Archivo mensual: diciembre 2020

A connection between the coding of cryptocurrencies and their market behavior has been identified by researchers at the U.K.’s City University of London. The researchers studied 297 cryptocurrencies whose code is stored in GitHub, and whose average daily trading volume … Seguir leyendo →

Veracode, a static code analysis security firm, scanned 130,000 apps for security issues and identified the main vulnerabilities for which developers need to be concerned. The firm revealed that for apps written in JavaScript and PHP, 31.5% and 74.6%, respectively, … Seguir leyendo →

Florida State University (FSU) computational scientist Tomasz Plewa and colleagues have demonstrated the conditions underlying the explosion of Type Ia supernovae through refined computational analysis. Earlier studies proposed that flames existed within the star from the onset of detonation, but … Seguir leyendo →

Recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine may eventually receive digital health credentials in order to travel, go to work or school, visit entertainment venues, and more. Supporters of digital vaccine credentials say they could help control the virus, reopen the economy, … Seguir leyendo →

Amazon plans to help train 29 million people worldwide to work in the cloud by 2025, by building on existing programs and adding new ones in collaboration with nonprofits, schools, and others. The online retailer said the goal is to … Seguir leyendo →

Ordinary online users are being conscripted by Silicon Valley technology companies to produce three-dimensional digital maps of the world. Facebook, Google, and others hope to furnish this crowdsourced virtual Earth as a precursor to augmented reality (AR) technology. Google this … Seguir leyendo →

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms developed by researchers at the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) academic department of the U.K.’s University of Warwick enable the Shadow Robot Dexterous Hand to manipulate objects like humans do. The Hand reproduces all of the degrees … Seguir leyendo →

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have for the first time coaxed a quantum computer composed of photons to outperform the fastest classical supercomputers. The Jiuzhan system executed Gaussian boson sampling, detecting 76 photons versus … Seguir leyendo →