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Melinda Gates Tackles Women in Tech Issues
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Melinda Gates Tackles Women in Tech Issues

Melinda Gates, one of the world's most high-profile philanthropists, gets the wheels turning on a push to promote women in the tech industry.

Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible
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Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are one step closer to understanding how to harness the power of superconductivity...

Chronicling Global Migration on a Computer Screen
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Chronicling Global Migration on a Computer Screen

Researchers at NYU have created an interactive web site that traces the economic and religious ties within two disaporas through data, video, maps, and personal...

Pentagon's 5,000-Strong Cyber Force Passes Key Operational Step
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Pentagon's 5,000-Strong Cyber Force Passes Key Operational Step

A 5,000-person Pentagon force created to bolster military computer networks and initiate cyber attacks against terror groups should be ready to carry out its mission...

Despite the Hype Over Gene Therapy, Few Drugs Are Close to Approval
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Despite the Hype Over Gene Therapy, Few Drugs Are Close to Approval

Most experts in the medical field will tell you that gene therapy has finally come of age, but the numbers tell a different story.

Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls
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Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the MLB playoff picture is almost settled.

Why Data Is the New Coal
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Why Data Is the New Coal

"Is data the new oil?" asked proponents of big data back in 2012 in Forbes magazine. By 2016, and the rise of big data's turbo-powered cousin deep learning, westated Fortune...

Scientists Visualize Quantum Behavior of Hot Electrons
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Scientists Visualize Quantum Behavior of Hot Electrons

Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method of visualizing the quantum behavior of electrons on a surface. The findings present a possible step forward...

How Data Can Help Change the World
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How Data Can Help Change the World

Speakers at last week's IDSS conference explored how data can be brought to bear on global challenges.

Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don't They?
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Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don't They?

The court filings paint a grisly picture: As Ashley Kubiak sped down a Texas highway in her Dodge Ram truck, she checked her iPhone for messages.

What Are the Big Tech Companies Lobbying For This Election?
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What Are the Big Tech Companies Lobbying For This Election?

When US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take the stage at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, for their first formal, head-to-head...

Photons Do the Twist, and Scientists Can Now Measure It
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Photons Do the Twist, and Scientists Can Now Measure It

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have measured the torque generated by light on a silicon chip. Their work could have an impact on scientific devices,...

Moscow Drops Microsoft on Putin's Call For Self-Sufficiency
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Moscow Drops Microsoft on Putin's Call For Self-Sufficiency

Moscow city will replace Microsoft Corp. programs with domestic software on thousands of computers in answer to President Vladimir Putin’s call for Russia's authorities...

Hackdartmouth Hosts Over 200 Competitors
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Hackdartmouth Hosts Over 200 Competitors

At this year's HackDartmouth, sleep was optional.

Meeting Cellebrite Israel's Master Phone Crackers
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Meeting Cellebrite Israel's Master Phone Crackers

Cellebrite was in the headlines earlier this year when it was rumoured to have helped the FBI to crack an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter.

Computer Engineers Boost App Speeds by More Than 9 Percent
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Computer Engineers Boost App Speeds by More Than 9 Percent

Researchers have found a way to boost the speed of computer applications by more than 9 percent with techniques that allow a computer's processor to retrieve data...

Q&a: How Twitter Explains the 2016 Election
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Q&a: How Twitter Explains the 2016 Election

The Electome project compares the content of Twitter conversations with news media coverage of the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign.

Nyu Receives $2.9m Grant to Develop a Holodeck Instrument
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Nyu Receives $2.9m Grant to Develop a Holodeck Instrument

An interdisciplinary team of New York University researchers received a $2.9M grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop an integrated software/hardware...

Deep-Sea Microbes, Simple Medical Diagnostic Tools and Complex Computing Win 2016 Macarthur 'genius Grants'
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Deep-Sea Microbes, Simple Medical Diagnostic Tools and Complex Computing Win 2016 Macarthur 'genius Grants'

Victoria Orphan, a geobiologist and explorer of marine life on the sea floor, is one of eight scientists to win a 'genius grant' this year from the philanthropic...

The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End
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The Wikipedia Bots that Are Engaged in Spats that Never End

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