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This article discusses the use of modern recommender systems, employed by companies like Amazon, YouTube, and TikTok, to leverage advanced machine learning to predict user preferences and personalize experiences online. These systems use a mix of content-based and collaborative filtering approaches to analyze user interactions and provide tailored recommendations for products, media, and content. While accuracy and personalization are crucial for these systems, the integration of conversational interfaces powered by generative AI is an emerging trend enhancing user interaction and recommendation quality.

The article discusses digital payment systems, with particular emphasis given to concerns around personal data security and interoperability of such systems with various devices and operating systems. Topics include digital payment services such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, increasing awareness and transparency about the use of personal data, and digital payment adoption.

This article discusses the emotional, legal and ethical impact of ghostbots, avatars of deceased individuals created with artificial intelligence. Also a brief look at how some companies, including an ancestry company MyHeritage and website Character.ai, are incorporating ghostbots into their business.

This article examines the problem of electronic waste, e-waste, and how manufacturers and consumers can minimize this waste. Topics include manufacturing material selection, take-back initiatives, and implementation of e-waste regulations in the United States and the European Union. Additionally, the concept of extended producer responsibility is highlighted.

This article examines both the manufacturers' and consumers' side of the right to repair debate, investigating both perspectives. The article discusses the shifting of power in this debate which has previously been on the manufacturers' side but is starting to shift to the consumer. Topics include the right to repair in the automotive industry and how this could be used to extend to mobile devices, citing legislation in both the United States and the European Union.

The article focuses on how existing security standards do not offer sufficient protection for the Internet of Things (IoT). Topics include why IoT sensors are so risky and the standards created by organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

The article discusses the growing phenomenon of virtual influencers, a digital personality that uses social media in a similar fashion to human influencers. Topics include how computer-generated imagery (CGI) and artificial intelligence (AI) are working together to create these virtual influencers, the impact they are having on the real world, and their popularity amongst Generation Z consumers.

The article discusses how virtual meetings using videoconferencing technology applications such as Zoom by Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s Teams are impacting labor productivity, employee relationships, and creativity, and it mentions the views of remote and hybrid workers. According to the article, virtual meetings help firms save money and increase virtual work efficiency. It also states that virtual meeting platforms are often unreliable and prone to service outages.

The article discusses the labor shortage in the U.S. as of late 2021 and examines technological innovations in automation such as smart software and robots that have led employers to adopt such options in order to fill vacancies.

The article examines the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in combating hunger and famine. The application of artificial intelligence in the development of agricultural robots is described along with the integration of artificial intelligence into automation and prediction of crop diseases using data from internet of things sensors.

The article discusses efforts by the labor movement and employees in the high technology industry to unionize. According to the article, labor activism by employees of firms including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google parent company Alphabet resulted in formal unions such as the Alphabet Workers Union. The article discusses the relative effectiveness of union organizing and the potential for change in how high technology firms interact with their employees.

The article discusses technological innovations for visually impaired individuals including the WeWALK Smart Cane and smartphone apps such as the LookTel Money Reader, and the TalkingTag LV. According to the article, digital infrastructure accessibility for the blind has not made as much progress as smartphone and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

This article analyzes the use of artificial intelligence in traffic reduction. Topics include the use of computer vision, machine learning and deep learning incorporated into traditional methods such as traffic cameras, computer simulation, and traffic engineering to monitor traffic, predict traffic congestion and prevent it.

The article discusses the significance of the nearly quarter-of-a-million miles of submarine cables to the functioning of the Internet in the early 21st century. According to the article, high technology firms such as Google and Facebook are significant investors in submarine cables. The article also examines potential faults in the cable lines and cable disruption's impact upon military operations.

The author presents real-world examples in the use of drone aircraft. He mentions the ability of drones to survey and photograph areas of land that are hard to reach, the use of drones to deliver medical samples and supplies in a timely fashion, and whether drones will be able to solve the question of last-mile logistics in delivery services.

