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The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant
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The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant

"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords." So goes the joke every time artificial intelligence threatens to supersede humans in another job.

What Excites Ceo Larry Page About Alphabet? Wi-Fi Beaming Balloons
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What Excites Ceo Larry Page About Alphabet? Wi-Fi Beaming Balloons

Alphabet, formerly Google, is a Wonka factory of tech projects.

Researcher Develops Material to Create Sustainable Energy Source
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Researcher Develops Material to Create Sustainable Energy Source

A Florida State University researcher has discovered an artificial material that mimics photosynthesis and potentially creates a sustainable energy source.

Cold Electronics Help Scientists Spot Elusive 'Ghost' Particles
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Cold Electronics Help Scientists Spot Elusive 'Ghost' Particles

Nestled inside the massive MicroBooNE detector lie 50 circuit boards packed with custom-built microelectronics designed to operate while immersed in inert liquid...

Programmers Are a Tiny Bit Introverted, but Otherwise Agreeable
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Programmers Are a Tiny Bit Introverted, but Otherwise Agreeable

"Prevalent stereotypes describe software engineers as socially inept introverts that are single-mindedly focused on computers," writes psychologist Timo Gnambs...

The Room Where the Internet Was Born
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The Room Where the Internet Was Born

Starting a cross-country drive to New York in Los Angeles is pretty inconvenient, unless your cross-country drive is also a vision quest to see the Internet.

The Light-Beam Rider
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The Light-Beam Rider

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the General Theory of Relativity, the most beautiful theory in the history of science, and in its honor we should take...

Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor-Shrinking Molecules
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Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor-Shrinking Molecules

University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a computational strategy to search for molecules that could be developed into glioblastoma drugs.

An App For Safer Roads
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An App For Safer Roads

Startup Censio has developed a mobile app that captures and analyzes data on driving behavior to show drivers where they can improve.

Apple's Deep Learning Curve
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Apple's Deep Learning Curve

In the world of artificial intelligence, one of the year's biggest coming-out parties is the Neural Information Processing Systems conference.

Speeding Up Extreme Big Brain Data Analysis
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Speeding Up Extreme Big Brain Data Analysis

An interactive software tool lets brain researchers explore large-scale, high-res imaging to better understand connections in the brain.

Researchers Model Birth of ­niverse in Large Cosmological Simulation
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Researchers Model Birth of ­niverse in Large Cosmological Simulation

Researchers are sifting through an avalanche of data produced by one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, led by scientists at the U.S. Department...

Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?
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Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?

"I like to drive cars," says Mark Reuss, product development chief at General Motors, "so this is a little funny."

On the Road to Ang Vehicles
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On the Road to Ang Vehicles

Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to store natural gas as a transportation fuel, which could help make the driving range of an adsorbed-natural-gas (ANG)...

Change the Shape, Change the Sound
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Change the Shape, Change the Sound

Computer scientists have demonstrated that sound can be controlled by 3-D-printed shapes. 

How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption
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How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption

A petition calling for President Obama to support strong encryption and "reject any law, policy or mandate" that would undermine digital security reached 100,000...

Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game

At 5:05 AM Sunday, long before the rest of Sunnyvale, California, will wake up, Yahoo's control room is packed.

A Basis For All Cryptography
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A Basis For All Cryptography

A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand.

Beyond Siri: Colorado State Researchers Are Bridging Human-Computer Interaction
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Beyond Siri: Colorado State Researchers Are Bridging Human-Computer Interaction

Looking to transform human-computer interaction, Colorado State University researchers are developing technologies to help computers recognize non-verbal commands...

The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve
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The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve

Scott Walker's withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race last month was tough on staffers like Matt Oczkowski—as it turns out, tougher than he thought.
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