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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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Combatting retail fraud using a simulator
Every year the retail industry lose billions of dollars to fraud in the US alone. To complicate the matter research in the field has been obstructed due to the...
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FBI's DNA profiles to include more data, making them even more powerful at solving cases
As the new year approaches, forensic labs across the country are gearing up for a big change in the way they generate DNA profiles, the genetic fingerprints so...
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Lower cost of LEDs reduce profitability for manufacturing landscape
Although residential and commercial industries are widely adopting energy-efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs), the drop in LED prices is driving away manufacturers...
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Malawi drone test centre to help with healthcare, disasters
Malawi on Thursday launched Africa's first drone-testing corridor as developing countries explore how drones could be used during humanitarian crises such as floods...
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Tackling the ethical challenges of big data
An authority on social data, Susan Etlinger argues we need to apply critical thinking and exercise caution as we enter the age of "data ubiquity."
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Advances in transport infrastructure technology are quickly changing the landscape
Sydney's transport system, long troubled by disjointed connections between bus, rail and ferry, should now be focused on delivering customised journeys that combine...
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Apple's Jobs loses out in Paris street name vote
Steve Jobs may have been a technological revolutionary, but his legacy will not be remembered in a Paris street name.
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Your Science T-Shirt Doesn’t Fly
A few months ago Science sent many people a sample of the magazine and a solicitation to subscribe. As seems to be the manner in which these things are done, there...
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Global Technology Policy Update – December 2016
ACM PUBLIC POLICY HIGHLIGHTS Cybersecurity Education and Research in Europe – The ACM Europe Policy Committee released a policy white paper “Advancing Cybersecurity...
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Wanting It Bad Enough Won't Make It Work: Why Adding Backdoors and Weakening Encryption Threatens the Internet
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Navy's futuristic-looking USS Zumwalt arriving in homeport
The Navy's most technologically advanced destroyer is arriving at its homeport after dealing with some glitches along the way.
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Nissan Juke uses onboard cameras to set world-first 'blind' J-turn record
The record-breaking Nissan Juke has done it again. This time the popular compact crossover has established the world's first 'blind' J-turn record with the driver...
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Expedition eyes sunken mini sub on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Federal archaeologists and scientists used a remotely operated vehicle Wednesday to document the condition of a mini submarine used in the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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Time to set limits: Business owners suffer tech overload
Three years into being a business owner, Becky Davis knew she needed to break the hold technology had on her.
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Expectation versus reality in the acceptance of self-driving cars
As interest in the development of automated cars increases, public and media attention has focused on the speculative benefit of having an abundance of in-vehicle...
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Big data helped Trump even after he scorned it
Donald Trump derided the use of data and technology tools for his presidential campaign—but those techniques might well have propelled him to victory.
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Thomas Edison's lab door key, lightbulbs up for auction
Thomas Edison's door key to the 19th century lab in New Jersey where he invented the phonograph goes up for auction this weekend, along with lightbulbs he perfected...
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Senate takes aim at 'bots' that snap up concert seats
The Senate is cracking down on computer software used by ticket brokers to snap up tickets to concerts and shows.
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The surprising technology behind the future of autonomous driving
As autonomous driving (AD) technology brings new advances and features to mobility, important questions inevitably arise. For example, how will drivers come to...
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