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Why the Computing Cloud Will Keep Growing and Growing
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Why the Computing Cloud Will Keep Growing and Growing

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, along with a couple of his rivals, may eventually control much of the $1 trillion global market for business computers and software.

Peaceful European ­nion Starts to Fund Military Research
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Peaceful European ­nion Starts to Fund Military Research

Faced with a changing world order and buffeted by a slew of political crises and terrorist attacks, the historically civilian European Union is bolstering its military...

Honey, I Shrunk the Circuit
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Honey, I Shrunk the Circuit

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have shown it's possible to make transistors and diodes from advanced semiconductor materials that could perform much better...

Programmers Trade Knowledge on Xeon Phi Processor
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Programmers Trade Knowledge on Xeon Phi Processor

Argonne National Laboratory hosted over 130 IXPUG participants for four days of tutorials, workshops, and talks aimed at illuminating the relatively unplumbed world...

Future 'smart Cities' Should Be Super-Connected, Green, and Resilient
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Future 'smart Cities' Should Be Super-Connected, Green, and Resilient

Rutgers Professor Narayan Mandayam leads forward-thinking research on how to improve the quality of life in cities while protect the planet

The White House's Fix For Robots Stealing Jobs? Education
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The White House's Fix For Robots Stealing Jobs? Education

A new report from the White House warns that millions of jobs could be automated out of existence in coming years. But it cautions against one much discussed solution...

Nvidia Surges in 2016 Using Graphics Chips to Challenge Intel
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Nvidia Surges in 2016 Using Graphics Chips to Challenge Intel

When Paulina Sliwinska, a fund manager at Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford & Co., made the trip to Silicon Valley looking for the next big thing in technology, she...

Students: Colleges Are Tracking You Online. It Can Help You Graduate
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Students: Colleges Are Tracking You Online. It Can Help You Graduate

Companies use lots and lots of data, including your daily Web surfing, to help them sell you stuff.

Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, on the Future of Ai, Robots, and Coffeemakers
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Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, on the Future of Ai, Robots, and Coffeemakers

Astro Teller has an unusual way of starting a new project: He tries to kill it.

Online Education Pioneer Boots Up a Jobs Program For the Tech Industry
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Online Education Pioneer Boots Up a Jobs Program For the Tech Industry

Sebastian Thrun smiles a little awkwardly as he explains why he no longer believes in the educational revolution he sold to the world just a few years ago.

First Use of Graphene to Detect Cancer Cells
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First Use of Graphene to Detect Cancer Cells

By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have shown they can differentiate a single hyperactive cancerous...

Growing a Network of Role Models
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Growing a Network of Role Models

MIT senior Marlyse Reeves is building a supportive community of women in aerospace engineering.

Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump
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Scientists Are Frantically Copying U.S. Climate Data, Fearing It Might Vanish Under Trump

Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of...

Internet ­se In Class Tied to Lower Test Scores
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Internet ­se In Class Tied to Lower Test Scores

Surfing the Internet in class is linked to poorer test scores, even among the most intelligent and motivated of students, researchers say.

STEM Enrichment Activities Have No Impact on Exam Results
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STEM Enrichment Activities Have No Impact on Exam Results

Enrichment activities to encourage pupils to study science and technology subjects have made no difference to their performance in mathematics exams, new research...

Fast-Track Control Accelerates Switching of Quantum Bits
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Fast-Track Control Accelerates Switching of Quantum Bits

Physicists have described a new framework for faster control of a quantum bit — the basic unit of information in yet-to-be created quantum computers — which could...

Making Big Data Manageable
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Making Big Data Manageable

Technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.

Artificial Intelligence Has a Big Year Ahead
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Artificial Intelligence Has a Big Year Ahead

Get ready for AI to show up where you'd least expect it.

Banks Turn to Mind Reading to Source Top Tech Graduates
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Banks Turn to Mind Reading to Source Top Tech Graduates

Want to work at a bank? First you have to let them read your mind.

The Highest Paying Jobs in California Are in Science and Engineering
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The Highest Paying Jobs in California Are in Science and Engineering

According to PayScale data, the highest paying jobs in California are Computer and Information Research Scientists (median pay $112,000), Computer Hardware Engineers...
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