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Researchers Propose Tactics For Ethical Use of Twitter Data
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Researchers Propose Tactics For Ethical Use of Twitter Data

Researchers from Virginia Tech have proposed a set of ethical guidelines for data-mining Twitter.

­sing Computers to Influence the Law
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­sing Computers to Influence the Law

Researchers are examining how advances in machine learning technology may change the way courts treat searches, warrants, and privacy issues.

Ray Kurzweil
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Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is teaching computers how to read better—one more step in the march of technological progress.

Four Technology Fallacies That Need to Die
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Four Technology Fallacies That Need to Die

As any historian, psychologist, sociologist, or scientist will tell you, the truth of an idea has very little to do with how fast it spreads and how well it's believed...

The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses
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The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses

When I was a child, I was a "genius"—the kind you sometimes see profiled on the local news.

The Top 10 Cities for Technology Careers
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The Top 10 Cities for Technology Careers

This country-wide tour of the United States shows the best cities for IT jobs, according to Dice data.

The 8 Dumbest Career-Ending Mistakes That Smart People Make
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The 8 Dumbest Career-Ending Mistakes That Smart People Make

We have all seen it: people who we would have gone on to be the tops in their company or industry but whose careers got suddenly derailed by their own actions.

Supercomputing Tool Reaches Data Milestone
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Supercomputing Tool Reaches Data Milestone

A data middleware project recently achieved a milestone for specialized information organization and storage, demonstrating nearly two billion inserts per second...

­.s. Companies Seek Cyber Experts For Top Jobs, Board Seats
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­.s. Companies Seek Cyber Experts For Top Jobs, Board Seats

Some of the largest U.S. companies are looking to hire cybersecurity experts in newly elevated positions and bring technologists on to their boards, a sign that...

A Tour of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking that Helped Win Wwii, and the Birthplace of the Modern Computer
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A Tour of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking that Helped Win Wwii, and the Birthplace of the Modern Computer

MI6 called it Station X.

China's Cyber-Generals Are Reinventing the Art of War
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China's Cyber-Generals Are Reinventing the Art of War

The conventional wisdom is that the future of war will involve private robot armies, predator drones carrying out precision strikes, and maybe even the militarization...

To Young Minds of Today, Harvard Is the Stanford of the East
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To Young Minds of Today, Harvard Is the Stanford of the East

In academia, where brand reputation is everything, one university holds an especially enviable place these days when it comes to attracting students and money.

Toward Smarter Underwater Drones
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Toward Smarter Underwater Drones

Researcher Nina Mahmoudian's team wants to give autonomous underwater vehicles a sense of what they are looking for.

Can Killer Robots Learn to Follow the Rules of War?
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Can Killer Robots Learn to Follow the Rules of War?

As Memorial Day reminds us every year, war doesn't go away.

Spruce ­p Your Selfie
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Spruce ­p Your Selfie

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that could allow users to transfer the distinctive styles of acclaimed photographers to cellphone photos.

Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups
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Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups

Imagine you are launching or running a startup and there's a place where all of your developers—the biggest expense for most tech companies—cost one quarter what...

Supersonic Spray Delivers High-Quality Graphene Layer
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Supersonic Spray Delivers High-Quality Graphene Layer

Researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive spray method that deposits  graphene film that stretches on impact to form a perfect graphene lattice, opening...

How Statisticians Found Air France Flight 447 Two Years After It Crashed Into Atlantic
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How Statisticians Found Air France Flight 447 Two Years After It Crashed Into Atlantic

"In the early morning hours of June 1, 2009, Air France Flight AF 447, with 228 passengers and crew aboard, disappeared during stormy weather over the Atlantic...

Google ­ses Artificial Brains to Teach Its Data Centers How to Behave
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Google ­ses Artificial Brains to Teach Its Data Centers How to Behave

At Google, artificial intelligence isn't just a means of building cars that drive on their own, smartphone services that respond to the spoken word, and online...

Thin-Film Transistors Raise Hopes for Flexible Screens
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Thin-Film Transistors Raise Hopes for Flexible Screens

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have created the world's thinnest flexible 2-D transparent thin-film transistors.
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