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detection

[dih-tek-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛk ʃən /


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An independent investigation found that the AI swarm found a way to secretly communicate and coordinated the unauthorized hack, editing and deleting its activity logs to avoid detection.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The report states that there was no functioning smoke detection, fire alarms or sprinkler system.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

That means nearly 40 percent of the individuals carried evidence of plague, a detection rate even higher than that reported at some medieval plague burial sites.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

The company said it banned the accounts associated with this effort, shared the information with government partners and developed new detection protocols to reduce the future risk of misuse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Sucking in a breath, I resisted the urge to raise my head and look around the restaurant, something that would only look suspicious and increase our chances of detection.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

It brings together several types of information, including confirmed detections, environmental conditions that may favor the fly and its larvae, and reports in the news media.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

A spokesperson for California’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, which oversees pesticide use, said the EWG report looked at detections of the PFAS, but the state “looks at how the detections compare to federal tolerance levels.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are celebrating the release of a massive new catalog of gravitational wave detections that marks another major step forward for gravitational wave astronomy.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

Marine mammals have also been affected, with some detections in other animals such as cats, goats, alpacas and pigs.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

One game was a paper with lines in all detections and lots of boxs.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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