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Embattled German Industrials Pursue the Factory of the Future
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Embattled German Industrials Pursue the Factory of the Future

The clanking, hulking factory in a rural patch of northwest Germany that produces 22-ton combine harvesters has lately been turning out machines with a technical...

The AI Doctor Orders More Tests
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The AI Doctor Orders More Tests

Few U.S. industries are growing as fast as health care, but the big public-cloud companies—Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google—have struggled to crack the $3.2 trillion...

Google Cozies ­p to China With AI Secrets and a Game of Go
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Google Cozies ­p to China With AI Secrets and a Game of Go

Google's latest effort to thaw relations with China involves an artificial intelligence pow-wow—and a few games of Go.

Your Password Is Terrible and Everyone Wants to Fix That
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Your Password Is Terrible and Everyone Wants to Fix That

Headlines about mass data breaches have become ominously routine, and yet password convenience still trumps security for most people.

Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination
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Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination

Scenes from China's quest to dominate the robotic future: At startup E-Deodar, a human-looking droid serves coffee to employees who are building $15,000 industrial...

Amazon's Robot War Is Spreading
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Amazon's Robot War Is Spreading

It was Amazon that drove America's warehouse operators into the robot business.

New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk
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New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk

About a year ago, in a widely reported story, journalists at British newspaper the Telegraph found little black boxes installed under their desks.

How Do Israel's Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Very Quietly
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How Do Israel's Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Very Quietly

Over the course of 30 years working in Israeli intelligence, Shmuel Bar immersed himself in the hermeneutics of terrorism.

Israeli Cybersecurity Industry Grows as Global Threats Multiply
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Israeli Cybersecurity Industry Grows as Global Threats Multiply

Investments in Israe's cybersecurity industry jumped 9 percent in 2016, a year when the world suffered a successful cyberattack on a national power grid, a massive...

This Team Runs Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page
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This Team Runs Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page


Nvidia Surges in 2016 Using Graphics Chips to Challenge Intel
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Nvidia Surges in 2016 Using Graphics Chips to Challenge Intel

When Paulina Sliwinska, a fund manager at Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford & Co., made the trip to Silicon Valley looking for the next big thing in technology, she...

Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver
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Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver

In the world of making everyday life more digital, something is starting to tip. You can see it at Noyes Air Conditioning Inc. on Monday mornings.

Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous
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Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous

There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.

Silicon Valley Decides It's Just Too Hard to Build a Car
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Silicon Valley Decides It's Just Too Hard to Build a Car

Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley.

Telecom's Next Battle Will Take Place in the Web's Slow Lane
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Telecom's Next Battle Will Take Place in the Web's Slow Lane

After decades spent developing ever-faster networks that can do everything from stream Beyonce videos to steer driverless cars, the telecom industry has found a...

The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App

Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.

The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete

Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...

The Bot Economy Is Growing Even Faster Than the App Economy Did
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The Bot Economy Is Growing Even Faster Than the App Economy Did

Move over apps, it's time for the bots to shine.

Google’s Deepmind Achieves Speech-Generation Breakthrough
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Google’s Deepmind Achieves Speech-Generation Breakthrough

Google's DeepMind unit, which is working to develop super-intelligent computers, has created a system for machine-generated speech that it says outperforms existing...

This Is Your Company on Blockchain
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This Is Your Company on Blockchain

You don't have to be an expert on digital currencies like bitcoin to be intrigued by the potential of the technology underlying them. Blockchain, as it’s called...
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