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We need to know the algorithms the government uses to make important decisions about us
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We need to know the algorithms the government uses to make important decisions about us

In criminal justice systems, credit markets, employment arenas, higher education admissions processes and even social media networks, data-driven algorithms now...

Algerian authorities destroy mountain of pirated CDs, DVDs
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Algerian authorities destroy mountain of pirated CDs, DVDs

Power shovels and a bulldozer have destroyed a huge mound of 2 million illegally copied CDs and DVDs outside Algeria's Culture Ministry, as part of a government...

Perception research with motion simulators
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Perception research with motion simulators

In the Cyberneum at the Tübingen-based Max Planck Campus, people are transported into virtual worlds in order to investigate how our brain processes impressions...

Smaller cities across US opening high-tech crime centers
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Smaller cities across US opening high-tech crime centers

Live video feeds from cameras across Hartford, Connecticut, light up a wall of flat-screen monitors in a high-tech room at the city's old police department, while...

EgyptAir MS804: search and rescue at sea is never easy
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EgyptAir MS804: search and rescue at sea is never easy

The disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804, presumed lost over the eastern Mediterranean on a flight between Paris and Cairo with all 66 on board, is the latest...

3-D candy-maker billed as world's first arrives in New York
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3-D candy-maker billed as world's first arrives in New York

Now there's yet another market for 3-D printer-enthusiasts: candy.

Is Kelly Slater's artificial wave the future of surfing?
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Is Kelly Slater's artificial wave the future of surfing?

Surfers had never seen a spot like it: head-high waves unfurling like wrapping paper in pristine, tapering cylinders for more than a quarter-mile, with not a soul...

Could Hollywood technology help your health?
From Phys.org Technology News

Could Hollywood technology help your health?

The same technology used by the entertainment industry to animate characters such as Gollum in The Lord of The Rings films, will be used to help train elite athletes...

Dynamic dazzle distorts speed
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Dynamic dazzle distorts speed

Dazzle camouflage, as used on World War I battleships to fool U-boat commanders, has been modernised for the twenty-first century with moving patterns.

Football fans to get smartphone vote to substitute player
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Football fans to get smartphone vote to substitute player

An English Premier League club wants to allow supporters to vote via smartphone for the player they want substituted during a match, a data analyst has told a Doha...

'Technical issue' briefly cripples Swedish air traffic
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'Technical issue' briefly cripples Swedish air traffic

"A technical issue" temporarily affected air traffic control operations in large parts of Sweden on Thursday, barring planes from taking off for 90 minutes, authorities...

Why we need to do more for the victims of online fraud and scams
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Why we need to do more for the victims of online fraud and scams

As we come to the end of National Consumer Fraud Awareness Week, I can't help but reflect on my own work researching this difficult and often fraught area.

Opinion: Four arguments for ethical online shaming (and four problems with them)
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Opinion: Four arguments for ethical online shaming (and four problems with them)

In democracies, it's pretty difficult to bring about any agreement on anything. So when there is general consensus that something is a problem, I think it's a good...

Thinking about a Career in AI?
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Thinking about a Career in AI?

A few years ago, hardly anyone in the computer science profession would admit to working on “artificial intelligence”. Not unless they had…Continue reading on Medium...

Innovations are needed if Big Data is to boost jobs, says new research
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Innovations are needed if Big Data is to boost jobs, says new research

Phenomenal quantities of valuable data are now being collected and created by UK businesses but much of its commercial potential remains untapped.

France deploying anti-drone technology to protect Euro 2016
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France deploying anti-drone technology to protect Euro 2016

France will deploy anti-drone technology to interfere with and take control of any flying machines that violate no-fly zones over stadiums at the European Championship...

Construction experts at University of Pittsburgh symposium call for bamboo to become 21st century building material
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Construction experts at University of Pittsburgh symposium call for bamboo to become 21st century building material

Bamboo has a critical role to play in the provision of safe and affordable housing and could be a key contributor to greener urban environments worldwide, according...

US Navy poised to take ownership of its largest warship
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US Navy poised to take ownership of its largest warship

The U.S. Navy is ready to take ownership of the Zumwalt, its largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer.

Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams
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Students are using 'smart' spy technology to cheat in exams

Students at a medical college in Thailand have been caught using spy cameras linked to smartwatches to cheat during exams. They used wireless spycams in eyeglasses...

Explainer: How dangerous is turbulence, and can it bring down a plane?
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Explainer: How dangerous is turbulence, and can it bring down a plane?

If you have ever travelled on an aeroplane the chances are you have experienced some form of turbulence. For those of us who fly infrequently, it can be alarming...
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