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These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs
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These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs

Just before Stefan Seltz-Axmacher offers a job to an engineer at Starsky Robotics Inc., a driverless trucking startup in San Francisco, he gives them the talk. ...

High School Girls Learn 'virtuous Hacking' in Computer Science Program
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High School Girls Learn 'virtuous Hacking' in Computer Science Program

Forty-five high school girls are tackling programming, virtuous hacking, and digital forensics at New York University's Computer Science for Cyber Security program...

Filling the Science Communication Gap
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Filling the Science Communication Gap

Two English professors have co-edited a book they hope will make science communication easier for instructors, and their students, to teach and learn.

The Innovation Dream Team: Opposites Succeed
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The Innovation Dream Team: Opposites Succeed

Two sides of the design thinking coin, both the creative and analytical, are essential to solving problems.

­S to Create Independent Military Cyber Command
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­S to Create Independent Military Cyber Command

After months of delay, the Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the nation's military command for defensive and offensive cyber operations in hopes...

Intel, While Pivoting to Artificial Intelligence, Tries to Protect Lead
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Intel, While Pivoting to Artificial Intelligence, Tries to Protect Lead

The computers in modern data centers—the engine rooms of the digital economy—are powered mainly by Intel chips.

Physicists Gain New Understanding of Quantum Cooling Process
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Physicists Gain New Understanding of Quantum Cooling Process

New research at the University of Arkansas is helping physicists better understand optomechanical cooling, a process that is expected to find applications in quantum...

Information Technology: A Digital Genius at Play
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Information Technology: A Digital Genius at Play

The US mathematician and electrical engineer Claude Shannon, whose life spanned the tumultuous, technologically explosive twentieth century, is often called the...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fruit Fly Behavior
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Build Brain Atlas of Fruit Fly Behavior

A machine-learning program named JAABA has helped scientists create a brain-wide atlas of fruit fly behavior.

Wimbledon 2017: The Tech Behind the World's Top Tennis Tournament
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Wimbledon 2017: The Tech Behind the World's Top Tennis Tournament

The Championships at Wimbledon, which consumes some 28 tons of strawberries, 10,000 litres of cream, and 320,000 glasses of Pimm's per year, is notable for its...

AI and 'enormous Data' Could Make Tech Giants Harder to Topple
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AI and 'enormous Data' Could Make Tech Giants Harder to Topple

Another week, another record-breaking AI research study released by Google—this time with results that are a reminder of a crucial business dynamic of the current...

Why Haven't Reporters Mass-Adopted Secure Tools For Communicating With Sources?
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Why Haven't Reporters Mass-Adopted Secure Tools For Communicating With Sources?

In the months since Donald Trump took office, Washington has been leaking like a sieve.

Robots Debate Future of Humans at Hong Kong Tech Show
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Robots Debate Future of Humans at Hong Kong Tech Show

Two lifelike robots discussed the pros and cons of humans in front of a nervously tittering audience at the RISE technology conferenc in Hong Kong.

Hyperloop One Completes First Full Systems Test
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Hyperloop One Completes First Full Systems Test

Hyperloop One announced the successful completion of the first full systems Hyperloop test in a vacuum environment. This test was conducted on May 12, 2017 at the...

Why Robots Won't Steal All Our Jobs
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Why Robots Won't Steal All Our Jobs

Don't worry. The robots won't destroy all our jobs. History suggests just the opposite—that new technologies inspire new jobs.

Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language Alphabet Into Text
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Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language Alphabet Into Text

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smart glove that wirelessly translates the American Sign Language alphabet into text and controls...

­.s. Spends $65 Million to Build Brain Implants
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­.s. Spends $65 Million to Build Brain Implants

The quest to create a real link between machines and human brains has potentially groundbreaking consequences.

Miniaturizing the Brain of a Drone
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Miniaturizing the Brain of a Drone

Engineers at MIT have taken a first step in designing a computer chip that uses a fraction of the power of larger drone computers and is tailored for a drone as...

Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop in the Classroom
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Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop in the Classroom

Although computer use during class may create the illusion of enhanced engagement with course content, it more often reflects engagement with social media, YouTube...

How an Mlb All-Star's Secret Weapon Can Help You Hit Better, Too
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How an Mlb All-Star's Secret Weapon Can Help You Hit Better, Too

Three months ago, Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa flat out told me he was going to have a breakout season and tech was going to play a big role....
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