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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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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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Southwest says technology outage fixed but more flights cut
Southwest says it has fixed computer problems that caused hundreds of flights to be canceled, but it is telling passengers to get to the airport early because there...
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Oceanographer says Flight 370 could be north of search area
The oceanographer whose calculations helped an American adventurer find potential debris from Flight 370 said Thursday that the Malaysia Airlines jetliner could...
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Southwest suffers technology outage; flights held at gates
Some Southwest Airlines flights are being held up while the airline tries to fix a technology outage.
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Facebook films Muncie Animal Shelter's 'Pokemon Go' walks
The director of an Indiana animal shelter says Facebook has hired a production company to shoot video about its effort to encourage "Pokemon Go" players to walk...
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New training videos leverage ESnet's expertise to improve network performance around the world
The Department of Energy's Energy Sciences Network, or ESnet, and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) at the University of Oregon are teaming up to create...
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Airport app concept nets UNT students win in first contest
Ever been lost in an airport terminal or nearly miss a flight because you were late? An airport app concept created by University of North Texas students may provide...
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How Pokemon Go is helping road safety researchers
Pokemon Go is giving a glimpse of how gaming can keep drivers safer behind the wheel, according to QUT's Dr Ronald Schroeter.
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Utah votes to let authorities disable drones near wildfires
Utah authorities likely will be among the first in the nation to be allowed to disable and crash drones for flying too close to wildfires after lawmakers approved...
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