Category: Outside News

Dr. Gopal Gupta Talks With Dallas Morning News About Aurora’s Self-Driving Trucks Via Dallas Morning News — Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 miles per hour down Interstate 45, heading in its typical route towards Houston. Above his […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu talks benefits of privacy and technology with Plano police buying 50 license plate readers Via Dallas Morning News – Plano police will utilize new controversial license plate camera readers that its law enforcement officials say assist in recovering stolen vehicles and locating abducted children. The Plano City Council approved at a May 22 meeting […]

City of Dallas likely targeted in ransomware attack, city official says Via Dallas Morning News — Dallas officials say the city likely was hit with a ransomware attack, affecting 311, the municipal court and other departments on Wednesday. Dallas chief financial officer Jack Ireland sent a message to the mayor and City Council on Wednesday […]

Understanding ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s gone viral Via Dallas Morning News — UTD scientists weigh in: What can ChatGPT be used for? And where does it make mistakes?  In November, the research company OpenAI released a bot called ChatGPT. The bot has since gone viral, and has been used to write code, poetry and […]

Going beyond goggles: Dallas senior living community explores VR with dementia patients Beyond its recreational aspects, staff at the community say virtual reality is helpful in stimulating memories in residents with dementia. Via Dallas Morning News | Written by Claire Tweedie — The expanse of space before 91-year-old Russell Craig seems endless as he gazes at the […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How City of Dallas Can Better Protect Itself From Another Major Data Loss Via Fox 4 News (Dallas, TX) — The report released last week cost the city $500,000. The major conclusion is the city still has a lot of work to do to protect the city’s data. An attorney hired […]

Dr. Kantarcioglu talks Cyber Security at Home with CBS11 VIA CBSDFW.COM – The family of a 9-year-old boy in Fort Worth is sharing their story after they say a hacker targeted him on their Amazon Kindle Fire and began asking for private information. “My fourth child was having some designated quiet time on his Kindle. The […]

Dr. Thuraisingham talks with Aerospace America about Protecting the International Space Station Via Aerospace America  | By Sarah Wells — NASA’s cybersecurity track record has been a troubled one, but as far as the public record shows, the troubles have not reached the International Space Station. What should NASA do to keep it that way? Sarah […]

Dr. Kantarcioglu Talks With CBS DFW I-Team About Online Safety For Kids In The Virtual Classroom Via CBSDFW.COM – In registering children for the new school year, parents probably read, and maybe signed, a routine photo release form about schools posting images of their students on social media sites. But the CBS 11 I-Team discovered […]

Dr. Ravi Prakash Offers Tips for Working or Learning from Home Via Fox 4 News — With millions of Americans working from home and many children learning at home, your internet service may have slowed to a crawl. Help is here from Dr. Ravi Prakash, a professor of computer science at UT Dallas. Source | […]