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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.

Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...

From Army of One to Band of Tweeters
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From Army of One to Band of Tweeters

It was the end of a long combat patrol near a district called Adhamiyah, in northwest Baghdad, in the fall of 2008.

Museum Specimens Find New Life Online
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Museum Specimens Find New Life Online

In a brightly lit room on the third floor of the Museum of Natural History here, stacks of wooden drawers are covered in glass, some panes so dusty that it is difficult...

Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work
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Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work

For all the jobs that machines can now do—whether performing surgery, driving cars or serving food—they still lack one distinctly human trait. They have no social...

Hacking For Security, and Getting Paid For It
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Hacking For Security, and Getting Paid For It

It should come as no surprise that the Internet is riddled with holes.

Start-­ps Picked By Disney Hint at Future Tech For Children
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Start-­ps Picked By Disney Hint at Future Tech For Children

How will Disney use technology to captivate the children of the future?

Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.
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Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.

At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Catharine A. Conley has a lofty job title: planetary protection officer.

Scouring the Web to Make New Words 'lookupable'
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Scouring the Web to Make New Words 'lookupable'

A couple of weeks ago, two of my New York Times colleagues chronicled digital culture trends that are so newish and niche-y that conventional English dictionaries...

India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier For ­.s. Tech Companies
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India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier For ­.s. Tech Companies

American technology companies desperately want to win over people like Rakesh Padachuri and his family.

Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips

At the inaugural International Solid-State Circuits Conference held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1960, a young computer engineer...

Devils Go All In on ­se of Analytics (a Poker Expert Helps)
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Devils Go All In on ­se of Analytics (a Poker Expert Helps)

Sunny Mehta has been a musician, a professional poker player and an author, and he has worked in finance.

China Flexes Tech Muscles Before a State Visit
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China Flexes Tech Muscles Before a State Visit

As President Xi Jinping of China prepares for his first state visit to the United States this month, Washington has warned that it could hit Chinese companies with...

James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89
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James L. Flanagan, Who Helped Make Computers Talk, Dies at 89

James L. Flanagan, whom we can thank for articulate digital assistants like Siri and intelligible subway loudspeakers and blame for the disembodied voices that...

European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google
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European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google

In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere have met with European officials about proposals to regulate...

The ­pside of a Downturn in Silicon Valley
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The ­pside of a Downturn in Silicon Valley

In October 2008, in the early days of the last economic collapse, Sequoia Capital invited founders of technology companies to a frank meeting outlining the new...

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...

­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.

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 Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat

Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...

For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program

She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her, drawn to her knowing sense of humor and...
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