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These MIT Grads Will Serve the ­.s. Armed Forces
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These MIT Grads Will Serve the ­.s. Armed Forces

A dozen 2017 graduates of MIT's Reserve Officer Training Corps received commissions in the U.S. military.

DOE Awards $258M to Accelerate ­.S. Exascale Computing Project
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DOE Awards $258M to Accelerate ­.S. Exascale Computing Project

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded contracts totaling $258 million to six companies to accelerate U.S. supercomputing technology with the intent of delivering...

Nist Awards Target Broadband Communications For First Responders
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Nist Awards Target Broadband Communications For First Responders

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $38.5 million to 33 research and development projects aimed at...

146,000 Cameras Monitor Moscow Streets. And the Government Is Just Getting Started.
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146,000 Cameras Monitor Moscow Streets. And the Government Is Just Getting Started.

If you're walking a dog in Moscow, make sure you clean up after it.

­.s. Weighs Restricting Chinese Investment in Artificial Intelligence
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­.s. Weighs Restricting Chinese Investment in Artificial Intelligence

The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national...

The Robots Are Coming: Here Are Some Jobs That Won't Exist in 10 Years
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The Robots Are Coming: Here Are Some Jobs That Won't Exist in 10 Years

Radiologists and call center operators are among those that could soon be replaced by artificial intelligence.

First the Cloud, Now AI Takes on the Scientific Method
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First the Cloud, Now AI Takes on the Scientific Method

Back when I was doing research, one of my advisors once joked that, if you wait long enough, you can produce an old result using new methods, manage to get it published...

Best Places to Work in It 2017
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Best Places to Work in It 2017

Computerworld's annual Best Places to Work in IT list showcases the top 100 U.S. workplaces for technology professionals. Seventy percent of the organizations say they...

At 'washington Post,' Tech Is Increasingly Boosting Financial Performance
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At 'washington Post,' Tech Is Increasingly Boosting Financial Performance

When I started my career at The Washington Post in the late 1990s, the newsroom wore a dusty, outdated look as if it were paying homage to its legendary past.

Embattled German Industrials Pursue the Factory of the Future
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Embattled German Industrials Pursue the Factory of the Future

The clanking, hulking factory in a rural patch of northwest Germany that produces 22-ton combine harvesters has lately been turning out machines with a technical...

'tech Cities 1.0' Report Ranks Silicon Valley's Rivals
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'tech Cities 1.0' Report Ranks Silicon Valley's Rivals

The Tech Cities 1.0 report ranks U.S. cities based on GDP, jobs, economic and commercial real estate activity, and other metrics.

How Big Data Mines Personal Info to Craft Fake News and Manipulate Voters
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How Big Data Mines Personal Info to Craft Fake News and Manipulate Voters

The opening chords of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" rocked a hotel ballroom in New York City as a nattily dressed British man strode onstage...

Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better
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Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better

To distill a clear message from growing piles of unruly genomics data, researchers often turn to meta-analysis—a tried-and-true statistical procedure for combining...

A Guide to Challenges Facing Self-Driving Car Technologists
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A Guide to Challenges Facing Self-Driving Car Technologists

In the minds of many in Silicon Valley and in the auto industry, it is inevitable that cars will eventually drive themselves.

Chinese Exam Authorities ­se Facial Recognition, Drones to Catch Cheats
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Chinese Exam Authorities ­se Facial Recognition, Drones to Catch Cheats

Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their "gaokao", the annual university entrance exam...

The AI Doctor Orders More Tests
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The AI Doctor Orders More Tests

Few U.S. industries are growing as fast as health care, but the big public-cloud companies—Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google—have struggled to crack the $3.2 trillion...

Why Car Companies Are Hiring Computer Security Experts
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Why Car Companies Are Hiring Computer Security Experts

It started about seven years ago. Iran's top nuclear scientists were being assassinated in a string of similar attacks: Assailants on motorcycles were pulling up...

The Head of the U.s. Patent Office Has Abruptly Resigned
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The Head of the U.s. Patent Office Has Abruptly Resigned

America's top patent and trademark official has abruptly resigned from her post.

Bringing Native Students Into STEM Fields
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Bringing Native Students Into STEM Fields

Three schools in South Dakota will continue collaborative efforts to encourage more Native American students to enter science, technology, engineering, and math...

Apple Just Joined Tech's Great Race to Democratize AI
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Apple Just Joined Tech's Great Race to Democratize AI

Apple's iMac updates and new HomePod speaker drew most of the attention at the company's World Wide Developers keynote. But tucked away in the middle were a short...
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