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The Cloud Wars Are Seriously Heating ­p
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The Cloud Wars Are Seriously Heating ­p

Most consumers may not realize it, but there's a furious battle playing out right behind the products they use every day.  

Building a Foundation For CS For All
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Building a Foundation For CS For All

NSF investments in education research lay the groundwork for rigorous and engaging computer science education for all K-12 students across the United States.

Drone Schools Spread in China to Field Pilots For New Sector
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Drone Schools Spread in China to Field Pilots For New Sector

Joysticks at their fingertips, the mostly male students packing the classroom lift their virtual helicopters into the air, part of a new cottage industry that's...

Obama Seeks $4 Billion to Reboot Tech Education
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Obama Seeks $4 Billion to Reboot Tech Education

President Obama's "Computer Science for All" initiative would bolster state funding for technology classes in public schools.

Subcultron: Swarming Robots That Keep an Eye on Waterways
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Subcultron: Swarming Robots That Keep an Eye on Waterways

Innovator: Thomas Schmickl  Age: 46  Zoology professor and founder of the Artificial Life Laboratory at the University of Graz in Austria

Navigating Facebook When You Can't See Faces
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Navigating Facebook When You Can't See Faces

Information science researchers suggest that the technology used on Facebook and other social media sites should be adapted to improve accessibility for blind people...

Recognizing Correct Code
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Recognizing Correct Code

MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning system that can comb through repairs to open-source computer programs and learn their general properties, in order...

Gerrymandering Is Even More Infuriating When You Can Actually See It
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Gerrymandering Is Even More Infuriating When You Can Actually See It

President Barack Obama spent the last chunk of his 2016 State of the Union Address talking about how to "fix our politics." His first solution? Stop gerrymandering...

Reconfigurable Origami Tubes Could Find Antenna, Microfluidic Uses
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Reconfigurable Origami Tubes Could Find Antenna, Microfluidic Uses

Origami, or paper folding, may soon provide a foundation for antennas that can be reconfigured to operate at different frequencies, microfluidic devices whose properties...

Your Next Insurance Agent Will Be a Robot
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Your Next Insurance Agent Will Be a Robot

A robot just gave your insurance agent a pink slip. Move over Jake from State Farm. Your replacement's name is Evia, short for "expert virtual insurance agent."

A New and Stunning Way to See the Whole Earth
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A New and Stunning Way to See the Whole Earth

The Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 sits 22,000 miles from Earth in orbit. On August 5, 2015, it peered down at the half of Earth that it can see, a hemisphere...

Ceres: Keeping Well-Guarded Secrets For 215 Years
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Ceres: Keeping Well-Guarded Secrets For 215 Years

New Year's Day, 1801, the dawn of the 19th century, was a historic moment for astronomy, and for a space mission called Dawn more than 200 years later.

The Smart(phone) Solution For ­rban Mobility
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The Smart(phone) Solution For ­rban Mobility

Mobile phones are helping commuters cope with erratic bus schedules, delayed subways, and other public transit woes around the world. 

Graphene Barrier Precisely Controls Molecules Within Nanoelectronics
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Graphene Barrier Precisely Controls Molecules Within Nanoelectronics

UCLA scientists have found an effective way to place molecules in the specific patterns they need within tiny nanoelectronic devices.

Tech Salaries Had Biggest Year-Over-Year Increase in 2015
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Tech Salaries Had Biggest Year-Over-Year Increase in 2015

Average technology salaries in the U.S. saw the biggest year-over-year leap ever in 2015, up 7.7 percent to $96,370 annually, according to the annual salary survey...

Realistic Data Needed to Evolve the 21st Century Power Grid
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Realistic Data Needed to Evolve the 21st Century Power Grid

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping to create open-access power grid datasets for researchers and industry. 

Researchers Look to Boost ­nderwater Wireless Networks
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Researchers Look to Boost ­nderwater Wireless Networks

Researchers want to bring the innovation and growth experienced by land-based wireless communications to underwater sensing networks.

The Strange Rituals of Silicon Valley Intern Recruiting
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The Strange Rituals of Silicon Valley Intern Recruiting

The Wozniak Lounge, located on the northern side of campus at the University of California, Berkeley, looks like it was decorated by engineers, to the extent that...

Europe's Top Digital-Privacy Watchdog Zeros In on ­.s. Tech Giants
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Europe's Top Digital-Privacy Watchdog Zeros In on ­.s. Tech Giants

The latest standoff between Europe and American tech companies runs through a quiet street just north of the Louvre Museum, past chic cafes and part of the French...

Cyber Security Testbed to Help Protect U.S. Power Grid
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Cyber Security Testbed to Help Protect U.S. Power Grid

Iowa State engineers Doug Jacobson and Manimaran Govindarasu have built the "PowerCyber" testbed to help researchers, industry engineers, and students learn to...
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