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As Cs50 Expanded, Course Materials Became More Publicly Available
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As Cs50 Expanded, Course Materials Became More Publicly Available

The enormous online popularity of Harvard's popular CS50 class made it easy for enrollees to find answers to problem sets on the Internet, potentially facilitating...

Transparent Thin Film Material Could Improve Electronics
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Transparent Thin Film Material Could Improve Electronics

A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a nanoscale thin film material with high conductivity, which could lead to smaller, faster...

­ber Opening Toronto Research Hub For Driverless Car Technology
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­ber Opening Toronto Research Hub For Driverless Car Technology

University of Toronto computer science professor Raquel Urtasun will lead Uber's new research hub devoted to driverless car technology.

Reversing the Curse
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Reversing the Curse

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed mathematical techniques to advance the study of molecules at the quantum level, possibly lifting the...

Possible Cheating ­ncovered in Popular Harvard Computer Class
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Possible Cheating ­ncovered in Popular Harvard Computer Class

Multiple Harvard students, possibly more than 60, have been suspected of cheating in the wildly popular CS50 computer science course and had their cases referred...

How to Prepare For an Automated Future
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How to Prepare For an Automated Future

We don't know how quickly machines will displace people's jobs, or how many they'll take, but we know it's happening—not just to factory workers but also to ...

Envy Pushes Job Seekers to Fake Their Résumés
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Envy Pushes Job Seekers to Fake Their Résumés

Job seekers who stay in the search longer or see their peers getting hired may falsify their résumés, according to a study from the University at Buffalo School...

Researchers Personalize Chemo Treatments Via Math Modeling
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Researchers Personalize Chemo Treatments Via Math Modeling

A team of Florida State University researchers is using mathematical modeling to find the best and most effective chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients.

Google and Facebook's Idealistic Futures Are Built on Ads
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Google and Facebook's Idealistic Futures Are Built on Ads

In 2011 a young computer scientist named Jeff Hammerbacher said something profound while explaining why he'd decided to leave Facebook—and the promise of a small...

Deep Learning Is a Black Box, but Health Care Won't Mind
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Deep Learning Is a Black Box, but Health Care Won't Mind

Earlier this year, artificial intelligence scientist Sebastian Thrun and colleagues at Stanford University demonstrated that a "deep learning" algorithm was capable...

An Ostrich-Like Robot Pushes the Limits of Legged Locomotion
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An Ostrich-Like Robot Pushes the Limits of Legged Locomotion

What looks like a tiny mechanical ostrich chasing after a car is actually a significant leap forward for robot-kind.

How to Survive the Digital Age? Transform the Corporation
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How to Survive the Digital Age? Transform the Corporation

The convergence of machine learning, mobile connectivity, the Internet of Things, heightened computing power, and other technologies will produce a data tsunami...

Research Shows Technology May Speed Political Polarization
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Research Shows Technology May Speed Political Polarization

Customizability technology increases selective exposure to online political news and minimizes exposure to alternate information, which may contribute to political...

Meet the People Who Train the Robots (to Do Their Own Jobs)
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Meet the People Who Train the Robots (to Do Their Own Jobs)

What if part of your job became teaching a computer everything you know about doing someone's job—perhaps your own?

Scientists Set Record Resolution For Drawing at the One-Nanometer Length Scale
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Scientists Set Record Resolution For Drawing at the One-Nanometer Length Scale

An electron microscope-based lithography system for patterning materials at sizes as small as a single nanometer could be used to create and study materials with...

The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics
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The Internet of Things Needs a Code of Ethics

In October, when malware called Mirai took over poorly secured webcams and DVRs, and used them to disrupt internet access across the United States, I wondered who...

­.s.-Funded Malware Detection Tech Gets Commercial License
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­.s.-Funded Malware Detection Tech Gets Commercial License

Hyperion malware detection technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory will move to the commercial market as part of a...

Software Startups Aim to Automate Bio Labs
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Software Startups Aim to Automate Bio Labs

Earlier this month, major tech consulting company Cambridge Consultants announced a partnership with Synthace, a small, U.K.-based software startup.

The ­S Takes On the World in Nato's Cyber War Games
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The ­S Takes On the World in Nato's Cyber War Games

Last year, Capt. Sean Ruddy and his team of operator-soldiers from the US Cyber Brigade entered a Locked Shields, a NATO-organized cyber-defense war game that pits...

The Easter Egg Puzzles that Are Hiding Inside Video Games
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The Easter Egg Puzzles that Are Hiding Inside Video Games

Brad Hill knew what the jumbled letters represented, but he had no idea where they would lead.
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