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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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How One Apple Programmer Got Apps Talking to Each Other
Just six months after joining Apple, Sal Soghoian's job was already on the line.
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How to Convert Your Wall into a Giant Touch Screen
The right paint can add pizazz to your walls—and now it can also make them smarter.
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Teaching Chores To An Artificial Agent
Researchers will demonstrate a system that can simulate detailed household tasks and then have artificial "agents" execute them, opening up the possibility of one...
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Distracted Driver and Braking Error Cited in Autonomous ber Car's Fatal Crash
More than a second before a self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in March, the vehicle's computer system determined it needed to brake...
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NIST Puts the Optical Microscope nder the Microscope
Research developments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology enable optical microscopes to measure nanometer-scale motion with a new level of accuracy...
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70 Years of Instant Photos, Thanks to Inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid Camera
It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken of her. Today, thanks to smartphones and other digital...
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Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It
Better batteries mean better products. They give us longer-lasting smartphones, anxiety-free electric transport, and potentially, more efficient energy storage...
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How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of .S. Technology
The U.S. government was well aware of China's aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year...
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The Surprising Return of the Repo Man
The computer in the spotter car shouted "Hide!," and repo agent Derek Lewis knew that meant to keep driving like nothing had happened.
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How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers
There are times when the diagnosis announces itself as the patient walks in, because the body is, among other things, a text.
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Disabled Videogamers Get a New Controller
Microsoft Corp. is making a videogame controller designed for people with disabilities, the latest in a growing number of industry efforts to accommodate players...
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The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of
When The Economist called Stanford Ovshinsky "the Edison of our age," the name might have been unfamiliar to most people, but the comparison was apt.
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Subcutaneous Fitbits? These Cows Are Modeling the Tracking Technology of the Future
Somewhere on a dairy farm in Wellsville, Utah, are three cyborg cows, indistinguishable from the rest of the herd.
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In Silicon Valley, Chinese 'Accelerators' Aim to Bring Startups Home
Beijing's unslakeable thirst for the latest technology has spurred a proliferation of "accelerators" in Silicon Valley that aim to identify promising startups and...
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Some Hard Numbers on Science's Leadership Problems
Scientists pride themselves on being keen observers, but many seem to have trouble spotting the problems right under their noses.
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The First Wireless Flying Robotic Insect Takes Off
Engineers at the University of Washington have created a tiny flying robot that can be powered remotely without a wire tether.
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White House Eliminates Top Cyber Adviser Post
The Trump administration has eliminated the White House's top cyber policy role, jettisoning a key position created during the Obama presidency to harmonize the...
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Inside Google, a Debate Rages: Should It Sell Artificial Intelligence to the Military?
Last July, 13 U.S. military commanders and technology executives met at the Pentagon's Silicon Valley outpost, two miles from Google headquarters.
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Racing for an A: Students Put Self-Driving Cars to Final Test
Computer science students at the University of Virginia raced miniature autonomous vehicles last week as part of their final exam.
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Popular Encrypted Email Standards Are nsafe - European Researchers
European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked, leading them to urge people using them...
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