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Computer Scientists May Have Solved the Mystery Behind the 'Sonic Attacks' in Cuba
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Computer Scientists May Have Solved the Mystery Behind the 'Sonic Attacks' in Cuba

A team of computer scientists from the University of Michigan may have solved the mystery behind strange sounds heard by American diplomats in Havana, who later...

AI Will Create New Jobs But Skills Must Shift, Say Tech Giants
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AI Will Create New Jobs But Skills Must Shift, Say Tech Giants

AI will create more jobs than it destroys was the not-so-subtle rebuttal from tech giants to growing concern over the impact of automation technologies on employment...

IBM's Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight
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IBM's Watson Hops On Board Human Space Flight

CIMON, a medicine ball-sized device that uses IBM's Watson technology, will accompany a mission to the International Space Station this June. CIMON's digital face...

AR Still Doesn't Have a Killer App, but Google's ARCore Is Here to Help
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AR Still Doesn't Have a Killer App, but Google's ARCore Is Here to Help

You may not have a real Porsche in your driveway, but augmented reality will now let you plonk a virtual one there using a smartphone—and take it for a simulated...

How Social Networking Sites Can Crack Down on Cyberbullying
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How Social Networking Sites Can Crack Down on Cyberbullying

A Cornell research team has discovered a way to encourage people to intervene in cases of cyberbullying on social networking sites.

Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs
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Tech Companies Should Stop Pretending AI Won't Destroy Jobs

I took an Uber to an artificial-­intelligence conference at MIT one recent morning, and the driver asked me how long it would take for autonomous vehicles to take...

Researchers Join AI-Enabled Counterparts for 'Collaborative Autonomy'
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Researchers Join AI-Enabled Counterparts for 'Collaborative Autonomy'

A team of firefighters clears a building in a blazing inferno, searching rooms for people trapped inside or hotspots that must be extinguished. Except this isn't...

This 'Gray Hat' Hacker Breaks Into Your Car, to Prove a Point
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This 'Gray Hat' Hacker Breaks Into Your Car, to Prove a Point

Cybercrime is expanding beyond computers and cellphones. Cars, washers and dryers, and even toasters are going online—an evolution of technology called the ...

Bad News FBI, Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Booming
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Bad News FBI, Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Booming

The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the...

Fur Real – Scientists Improve Computer Rendering of Animal Fur
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Fur Real – Scientists Improve Computer Rendering of Animal Fur

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley have developed a method that dramatically improves the way computers simulate fur, and more specifically, the way...

The Father of the Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through a 'Black Mirror'
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The Father of the Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through a 'Black Mirror'

In 1984, two men were thinking a lot about the Internet. One of them invented it. The other is an artist who would see its impact on society with uncanny prescience...

Supertall Towers Are Driving an Elevator Revolution
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Supertall Towers Are Driving an Elevator Revolution

Two thousand years ago, the Romans used elevators—powered by pulleys, levers, and slaves—to raise gladiators and wild beasts into the Colosseum for death-match...

­sing Science and Humanities to Step Back in Time
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­sing Science and Humanities to Step Back in Time

Researchers from the University of California San Diego traveled to Turin, Italy to digitally map an entire portion of the city—complete with historic architecture...

One Hour of Video Gaming Can Increase the Brain's Ability to Focus
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One Hour of Video Gaming Can Increase the Brain's Ability to Focus

Students who spent one hour playing video games demonstrated improved visual selective attention and changes in brain activity.

Hyperinflation Meets Tech: Cash-Scarce Venezuela Sees Boom in Payment Apps
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Hyperinflation Meets Tech: Cash-Scarce Venezuela Sees Boom in Payment Apps

Widerven Villegas and his brother wash some 30 cars a day at a parking lot in Caracas. Despite charging less than 50 cents, nobody pays them in cash.

Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook, and the World
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Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook, and the World

One day in late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.

Researchers Use Wearables, Mobile Devices to Study Workplace Performance
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Researchers Use Wearables, Mobile Devices to Study Workplace Performance

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are conducting a $7.9 million, 21-month study focused on working professionals in cognitively demanding positions, such...

His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming
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His 2020 Campaign Message: The Robots Are Coming

Among the many, many Democrats who will seek the party's presidential nomination in 2020, most probably agree on a handful of core issues: protecting DACA, rejoining...

Inside Facebook's Fast-Growing Content-Moderation Effort
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Inside Facebook's Fast-Growing Content-Moderation Effort

Monika Bickert is a serious, impressive person. Before she became Facebook's head of global policy management, she put her Harvard law degree to work as an assistant...

A Maker Space Where Art and Technology Merge
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A Maker Space Where Art and Technology Merge

Yale University's Center for Collaborative Arts & Media is outfitted with a motion capture system, an interactive projection system, and an integrated platform...
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