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Student App Taps Computer Vision to See If Water is Safe to Drink
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Student App Taps Computer Vision to See If Water is Safe to Drink

Two students developed an AI-powered Android app capable of determining if potential drinking water is safe to drink.

Pearson Ditches Print Textbooks in Digital-First Strategy
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Pearson Ditches Print Textbooks in Digital-First Strategy

Textbook publishing giant Pearson is ending regular revisions of all print textbooks in its higher-education category and will focus instead on updating its digital...

The Plan to Mine the World's Research Papers
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The Plan to Mine the World's Research Papers

A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis—but is it legal?

Machine Learning System Automatically Translates Long-Lost Languages
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Machine Learning System Automatically Translates Long-Lost Languages

Some ancient languages that have never been deciphered could be in line for machine translation.

Virtual Gaming Platform Targets Pharmacy Education
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Virtual Gaming Platform Targets Pharmacy Education

The SimPharm clinical pharmacology gaming platform aims to bridge the gap between classroom learning and patient care.

Robots Alone Can't Solve Amazon's Labor Woes
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Robots Alone Can't Solve Amazon's Labor Woes

As Amazon scrambles to automate its warehouses to boost efficiency, it's creating a new human-robot hybrid workforce.

Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?
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Can Congress Help Solve the Gender Gap in Tech?

The non-profit Girls Who Code is working with Congress to draft federal legislation to encourage U.S. states to report gender diversity data.

Amazon Pledges $700 Million to Teach Its Workers to Code
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Amazon Pledges $700 Million to Teach Its Workers to Code

Amazon announced Thursday that it will spend up to $700 million over the next six years retraining 100,000 of its U.S. employees.

Chinese Scientists Facing Greater Scrutiny by ­nited States
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Chinese Scientists Facing Greater Scrutiny by ­nited States

In recent months, academics of Chinese descent say they are being increasingly singled out for scrutiny.

How Electronic Skin Could Help People With Disabilities
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How Electronic Skin Could Help People With Disabilities

Researchers are developing wearable technology that could be used to control devices, receive information, and even register sensation.

The IT Talent Shortage: Separating Myths from Facts
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The IT Talent Shortage: Separating Myths from Facts

Universities and alternative education programs can't produce IT workers as quickly as needed.

Students Are Choosing AI Over Computer Science as Job Prospects Change
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Students Are Choosing AI Over Computer Science as Job Prospects Change

Changing demand for job skills is driving students at India's IITs to enroll in advanced engineering courses in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Interns' Job Prospects Constrained by Noncompete Agreements
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Interns' Job Prospects Constrained by Noncompete Agreements

Increasingly interns are being asked to sign noncompete, nondisclosure, and forced arbitration agreements that critics argue hamper young people's job opportunities...

Inside One District's Approach to Redesign STEM Education
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Inside One District's Approach to Redesign STEM Education

Teachers in Tracy, Calif. are meeting this summer to redesign the district's approach to STEM education.

Data Science Salary Survey Reveals Market Shift
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Data Science Salary Survey Reveals Market Shift

Frenzied demand for data scientists and predictive analytics professionals has gotten a little calmer over the past year, and salaries have remained relatively...

Essential Tech Career Skills Your CS Degree May Have Missed
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Essential Tech Career Skills Your CS Degree May Have Missed

An executive panel identifies key professional skills graduates wouldn't necessarily learn in a computer science curriculum.

SoNIC Program Empowers Diverse CS Students
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SoNIC Program Empowers Diverse CS Students

Cornell University's SoNIC workshop, now in its ninth year, has exposed hundreds of minority students from across the U.S. to computer science, and to the prerequisites...

Drag-and-Drop Data Analytics
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Drag-and-Drop Data Analytics

System lets nonspecialists use machine-learning models to make predictions for medical research, sales, and more.

4-H and Google Expand Access to Free Computer Science Education
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4-H and Google Expand Access to Free Computer Science Education

A new $6 million grant from Google.org will help 4-H bring technology, resources, and training to rural and underserved communities in the United States.

The Gender Gap in Computer Science Research Won't Close for 100 Years
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The Gender Gap in Computer Science Research Won't Close for 100 Years

Women will not reach parity with men in writing published computer science research in this century if current trends hold, according to a new study from the Allen...
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