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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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California may beef up electric vehicle mandate
A California lawmaker told The Associated Press on Friday that she's introducing legislation to require that 15 percent of new vehicles be emission-free in less...
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Delta computer outage included 'small fire' at data center
As flight cancelations and delays move into their fourth day, Delta Air Lines isn't providing details on a "small fire" Monday at its data center and whether that...
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Complexity makes airline computer systems vulnerable
Twice in less than a month, a major airline was paralyzed by a computer outage that prevented passengers from checking in and flights from taking off.
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Delta resumes some service after hours of global outage
Delta Air Lines canceled around 300 flights Monday after its computer systems crashed worldwide, stranding thousands of passengers on a busy travel day.
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Why technology makes us dishonest—ways to reduce cheating at self-service checkouts
Despite some technological safeguards, self-service checkout machines in supermarkets rely heavily on customer honesty to scan, and pay for, their shopping. It...
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Study examines use of drones to aid emergency responders in mass casualty events
In the wake of a disaster, a difficult challenge for emergency response crews is to quickly assess damage and identify victims. Researchers at UMass Medical School...
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Does Someone Have to Die First?
Digital technology changes fast, and organizations change slowly: First using the technology as an automated, digitized version of the old way of doing things,Read...
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2016 Chevrolet Cruze fresh, smartphone-friendly and fast
The Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is bigger yet lighter for 2016, with fresh styling, a new turbo-charged engine and more technology and safety features.
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Pokemon hunting proves costly for Japanese Olympic star Uchimura
Japanese gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura was left counting the cost of his recent addiction to Pokemon Go at the Rio Olympics.
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How to reduce the risk of whiplash in car accidents
The UK has been called the "whiplash capital of Europe" after insurance giant Aviva revealed that the number of whiplash injuries reported in 2015 was predicted...
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Video gamers turn to science for virtual edge
For some people, video gaming is an activity relegated to the weekends and that all too rare spare time.
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How computer algorithms shape our experience of the real world
The use of algorithms to filter and present information online is increasingly shaping our everyday experience of the real world, a study published by Information...
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Bay Area girls stream into summer coding camps
It already feels like the dead of summer, but the girls over at Adobe's coding camp are making it snow.
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Atlantic flights disrupted by Iceland air traffic glitch
Iceland's airport authority says the country briefly closed its airspace to flights because of a technical problem at its air traffic control center.
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Researchers create new 3-D imagery and documentation of Native American artifacts
Idaho State University researchers are working with Grand Teton National Park and various tribes to better document about 50 Native American artifacts from the...
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Businesses can't afford to ignore the human element of IT, study says
Mood and personality play an important role in how companies should manage their IT systems, according to a new study co-authored by a researcher at Binghamton...
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Flight 370: With search suspended, a cold-case file awaits
For two years and more, it has been a lost ship, a metal container carrying 239 souls that simply disappeared one late Asian night never to be seen again. And now...
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MH370 mystery spurred efforts to improve aircraft tracking
As investigators prepare to wind down the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search after more than two fruitless years, the airline industry is still working to raise...
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