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Robokiller Wins Ftc Prize By Annihilating Robocalls
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Robokiller Wins Ftc Prize By Annihilating Robocalls

A new technology called "RoboKiller" has won a $25,000 grand prize from the Federal Trade Commission in the agency's "Robocalls: Humanity Strikes Back" contest...

Inside the Surprisingly High-Stakes Quest to Design a Computer Program That 'gets' Sarcasm Online
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Inside the Surprisingly High-Stakes Quest to Design a Computer Program That 'gets' Sarcasm Online

A computer program that can reliably detect sarcasm is a formidable challenge, a key hurdle being that most cues signaling sarcasm are non-textual.

John Henry Holland, Who Computerized Evolution, Dies at 86
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John Henry Holland, Who Computerized Evolution, Dies at 86

John Henry Holland, a computer scientist whose seminal work on genetic algorithms, or computer codes that mimic sexually reproducing organisms, proved crucial in...

The Future of Forecasting
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The Future of Forecasting

Researchers in Europe have used the Titan supercomputer to refine their weather prediction model in hopes of understanding their future computational needs for...

Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency
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Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency

Silicon Valley icon Lawrence Lessig knows his moonshot bid for the White House hinges on the innovation and support of the tech industry.

It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier
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It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier

As mobile devices continue to explore and colonize the technology landscape, their conquests are leading us to a new era, beyond search and apps.

Nae Launches Website to Support Prek-12 Engineering Education Efforts
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Nae Launches Website to Support Prek-12 Engineering Education Efforts

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has launched a new website, LinkEngineering, intended to help PreK-12 educators in the United States implement engineering...

Stephen Hawking's Speech Tech Released By Intel
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Stephen Hawking's Speech Tech Released By Intel

The program interprets visual signals and translates them into words, which are then "spoken" by a machine.

Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network
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Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network

Google Inc., Tuesday, outlined its decade-long journey with software-defined networking in a new paper that it presented at the ACM SIGCOMM 2015 conference in London...

Study's Lesson For Business Leaders: Innovation Is Overrated
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Study's Lesson For Business Leaders: Innovation Is Overrated

A new study of Formula One racing shows that big innovations don't always deliver as much value as smaller, incremental changes.

Programming Camp Sparks Students' Scientific Curiosity
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Programming Camp Sparks Students' Scientific Curiosity

Argonne National Laboratory hosted a summer coding camp that showed 42 Chicago-area high school students what it's like to be a STEM professional.

­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley
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­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley

For the last year, Google's work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.

To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird
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To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird

It was about 10 seconds into the robotic spider dance that you had to remind yourself you were watching a presentation by the world's largest chipmaker, Intel.

Code Speedup Strengthens Researchers' Grasp of Neutrons
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Code Speedup Strengthens Researchers' Grasp of Neutrons

Nuclear physicists are using supercomputers to develop theories that explain how and why nuclei stick together and decay, which could help shed light on such questions...

International Contest Asks Hackers to Write 'evil' Code
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International Contest Asks Hackers to Write 'evil' Code

While most hackathons and programming contests encourage participants to develop usable software, a contest hosted by Binghamton University's Scott Craver asks...

Spectroscopy, Super-Resolution Microscopy Combo Examines Cell Structures
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Spectroscopy, Super-Resolution Microscopy Combo Examines Cell Structures

Berkeley Lab scientist Ke Xu invented a technique to combine spectroscopy with super-resolution microscopy, enabling new ways to examine cell structures and study...

And the New Yorker Cartoon Contest Winner Is . . . a Computer
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And the New Yorker Cartoon Contest Winner Is . . . a Computer

Microsoft researchers aim to teach artificial intelligence software how humor works by training it on an archive of New Yorker cartoons and entries into the magazine's...

Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time

You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.

A Thin Ribbon of Flexible Electronics Can Monitor Health, Infrastructure
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A Thin Ribbon of Flexible Electronics Can Monitor Health, Infrastructure

The common, rigid printed circuit board is slowly being replaced by a thin ribbon of resilient, high-performance electronics

'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches

As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?
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