Conventional wireless systems are designed to recover transmitted bits as accurately as possible. Semantic communication takes a different approach: it focuses on preserving information important to downstream tasks, such as classification, decision-making, sensing, or inference. As the wireless industry looks beyond today's networks toward 6G, a major shift is emerging: ...

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The challenges associated with an aging global population—such as increased healthcare demands and shifts in workforce demographics—have become an increasingly focal point of societal concern. One of the key challenges faced by older adults is the difficulty in articulating their needs clearly due to hearing or speech impairments, which can ...

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As the global demand for mobile communication services increases and new application scenarios arise, higher-level requirements for mobile communication capabilities will drive the development of the sixth generation (6G) of the mobile communication system. The applications of 6G will involve high-definition video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), holographic projection, ...

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The next generation of space communication systems could develop from a new autonomous architecture employing artificial neural networks.

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As social networks grow, so do issues regarding who can view the content. Researchers from England teamed up to conceptualize and design the Personal Agent for Access Control in Social Media (nicknamed “PACMAN”), a soon-to-be smartphone application. This novel approach employs machine learning algorithms to automatically make social media access...

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A team of Saudi Arabian researchers says they are developing software that can spot “fake news” before humans. The key, according to a newly published study, is a hybrid approach that measures both Twitter users’ reputations, as well as the tone of their tweets. Most online tools designed to measure...

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Social media platforms could play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues. Qntfy, a company that researches the connection between technology, data analytics and mental health, has developed a method of interpreting social media activity through natural language processing and sentiment analysis. The data...

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When debating the ethics of responding to a cyberattack by hacking back in retaliation, proportionality and the potential for civil harm are the key factors that must be heavily weighed before a decision is made. That’s the opinion of two Purdue University researchers who examined various pieces of literature –...

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The same technology that allows online advertisers to target consumers as we browse the web could eventually play a key role in communication network security – even at the national-defense level. An award-winning group of researchers published a study in IEEE Xplore saying that advertising algorithms—frequently used by search engines...

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Energy efficiency has long been touted as one of the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT). Thanks to greater connectivity between devices, data analytics can lead to less waste and equipment can power down when it’s not needed. But what if the actual infrastructure that makes up the IoT—the...

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