team of computer scientists at Technical University of Darmstadt, working with a colleague from the University of Glasgow, and another from Humbold University of Berlin, has found evidence via experiments they ran, that when asked to build a web page, LLMs often include manipulative design practices. The group has posted their research on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-web-pages-llms.html Internet Thu, 28 Nov 2024 13:00:01 EST news651834463 The internet search engine of the future will be powered by artificial intelligence. One can already choose from a host of AI-powered or AI-enhanced search engines—though their reliability often still leaves much to be desired. However, a team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published and released a novel system for evaluating the reliability of AI-generated searches. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-team-effective-method-redesign-ai.html Internet Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:45:03 EDT news649687501 Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help the police track down big players on the dark web, the hidden part of the internet. Their results are published in Scientific Reports. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-seller-success-dark-web.html Internet Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:10:40 EDT news641635837 OpenAI on Thursday said it was putting its artificial intelligence engine to work in a challenge to Google's market-dominating search engine. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-openai-google-functionality.html Internet Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:59:43 EDT news641145579 A trio of security experts at Stanford University has found that millions of people are running an infected version of Chrome web browser due to extensions installed from the Google Chrome Web Store (GCWS). Sheryl Hsu, Manda Tran and Aurore Fass have posted a paper to the arXiv preprint server describing their findings after studying thousands of extensions on GCWS. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-experts-millions-users-malware-infected.html Internet Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:50:01 EDT news638531286 Internet users leave many traces on websites and online services. Measures such as firewalls, VPN connections and browser privacy modes are in place to ensure a certain level of data protection. However, a newly discovered security loophole allows bypassing all of these protective measures. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-06-loophole-spying-internet-users-websites.html Internet Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:24:15 EDT news638450652 Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are developing artificial intelligence tools that help consumers understand how they are being exploited as they navigate online platforms. The goal is to boost the digital literacy of end users so they can better control how they interact with these websites. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-ai-browser-ins-consumers-digital.html Internet Wed, 29 May 2024 16:25:19 EDT news636218710 Artificial intelligence built on mountains of potentially biased information has created a real risk of automating discrimination, but is there any way to re-educate the machines? https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-artificial-intelligence-bias.html Internet Sun, 19 May 2024 10:06:04 EDT news635331959 Wikipedia is the largest platform for open and freely accessible knowledge online yet, in a new study, EPFL researchers have found that around 15% of the content is effectively invisible to readers browsing within Wikipedia. They have developed a new tool to help overcome this. The work is published on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-orphan-articles-dark-wikipedia.html Internet Fri, 17 May 2024 12:31:17 EDT news635167874 In 1998, a paper linking childhood vaccines with autism was published in the journal, The Lancet, only to be retracted in 2010 when the science was debunked. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-tentacles-retracted-science-deep-social.html Internet Fri, 17 May 2024 12:02:50 EDT news635166167 Most people agree that the spread of online misinformation is a serious problem. But there is much less consensus on what to do about it. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-browser-extension-empowers-users-online.html Internet Thu, 16 May 2024 10:52:04 EDT news635075521 Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-05-big-google-ai-generated-results.html Internet Tue, 14 May 2024 13:42:57 EDT news634912974 Connectivity has become paramount in modern societies over the past two decades. With the immense rise in the number of laptops, tablets, and smartphones, most people nowadays expect to have access to free Wi-Fi in a variety of public and private spaces. Some common examples include airports, restaurants, and libraries, but even parks, trains, and subways offer Wi-Fi in some cities. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-approach-maximizing-wi-fi-game.html Internet Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:57:43 EDT news633020260 Have you ever felt reluctant to share ideas during a meeting because you feared judgment from senior colleagues? You're not alone. Research has shown this pervasive issue can lead to a lack of diversity in public discourse, especially when junior members of a community don't speak up because they feel intimidated. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-04-equitable-discussions-social-media-meronymity.html Internet Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:01:44 EDT news632667698 Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool's Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, the company said it planned to roll out a "scratch and sniff" feature on its search engine. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-gmail-revolutionized-email-years-people.html Internet Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:31:14 EDT news631085430 OpenAI on Friday revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-openai-unveils-voice-cloning-tool.html Internet Sat, 30 Mar 2024 06:23:09 EDT news630998583 A German-American research team led by the University of Konstanz has mapped the ownership of network infrastructures in democratic and authoritarian states worldwide to show how autocrats control the internet via state-owned service providers. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-atlas-internet-surveillance-ownership-network.html Internet Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:59:03 EST news628851542 Researchers have developed an all-light communication network that enables seamless connectivity across space, air, and underwater environments. The new network design combines different types of light sources to ensure connectivity no matter the environment. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-communication-network-bridges-space-air.html Internet Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:18:04 EST news628449482 As you scroll through any social media feed, you are likely to be prompted to follow or friend another person, expanding your personal network and contributing to the growth of the app itself. The person suggested to you is a result of link prediction: a widespread machine learning (ML) task that evaluates the links in a network—your friends and everyone else's—and tries to predict what the next links will be. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-widespread-machine-methods-link-poorly.html Internet Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:00:02 EST news626949639 Google on Thursday introduced a free artificial intelligence app that will enable people to rely on technology instead of their own brains to write, interpret what they're reading and deal with a variety of other task in their lives. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-google-gemini-ai-app-easier.html Internet Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:33:49 EST news626614365 Near the end of the last century, Bill Gates saw the prospect of unifying citizens of nearly 200 countries, speaking more than 7,000 languages, coming together in common dialogue through the suddenly burgeoning web community. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-faulty-machine-litter-web.html Internet Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:19:36 EST news625162771 Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that's likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-google-gemini-upping-stakes-global.html Internet Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:19:26 EST news621091162 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