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The article discusses the database security frameworks developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to prevent database reconstruction attacks of the 2020 U.S. Census. An overview of the Census Bureau's use of differential privacy, a statistic method, in order to prevent cyberattacks on the U.S. 2020 Census database, including Bureau associate director John Abowd's role in this regard, is provided.

The article examines the design and development of energy storing devices powered by renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Topics covered include costs associated with power grid operation, competition between renewable energy and fossil fuels, and lithium-ion batteries.

The article discusses the impact of facial and voice recognition powered by artificial intelligence on society. Topics include privacy concerns regarding voice-assisted consumer devices such as Alexa and Google Home, and concerns regarding flaws or biased data provided from the use of facial recognition to identify criminals.

Artificial intelligence is changing the legal industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses concerns regarding the electricity consumption of mining for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and suggested prevention measures. Topics include Bitcoin's use of a proof-of-work system to mine new bitcoins which uses a lot of computer power and electricity, Bitcoin's adoption of application-specific integrated circuits to allow faster mining, and efforts to find greener ways to mine cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum's mining on general-purpose graphics processing units (GPUs).

The article discusses the value associated with personal data. Topics include the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to collect and extract value from personal data, challenges to companies trying to monetize personal data related to confidentiality, privacy, and regulatory requirements, and LeapYear Technologies' development of cryptographic technology that enables statistical analysis of a dataset without disclosing information about individual records.

The article discusses the efforts of computer scientists to ensure the authenticity of online reviews which are crucial to electronic-commerce and social media sites. Topics discussed include a BrightLocal study which showed that an increasing percentage of U.S. consumers read online reviews to determine a good local business, the value of positive reviews, the impact of review fraud on both businesses and consumers, several ways for consumers to determine a fraudulent online review and computer algorithms to help detect fake reviews.

The article considers the impact of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to the workplace, considering their near-future uses. It considers how the affordability of such technologies has made them competitive in the workplace. Systems discussed include the VR headset systems like the Oculus Rift, Sony’s PlayStation, and Samsung’s Gear. Applications for such technologies include meetings with remote employees, surgery training, and remote data and systems access for employees in the field.

The article discusses the role of mobile application (app) development in social change. Topics include the role of mobile apps in charitable giving by members of the millennial generation, the impact of the charity Lunchbox Fund in feeding poor children in South Africa, and the relation of smartphone user practices to such mobile apps.

The article discusses the danger of hackers or other disruptions destroying the Internet. Topics include the views of hacker Samy Kamkar on the risk of disruptions due to the cutting of fiber optic cables, the risks of power grid disruptions due to issues with SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems, and potential problems with privacy and trust among Internet users.

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The article explores the concept of touchable holograms. According to the author, this technology requires computer haptics in order to render the touch and feel of virtual objects. He discusses the creation of virtual objects by haptic holograms that have a digital interface, an interface that is feelable as well as visible. In addition, the article presents the findings of several studies on touchable holograms, including the development of the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display by researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, which allows a user to feel hologram raindrops bouncing off their hands.

The article looks at the practice of approximate computing, in which the accuracy of a computing device's processing is reduced in order to reduce the amount of energy it consumes. According to the author, errors can be tolerated in programming applications such as video rendering, voice recognition, and web searching. Details on the role of hardware in energy-saving processes associated with approximate computing are presented. Other topics include hardware acceleration, computer performance, data partitioning, and the Rely programming language.

The article discusses how the European Constitution and the Japanese Act Concerning Protection of Personal Information categorize privacy and data protection as a right while the U.S. does not according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and how this impacts the U.S., European, and Japanese approach to data protection. Topics include how U.S. President Barack Obama is working to change the U.S. self regulatory policy towards Internet data collection with a proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights (CPBR), how the collective memory of state surveillance under the Nazis impacted Europe's privacy laws, and how Japan oversees what businesses can do with collected consumer data.

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