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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Drone had 'very near-miss' with plane near London's Shard
A drone just missed hitting an A320 plane flying above the Shard skyscraper in central London in July—one of several near-misses involving passenger jets in Britain...
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Obama administration gives specifications for smart gun tech
The Obama administration is announcing baseline specifications for smart-gun technology.
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Can Chatbots Replace Customer Service Reps?
Chatbots may be good at cosumer-focused tasks, but the verdict is still out are not whether a chatbot can completely replace human assistants. The post Can Chatbots...
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At $800K a pop, new Navy destroyer's ammo is in question
The new guns on the Navy's biggest and most advanced destroyer are going to be firing blanks if the Navy can't find cost-effective projectiles.
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Computer outage briefly grounds flights on several airlines
Airlines are dealing with another computer outage that is disrupting flight schedules heading into the weekend.
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$12.9B, 4.5 acres: Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier
The Navy refers to its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, as "4.5 acres of sovereign U.S. territory." The $12.9 billion warship—the first of the Navy's...
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After off-mark polls, some question value of 'big data'
For an American public that relies on data for everything from where to find the best taco to the likely victor in a baseball game, Election Day offered a jarring...
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America's aging voting machines managed to survive another election
During this year's voting, the vast majority of states used outdated voting machines perilously close to the end of their projected lifespan. Back in April, we...
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Print newspapers are dead? Not after historic elections
Print newspapers may be disappearing like the home telephone, but not after Election Day.
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Language Identification
Queries are the primary way that searchers communicate with search engines. But it’s difficult to get started with query understanding… Continue reading on Query...
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Overcoming Information Asymmetry
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Information Asymmetry in the Workplace” that discussed compensation in the Alliance… Continue reading on »
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Safety chief: Honda must do more to fix dangerous air bags
Honda must do more to track down owners of 300,000 cars with highly dangerous Takata air bag inflators and make sure they are repaired, the nation's top auto safety...
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Aviation professor expects boost in fliers for the holidays
Increases in summer airline travel could be an indicator of things to come for flying during the holiday season.
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Postdocs (Rabin and other) for this year
The Theory Group at Harvard has put out its ad for postdocs again this year. It will be our second year for the Rabin Postdoc in theoretical computer science.here...
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Introduction
Search engines are so core to our digital experience that we take them for granted. Most of us cannot remember the web without Google to… Continue reading on Query...
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'Invisible': A rousing all-round thriller in virtual reality
Here's a series that aims to break rules in every direction.
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Washington's version of Silicon Valley startup founders
The Obama administration's "18F" program to create its own version of a high-tech startup for government digital projects has foundered since its launch in 2014...
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Report: Gunmen still control metals mined for modern gadgets
Violent gunmen still menace pick-and-shovel miners in eastern Congo, a new report finds, despite years of efforts to loosen their grip by local reformers, Western...
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IP addresses might only be accurate to the city level.
But that’s still useful, e.g., for determining that New York Pizza (http://www.nypizza.info/) Continue reading on »
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