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Want a Job in Silicon Valley? Keep Away From Coding Schools
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Want a Job in Silicon Valley? Keep Away From Coding Schools

It was a calamitous job interview two years ago that prompted Jose Contreras to demand his money back from the coding school he attended.

Robots Won't Kill the Workforce. They'll Save the Global Economy.
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Robots Won't Kill the Workforce. They'll Save the Global Economy.

The United Nations forecasts that the global population will rise from 7.3 billion to nearly 10 billion by 2050, a big number that often prompts warnings about...

What Is 'military Artificial Intelligence'? 
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What Is 'military Artificial Intelligence'? 

We are in an era of existential fear of technology.

Computer Learns to Recognize Sounds By Watching Video
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Computer Learns to Recognize Sounds By Watching Video

Machine-learning system doesn't require costly hand-annotated data.

How Artificial Intelligence and Robots Will Radically Transform the Economy
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How Artificial Intelligence and Robots Will Radically Transform the Economy

Next time you stop for gas at a self-serve pump, say hello to the robot in front of you.

Theory Challenging Einstein's View on Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested
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Theory Challenging Einstein's View on Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested

The newborn universe may have glowed with light beams moving much faster than they do today, according to a theory that overturns Einstein's century-old claim that...

The New Workplace Is Agile, and Nonstop. Can You Keep Up?
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The New Workplace Is Agile, and Nonstop. Can You Keep Up?

Whether you like it or not, your boss may want you to start acting more like a programmer.

Trump's Populism Is Only the Beginning. Here Come the Robots. 
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Trump's Populism Is Only the Beginning. Here Come the Robots. 

Donald Trump's win is a wake-up call that voters are angry with a system that's made middle-class jobs tougher to come by, and increased inequality.

Blood Diseases Could Show Crispr's Potential as Therapy
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Blood Diseases Could Show Crispr's Potential as Therapy

You know you've struck marketing gold when a brand becomes a so-called "proprietary eponym."

James Simons's Foundation Starts New Institute For Computing, Big Data
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James Simons's Foundation Starts New Institute For Computing, Big Data

A new private research institute financed by the billionaire James H. Simons in New York will develop software tools and apply cutting edge computing techniques...

Google Opens Montreal AI Lab to Snag Scarce Global Talent
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Google Opens Montreal AI Lab to Snag Scarce Global Talent

Google is building a new artificial intelligence lab in Montreal dedicated to deep learning, a technology that's rapidly reinventing not only Google but the rest...

Jay W. Forrester Dies at 98; a Pioneer in Computer Models
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Jay W. Forrester Dies at 98; a Pioneer in Computer Models

Jay W. Forrester, an electrical engineer whose insights into both computing and organizations more than 60 years ago gave rise to a field of computer modeling that...

Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back
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Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back

Pundits will debate the wellsprings of Donald Trump's election triumph for years.

Supercomputers' Pit Crews
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Supercomputers' Pit Crews

Supporting some of the world's fastest computers requires more than an encyclopedic understanding of supercomputers. A deep knowledge of mathematics, an outgoing...

Will Banning 'killer Robots' Actually Stop Robots From Killing?
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Will Banning 'killer Robots' Actually Stop Robots From Killing?

Killer robots force questions that are set to define the coming age of automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics, researchers say.

Open-Access Automated Cars Aim to Advance Driverless Research
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Open-Access Automated Cars Aim to Advance Driverless Research

New University of Michigan research vehicles will be open testbeds for academic and industry researchers to rapidly test self-driving and connected vehicle technologies...

Enabling Wireless Virtual Reality
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Enabling Wireless Virtual Reality

The MoVR system, developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, allows virtual reality headsets to communicate without a cord.

World-Leading Hpc Centers Partner to Form Accelerated Computing Institute
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World-Leading Hpc Centers Partner to Form Accelerated Computing Institute

Leaders in hybrid accelerated high-performance computing (HPC) in the United States, Japan, and Switzerland have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing...

How Data Failed ­S in Calling an Election
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How Data Failed ­S in Calling an Election

It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field—business, politics, sports and academia—have increasingly placed in the...

Trump's Big Data Mind Explains How He Knew Trump Could Win
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Trump's Big Data Mind Explains How He Knew Trump Could Win

The Associated Press had yet to call the presidential election for President-elect Donald Trump, and races in tight states like Pennsylvania and New Hampshire were...
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