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The ­S May Have Just Pulled Even with China in the Race to Build Supercomputing's Next Big Thing
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The ­S May Have Just Pulled Even with China in the Race to Build Supercomputing's Next Big Thing

There was much celebrating in America last month when the US Department of Energy unveiled Summit, the world's fastest supercomputer. Now the race is on to achieve...

Researchers Find Stolen Military Secrets For Sale on the Dark Web
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Researchers Find Stolen Military Secrets For Sale on the Dark Web

Military secrets on the U.S. Air Force's Reaper drone were listed for sale on the Dark Web for about $150, a security company says.

Stories From Experts About the Impact of Digital Life
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Stories From Experts About the Impact of Digital Life

While many technology experts and scholars have concerns about the social, political, and economic fallout from the spread of digital activities, they also tend...

High-Skilled White-Collar Work? Machines Can Do That, Too
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High-Skilled White-Collar Work? Machines Can Do That, Too

One of the best-selling T-shirts for the Indian e-commerce site Myntra is an olive, blue and yellow colorblocked design. It was conceived not by a human but by...

­CI Awarded $5M NSF Grant to Boost Low-Income Engineering Enrollment
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­CI Awarded $5M NSF Grant to Boost Low-Income Engineering Enrollment

Aiming to increase the number of low-income engineering students specializing in advanced manufacturing, UC Irvine has won a $5 million NSF grant that will provide...

Silicon Valley's Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge
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Silicon Valley's Giants Take Their Talent Hunt to Cambridge

When you step off the train here and walk into the city square outside the railway station, you will not see the spires of King's College Chapel or the turrets...

The Pentagon Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers
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The Pentagon Is Building a Dream Team of Tech-Savvy Soldiers

Nicole Camarillo was touring the Army base at Fort Meade, Maryland, in early 2017 when a young captain—I'll call him Matt, due to the sensitivity of his position—crossed...

Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump
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Why Made in China 2025 Will Succeed, Despite Trump

China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it.

Speaking in Code: How to Program by Voice
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Speaking in Code: How to Program by Voice

Debilitating hand pain is always bad news, but Harold Pimentel's was especially unwelcome.

How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?
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How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?

When a CIA-backed venture capital fund took an interest in Rana el Kaliouby's face-scanning technology for detecting emotions, the computer scientist and her colleagues...

Computer Algorithm Maps Cancer Resistance to Drugs, Therapy
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Computer Algorithm Maps Cancer Resistance to Drugs, Therapy

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University used the CoGAPS algorithm to model molecular changes associated with resistance to cancer treatments over time.

Supercomputers Help Design Mutant Enzyme that Eats Plastic Bottles
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Supercomputers Help Design Mutant Enzyme that Eats Plastic Bottles

Supercomputers helped study the binding of a plastic-degrading enzyme, which could lead to developing industrial-scale plastic recycling for throw-away bottles...

Why Robots Helped Donald Trump Win
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Why Robots Helped Donald Trump Win

Ronald Shrewsbery II used to be the Robot Doctor. Now he's known by the more bureaucratic-sounding title "WCM (World Class Manufacturing) Electrical Technical Specialist...

DARPA ­nveils $100M EDA Project
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DARPA ­nveils $100M EDA Project

The U.S. will pour $100 million into two research programs over the next four years to create the equivalent of a silicon compiler aimed at significantly lowering...

Frank Heart, Who Linked Computers Before the Internet, Dies at 89
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Frank Heart, Who Linked Computers Before the Internet, Dies at 89

Frank Heart, the engineer who oversaw development of the first routing computer for the Arpanet, the precursor to the internet, died on Sunday at a retirement community...

China's Penetration of Silicon Valley Creates Risks for Startups
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China's Penetration of Silicon Valley Creates Risks for Startups


Inventing the Future in Chinese Labs: How Does China Do Science Today? 
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Inventing the Future in Chinese Labs: How Does China Do Science Today? 

Genetic engineering, the search for dark matter, quantum computing and communications, artificial intelligence, brain science—the list of potentially disruptive...

Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes
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Robots or Job Training: Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes

For Anthony Nighswander, rock-bottom unemployment is both a headache and an opportunity. For businesses and workers, it could be the key to reversing one of the...

35 Innovators ­nder 35 2018
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35 Innovators ­nder 35 2018

We've been presenting our list of innovators under 35 for 18 years, long enough to spot some trends.

Researchers Gather for the International Workshop on Emoji ­nderstanding
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Researchers Gather for the International Workshop on Emoji ­nderstanding

A collection of linguists, data scientists, computer researchers, and emoji enthusiasts gathered at Stanford University this week for the International Workshop...
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