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USC, Amazon Plan Center for Machine Learning Research

L.A. Business Journal

to create a research center focused on privacy and security issues related to machine learning and artificial intelligence. USC is partnering with Amazon.com Inc.

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Marcus Hutchins, malware researcher and ‘WannaCry hero,’ sentenced to supervised release

TechCrunch LA

Marcus Hutchins, the malware researcher who became known as an “accidental hero” for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, has been sentenced to supervised release for one year on charges of making and selling the Kronos banking malware. Presiding Judge J.

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Kensh?, ‘the antithesis of Goop,’ launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

TechCrunch LA

The startup has also collected information to construct a research-backed guide to holistic health, something the team believes has been missing from the natural health sector. then affirms the providers use research-backed methods and that they have vetted peer references and clients who can provide positive feedback.

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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

Tech.Co

A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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A security flaw in Grindr let anyone easily hijack user accounts

TechCrunch LA

Wassime Bouimadaghene , a French security researcher, found the vulnerability and reported the issue to Grindr. In a statement, Grindr’s chief operating officer Rick Marini told TechCrunch: “We are grateful for the researcher who identified a vulnerability. Image: Troy Hunt/supplied). The reported issue has been fixed.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

TechCrunch LA

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Star Gazer

L.A. Business Journal

the nation’s only federally funded research and development center focused on aerospace. Steve Isakowitz is president and chief executive of Aerospace Corp.,

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