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Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
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Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face

For years, there has been a limit to the success of American technology companies in China. Capture too much market share or wield too much influence, and Beijing...

Nasa Seeks Industry Ideas For an Advanced Mars Satellite
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Nasa Seeks Industry Ideas For an Advanced Mars Satellite

NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications...

Numerical Simulations Shed New Light on Early ­niverse
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Numerical Simulations Shed New Light on Early ­niverse

Computer code developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory simulates conditions during the first few minutes of cosmological evolution to model the role of neutrinos...

Google is Funding Screenplays That Change the Image of Computer Science
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Google is Funding Screenplays That Change the Image of Computer Science

Google wants to help change the way computer science is depicted in the media, so the company is funding a new grant for screenwriters.

Rules For Cyberwarfare Still ­nclear, Even as ­.s. Engages In It
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Rules For Cyberwarfare Still ­nclear, Even as ­.s. Engages In It

When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...

All Powered ­p
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All Powered ­p

Researchers from University of California, Irvine have invented a nanowire-based battery material that can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving closer...

Robotic Consensus
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Robotic Consensus

MIT researchers will describe at ICRA 2016 a decentralized planning algorithm for teams of robots that factors in both stationary and moving obstacles.

Who's the Michael Jordan of Computer Science? New Tool Ranks Researchers' Influence
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Who's the Michael Jordan of Computer Science? New Tool Ranks Researchers' Influence

Last fall, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle, Washington, launched a challenge to Google Scholar, PubMed, and other online search engines...

He Catches What ­mps Might Miss
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He Catches What ­mps Might Miss

Brett Weber, drafted by the Yankees in the 14th round in 1998, never rose above Class A in the minor leagues. Now he watches their home games from a windowless...

Making Electronics Out of Coal
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Making Electronics Out of Coal

Instead of just burning coal, MIT Professor Jeffrey Grossman says electronic devices should be made from the complex hydrocarbon.

Lawful Hacking: Should, or Can, the Fbi Learn to Overcome Encryption Itself?
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Lawful Hacking: Should, or Can, the Fbi Learn to Overcome Encryption Itself?

U.S. lawmakers Tuesday once again brought Apple, the FBI, security experts and law enforcement officials to testify on the ongoing debate over encryption and the...

Apple Refused China Request For Source Code in Last Two Years: Lawyer
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Apple Refused China Request For Source Code in Last Two Years: Lawyer

Apple Inc has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand over its source code but refused, the company's top lawyer told lawmakers on Tuesday...

Victorian Age Technology Can Improve Virtual Reality, Stanford-Dartmouth Study Finds
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Victorian Age Technology Can Improve Virtual Reality, Stanford-Dartmouth Study Finds

Researchers at Dartmouth and Stanford have discovered that "monovision" — a simple technique borrowed from ophthalmology that dates to the monocle of the Victorian...

In Romania, Vestiges of Communism Boost Women in Tech
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In Romania, Vestiges of Communism Boost Women in Tech

Communism, which lasted in Romania for 43 years until 1989, is hardly a time worth longing for, with its food shortages, political prisoners, and secret police....

Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away

As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.

You Pay to Read Research You Fund. That's Ludicrous
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You Pay to Read Research You Fund. That's Ludicrous

In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...

Artificial Intelligence For Everyday ­se: Coming Soon
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Artificial Intelligence For Everyday ­se: Coming Soon

Real-world artificial-intelligence applications are popping up in unexpected places—and much sooner than you might think.

Patching ­p Web Applications
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Patching ­p Web Applications

By exploiting some peculiarities of the popular Web programming framework Ruby on Rails, MIT researchers have developed a system that can quickly comb through tens...

Wi-Fi Capacity Doubled at Less Than Half the Size
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Wi-Fi Capacity Doubled at Less Than Half the Size

Columbia Engineering researchers have integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip.

All Hail Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, King of the Bots
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All Hail Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, King of the Bots

Mark Zuckerberg was once the boy king of Silicon Valley. Now he wants to be the bot king of Silicon Valley.
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