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Breaking barriers: Study uses AI to interpret American Sign Language in real-time

A study is the first-of-its-kind to recognize American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet gestures using computer vision. Researchers developed a custom dataset of 29,820 static images of ASL hand gestures. Each image was annotated with 21 key landmarks on the hand, providing detailed spatial information about its structure and position. Combining MediaPipe and YOLOv8, a deep learning method they trained, with fine-tuning hyperparameters for the best accuracy, represents a groundbreaking and innovative approach that hasn’t been explored in previous research.
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Fast, rewritable computing with DNA origami registers

DNA stores the instructions for life and, along with enzymes and other molecules, computes everything from hair color to risk of developing diseases. Harnessing that prowess and immense storage capacity could lead to DNA-based computers that are faster and smaller than today’s silicon-based versions. As a step toward that goal, researchers report a fast, sequential DNA computing method that is also rewritable — just like current computers.
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Uncovering the pigments and techniques used to paint the Berlin Wall

Street art takes many forms, and the vibrant murals on the Berlin Wall both before and after its fall are expressions of people’s opinions. But there was often secrecy around the processes for creating the paintings, which makes them hard to preserve. Now, researchers have uncovered information about this historic site from paint chips by combining a handheld detector and artificial intelligence (AI) data analysis.
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Serbian government used Cellebrite to unlock phones, install spyware

Serbian police and intelligence officers used Cellebrite forensic extraction software to unlock journalists’ and activists’ phones and install previously unknown Android spyware called NoviSpy, a new Amnesty International report claims. The unlocking was made possible through exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability affecting chipsets made by Qualcomm. In early October 2024, Qualcomm fixed CVE-2024-43047, reported by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Amnesty International as exploited in the wild. Google followed with a fix for Android … More → The post Serbian government used Cellebrite to unlock phones, install spyware appeared first on Help Net Security.
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With the new administration, the shortage of inspectors general pops up

“We deserve the agencies that are fulfilling their mission where fraud is not occurring, where corruption is not occurring,” said Faith Williams The post With the new administration, the shortage of inspectors general pops up first appeared on Federal News Network.
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