A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill Gram-negative bacteria, which are responsible for the vast majority of antibiotic-resistant infections and deaths. The team that developed the tool also used it to convert a drug effective only against Gram-positive bacteria into one that also kills several Gram-negative infections.
Source: Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app | Illinois
Cyber experts fear data security will be exposed by quantum tornado
Source: Race is on to build quantum-proof encryption | Financial Times
Big tech companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google have benefited from enabling users to easily share pictures or videos, but they are now working to stem the spread of maliciously doctored content ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Source: Tech Companies Step Up Fight Against ‘Deepfakes’ – WSJ
Security researchers found a flaw through Android’s voice commands that allowed for eavesdropping and location tracking.
Source: Google Assistant on Android devices could be tricked into taking photos, videos – CNET
A new EPFL and MIT study into the interplay between mobility and the 2013 and 2014 dengue outbreaks in Singapore has uncovered a legal void around access to mobile phone data – information that can prove vital in preventing the spread of infectious diseases.
Source: During epidemics, access to GPS data from smartphones can be crucial – EPFL
New research from a team of Computing and Information Science scholars raises questions about hiring algorithms and the tech companies who develop and use them.
Source: Are hiring algorithms fair? They’re too opaque to tell, study finds | Cornell Chronicle
Regulator says it will examine the details of Google’s deal with a major healthcare firm in the US.
Source: Project Nightingale: Google probed over US patient data deal – BBC News
“We have seen changes in app behaviour that indicate a positive effect of GDPR,” says Lothar Fritsch, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Karlstad University. “Many suppliers have made an effort to make their apps more compatible with GDPR.”
Source: Apps have become safer after GDPR | Karlstad University
How many people really attend gatherings or protests, such as the recent Brexit march? Artificial intelligence may be able to figure it out
Source: AI could help work out how many people are in large crowds | New Scientist
