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Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You
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Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You

It is imperative that the law deal effectively with the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence, says Ryan Calo, assistant professor in the University of Washington...

European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud
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European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud

From astronomy to genomics, scientists are increasingly storing and studying their data sets on shared remote ‘cloud’ computing servers, accessed through the Internet...

Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children
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Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children

Excessive use of computer games among young people in China appears to be taking an alarming turn and may have particular relevance for American parents whose children...

Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM
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Study Highlights Striking Racial and Gender Gaps in High School STEM

High school boys are more likely to take engineering and technology classes and to consider pursuing postsecondary STEM majors, despite the fact that male and female...

Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria
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Researchers Develop Basic Computing Elements For Bacteria

Sensors, memory switches, and circuits can be encoded in common human gut bacterium.

Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts
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Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts

In the past decade, Moxie Marlinspike has squatted on an abandoned island, toured the U.S. by hopping trains, he says, and earned the enmity of government officials...

Toss Your Manual Overboard; Augmented Reality Aims at Big Industry
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Toss Your Manual Overboard; Augmented Reality Aims at Big Industry

For better or for worse, augmented reality (AR) is charging forward in the consumer space—but there's a place for AR in the industrial world as well.

The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America
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The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America

Loren Yu was on a weekend trip in Los Angeles when he received an urgent email from a friend. The friend, Kalvin Wang, had a proposition.

I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code
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I Spent Spring Break Teaching Girls to Code

During spring break, I taught thirty girls how to complete projects in game design with Scratch, develop apps with MIT AppInventor, create robotics programs with...

The 24/7 Search For Killer Quakes
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The 24/7 Search For Killer Quakes

At 17 minutes past midnight on Saturday 25 April, Rob Sanders's computer started chiming with alerts.

Csail Report: Giving Government Special Access to Data Poses Major Security Risks
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Csail Report: Giving Government Special Access to Data Poses Major Security Risks

Granting governments access to encrypted data would increase data security concerns, the authors of a new report say.

Climate Scientists Discuss Future of Their Field
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Climate Scientists Discuss Future of Their Field

Some 2,000 climate scientists are flocking to Paris this week to chew over their research ahead of December's crucial round of negotiations in the French capital...

For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?
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For Start-­ps, How Many Angels Is Too Many?

Shortly after presenting her start-up to potential investors at a conference, Nancy Hua was bombarded by eager suitors.

Car Dashboards That Act Like Smart Phones Raise Safety Issues
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Car Dashboards That Act Like Smart Phones Raise Safety Issues

When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them.

Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits
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Autonomous Taxis Would Deliver Significant Environmental and Economic Benefits

A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that a fleet of driverless taxis would be cost-effective and would greatly reduce per-mile greenhouse...

Meet Our Future Robosimian Heroes
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Meet Our Future Robosimian Heroes

Not all robots are built for war and destruction.

Machine Ethics: The Robot's Dilemma
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Machine Ethics: The Robot's Dilemma

In his 1942 short story 'Runaround', science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov introduced the Three Laws of Robotics—engineering safeguards and built-in ethical principles...

As More Tech Start-­ps Stay Private, So Does the Money
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As More Tech Start-­ps Stay Private, So Does the Money

Not long ago, if you were a young, brash technologist with a world-conquering start-up idea, there was a good chance you spent much of your waking life working...

No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution
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No Internet? No Problem. Inside Cuba's Tech Revolution

Robin Pedraja, a lanky 28-year-old former design student from Havana, walked into the Cuban government’s office of periodicals and publications early last year...

An Eerie Drone Flight ­nder London's Streets
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An Eerie Drone Flight ­nder London's Streets

The view begins high above the London rooftops, the kind of eye-view usually seen only by crane operators working in cramped cabins.
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