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The Shutdown Is Breaking Government Websites, One by One
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The Shutdown Is Breaking Government Websites, One by One

The government shutdown is causing many federal websites to fall into disrepair, causing inconvenience and security concerns.

HPC Cluster Puts Computational Power at Researchers' Disposal
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HPC Cluster Puts Computational Power at Researchers' Disposal

The University of Delaware's newest high performance computing community cluster, named Caviness, puts vast computational power at researchers' disposal.

Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm
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Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm

About 150 Jersey cows in the rolling terrain at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, some 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, wear Fitbit-like collars that monitor their movement...

Researchers Design a More Durable MEMS Switch
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Researchers Design a More Durable MEMS Switch

The new type of MEMS switch can extend the life of cell phones and make power lines more reliable.

Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge
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Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge

A common belief among tech industry insiders is that Silicon Valley has dominated the internet because much of the worldwide network was designed and built by Americans...

Scientists Move Quantum Optic Networks a Step Closer to Reality
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Scientists Move Quantum Optic Networks a Step Closer to Reality

A team of researchers has successfully measured how nanoplatelets interact with light in three dimensions, an advancement that could enhance the operation of quantum...

Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
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Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines

When most scientists were trying to make people use code to talk to computers, Karen Sparck Jones taught computers to understand human language instead.

Don't Fear the Robot Overlords; Embrace Them as Coworkers
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Don't Fear the Robot Overlords; Embrace Them as Coworkers

In a chilly warehouse just outside of Boston, the brute toils away. It's 600 pounds of orange and black metal and whirring motors, a massive robotic arm that picks...

The Man Turning China Into a Quantum Superpower
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The Man Turning China Into a Quantum Superpower

On September 29, 2017, a Chinese satellite known as Micius made possible an unhackable videoconference between Vienna and Beijing, two cities half a world apart...

China's Tech Giants Want to Go Global. Just One Thing Might Stand in Their Way.
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China's Tech Giants Want to Go Global. Just One Thing Might Stand in Their Way.

In the early 1980s, a cluster of fledging computer companies opened up shop in a chaotic corner of northwest Beijing, near the campuses of Peking and Tsinghua Universities...

­.S. Army Research Lab Reveals Top 10 Coolest Advances from 2018
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­.S. Army Research Lab Reveals Top 10 Coolest Advances from 2018

U.S. Army scientists and engineers have been busy in 2018 discovering, innovating, and transitioning science and technology solutions to modernize the armed forces...

A Look at the Facebook Bug Bounty Program in 2018
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A Look at the Facebook Bug Bounty Program in 2018

Facebook awarded over $1.1M to researchers from more than 100 countries in 2018 as part of its bug bounty program.

The Robots Have Descended on Trump Country
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The Robots Have Descended on Trump Country

The growing use of work robots and the deployment of artificial intelligence have been most disruptive in just those areas of the country that provided President...

The Key to Cracking Long-Dead Languages
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The Key to Cracking Long-Dead Languages

Broken and scorched black by fire, the dense, wedge-shaped marks etched into the ancient clay tablets are only just visible under the soft light at the British...

Researchers Create Sensor Package That Can Ride Aboard a Bumblebee
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Researchers Create Sensor Package That Can Ride Aboard a Bumblebee

Researchers at the University of Washington have created a sensor package that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.

Europe's Influence Over ­.S. Tech Was More Formidable Than Ever in 2018
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Europe's Influence Over ­.S. Tech Was More Formidable Than Ever in 2018

The influence of the biggest US tech companies is as powerful in Europe as anywhere else in the world. But what sets Europe apart is that the relationship is, to...

Engineers Produce Smallest 3-D Transistor Yet
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Engineers Produce Smallest 3-D Transistor Yet

Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado fabricated a 3-D transistor that's less than half the size of today's smallest commercial models using a microfabrication...

2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Achievements that ­nderpin the Digital Age
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2018 ACM Fellows Honored for Achievements that ­nderpin the Digital Age

ACM named 56 members as 2018 ACM Fellows for their significant contributions in areas including computer architecture, mobile networks, robotics, and systems security...

An Inside Look at Apple's Biggest Step Yet in Health Care
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An Inside Look at Apple's Biggest Step Yet in Health Care

Captain America and Black Panther were about to defend Earth from the villain Thanos when Kevin Foley first noticed something was wrong.

How One AI Startup Decided to Embrace Military Work, Despite Controversy
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How One AI Startup Decided to Embrace Military Work, Despite Controversy

A few years ago, Clarifai, a five-year old startup that makes image-recognition software, held a discussion among its workers about two kinds of controversial business...
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