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AI Robots Must Not Have 'life And Death Powers'
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AI Robots Must Not Have 'life And Death Powers'

Hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) experts have called on governments to ban weaponized robots capable of autonomously deciding whether people live or die...

Nsf-Funded Report Focuses on Classroom Technology
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Nsf-Funded Report Focuses on Classroom Technology

A new report examines the cyberlearning community's efforts to integrate the latest innovations in learning science and computer science into pre-K-12 through post...

Andrew Ng Wants a New 'new Deal' to Combat Job Automation
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Andrew Ng Wants a New 'new Deal' to Combat Job Automation

Andrew Ng, formerly the head of AI for Chinese search giant Baidu and, before that, creator of Google's deep-learning Brain project, knows as well as anyone that...

Computer Science, Philosophy Join Forces on Ethics and Technology
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Computer Science, Philosophy Join Forces on Ethics and Technology

Six computer science courses at Harvard this fall are co-taught by professors or teaching fellows from the Philosophy department as part of an initiative that seeks...

China's Technology Ambitions Could ­pset the Global Trade Order
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China's Technology Ambitions Could ­pset the Global Trade Order

When President Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday, he will most likely complain about traditional areas of dispute like steel and cars.

Big Brother Isn't Just Watching: Workplace Surveillance Can Track Your Every Move
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Big Brother Isn't Just Watching: Workplace Surveillance Can Track Your Every Move

How can an employer make sure its remote workers aren't slacking off? In the case of talent management company Crossover, the answer is to take photos of them every...

Want to Really Teach a Robot? Command It with Vr
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Want to Really Teach a Robot? Command It with Vr

Do me a favor and grab and object near you. Anything will do.

The Flat and the Curious
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The Flat and the Curious

Computer simulations are helping researchers overcome the challenge of working with 2-D materials in order to accurately characterize material structures and functions...

So You Want to Be a Cybersecurity Expert
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So You Want to Be a Cybersecurity Expert

California State University offers a variety of degrees and certificate programs at its campuses to prepare students for the rapidly growing cybersecurity field...

The Disappearing American Grad Student
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The Disappearing American Grad Student

There are two very different pictures of the students roaming the hallways and labs at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering.

Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?
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Is Technology About to Decimate White-Collar Work?

Kai-Fu Lee, one of China's best-known technologists and investors, thinks artificial intelligence is about to supplant many millions of the country's office workers...

Lightning-Fast Communications
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Lightning-Fast Communications

Researchers from the University of Utah have discovered that a special kind of perovskite can be layered on a silicon wafer to create a vital component for the...

Three Ways to Get More Women Into Tech
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Three Ways to Get More Women Into Tech

The percentage of women graduating with computer-science and engineering degrees is still the lowest of all the STEM fields. What can colleges do to support and...

How Student Concentrations Are Changing at Harvard
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How Student Concentrations Are Changing at Harvard

An analysis of nine years of data from Harvard found four major trends on fields of study. 

Members of Congress Want You to Hack the ­S Election Voting System
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Members of Congress Want You to Hack the ­S Election Voting System

This summer, DefCon's "Voting Machine Hacking Village" turned up a host of US election vulnerabilities (PDF). Now, imagine a more mainstream national hacking event...

Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren't)
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Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren't)

The national priority in education can be summed up in a four-letter acronym: STEM.

Good Vibrations: Smart Access to Homes and Cars ­sing Fingers
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Good Vibrations: Smart Access to Homes and Cars ­sing Fingers

Rutgers engineers create a finger vibration-based security system.

Eugenics 2.0: We're at the Dawn of Choosing Embryos By Health, Height, and More
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Eugenics 2.0: We're at the Dawn of Choosing Embryos By Health, Height, and More

Nathan Treff was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 24. It's a disease that runs in families, but it has complex causes. More than one gene is involved. And the...

Why Hedge Funds Are Already Experimenting with Quantum Computers
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Why Hedge Funds Are Already Experimenting with Quantum Computers

Hedge funds are flirting with the idea of using quantum computers in an attempt to give their analysis a speed boost.

Real Security Requires Strong Encryption–even If Investigators Get Blocked
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Real Security Requires Strong Encryption–even If Investigators Get Blocked

The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have been fighting against easy, widespread public access to encryption technologies for 25 years.
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