as in uses
to take unfair advantage of
some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy
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Instead of treating touch as a simple raw pressure input, the system uses neuromorphic encoding (modeled from biological nerves) to translate force into rapid electrical spikes.—
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New Atlas,
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Bell-Johnson is known as One Leg and uses a prosthetic limb after losing his leg as a child in a train accident.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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This campaign abuses WhatsApp Web to spread automatically once a device is infected.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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In the film, Victor emotionally abuses the Creature.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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King's 1986 horror novel told the story of seven children terrorized by an evil entity called It, which exploits its victims using their own fears.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fractal compression exploits this principle directly, representing images as systems of iterated functions rather than grids of pixels.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Activism thrives on corporate uncertainty and increasingly leverages a fast-changing media environment to exert pressure.—
Sam Wolf,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Enforcement leverages platform control and algorithm filing systems.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the process, the robot simultaneously navigates, avoids obstacles, and manipulates objects without human guidance.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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Memory safety issues occur when software accesses or manipulates memory in an unintended way.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Jan. 2026
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