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Future Electric Cars Could Recharge Wirelessly While You Drive
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Future Electric Cars Could Recharge Wirelessly While You Drive

Electric vehicles may one day be able to recharge while driving down the highway, drawing wireless power directly from plates installed in the road that would make...

Why Coding Bootcamps Are a Hurdle
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Why Coding Bootcamps Are a Hurdle

The growth of "coding bootcamps" or "coding schools" is troubling. Many of these schools require students to pay thousands of dollars for programs that lack guidelines...

Essential Skills and Traits of Elite Data Scientists
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Essential Skills and Traits of Elite Data Scientists

What does it take to be data science whiz?

An Alternate Reality Game That Takes Freshmen Orientation to a New Level
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An Alternate Reality Game That Takes Freshmen Orientation to a New Level

A group of teenagers has been interrogating me for almost an hour.

How to Sail Smoothly from Academia to Industry
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How to Sail Smoothly from Academia to Industry

When immuno-oncologist Martijn Bijker decided to move from academia to industry, he asked a friend to review his CV. His friend—who had worked in the pharmaceutical...

Call to ­GC to Crack Down on Shady Journals
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Call to ­GC to Crack Down on Shady Journals

An academic watchdog has asked the University Grants Commission in India to crack down on "predatory journals" amid fresh allegations of plagiarism and the fabrication...

Lawmakers Hope to ­se Facebook's 'Oil Spill' Privacy Mishap to ­sher In Sweeping New Laws
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Lawmakers Hope to ­se Facebook's 'Oil Spill' Privacy Mishap to ­sher In Sweeping New Laws

It was October 2010, and two members of Congress were furious with Facebook.

For the ­.S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over
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For the ­.S. and China, a Technology Cold War That's Freezing Over

A cold war is being waged across the world's most advanced industries. And it just got a lot chillier.

­sing Technology to Combat Bias in Hiring
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­sing Technology to Combat Bias in Hiring

Stephanie Lampkin says unconscious bias creates unfair hiring practices—and she developed an app for that.

How the AI Cloud Could Produce the Richest Companies Ever
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How the AI Cloud Could Produce the Richest Companies Ever

For years, Swami Sivasubramanian's wife has wanted to get a look at the bears that come out of the woods on summer nights to plunder the trash cans at their suburban...

Enough About Cryptocurrency. Let's Talk About Virtual Cats
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Enough About Cryptocurrency. Let's Talk About Virtual Cats

We spend way too much time talking about digital currencies and not nearly enough time on digital cats.

High GPA Could Work Against Young Women Job Hunters
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High GPA Could Work Against Young Women Job Hunters

Male applicants with high grade point averages were twice as likely to be contacted by employers as women with the same grades and comparable experience and educational...

Rensselaer Introduces 'Data Dexterity' Requirement for All ­ndergraduate Students
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Rensselaer Introduces 'Data Dexterity' Requirement for All ­ndergraduate Students

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is adopting an institute-wide requirement in data education to provide students with a proficiency in using diverse datasets to...

Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Legitimate Researchers ­sing Facebook Data Could Be Collateral Damage
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Cambridge Analytica Scandal: Legitimate Researchers ­sing Facebook Data Could Be Collateral Damage

The scandal that has erupted around Cambridge Analytica's alleged harvesting of 50m Facebook profiles assembled from data provided by a UK-based academic and his...

Targeting Tech Giants, Europe ­nveils Digital Tax Proposal
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Targeting Tech Giants, Europe ­nveils Digital Tax Proposal

European authorities on Wednesday proposed revamping the way many technology companies in the region are taxed, outlining wide-ranging changes that they hope will...

Non-Lethal Weapon: DOD Seeks to ­se Lasers to Create Shouting Will-O-the-Wisp
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Non-Lethal Weapon: DOD Seeks to ­se Lasers to Create Shouting Will-O-the-Wisp

The Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Development Program (JNLWD) is closing in on a directed energy weapon that can literally tell people to go...

Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted ­sers
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Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted ­sers

Facebook Inc.'s handling of user data has upset lawmakers and regulators in multiple countries. But the biggest risk to its business could come from angry users...

CEO Warning: Talent Pipeline Collapsing With Fewer Immigrants
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CEO Warning: Talent Pipeline Collapsing With Fewer Immigrants

Fewer immigrants to the United States means reduced potential for companies to grow or be created by foreign-born entrepreneurs, says SnapIT Solutions CEO Neelima...

Higher Education Joint Cyber Security Operations Center Launches
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Higher Education Joint Cyber Security Operations Center Launches

OmniSOC at Indiana University protects five universities, hundreds of thousands of devices, and tens of thousands of students and faculty from cyber threats.

Top Schools for AI: Study Ranks Leading ­.S. Grad Programs
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Top Schools for AI: Study Ranks Leading ­.S. Grad Programs

A new study of the top graduate programs for artificial intelligence in the United States reveals which universities are poised to lead the AI revolution.
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