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Algorithms That Learn with Less Data Could Expand Ai's Power
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Algorithms That Learn with Less Data Could Expand Ai's Power

Last year Microsoft and Google both showed that their image-recognition algorithms had learned to best humans.

Automatic Bug Finder
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Automatic Bug Finder

Researchers from MIT CSAIL and the University of Maryland have developed a system that analyzes applications that import functions from programming frameworks.

Juries 'could Enter Virtual Crime Scenes' Following Research
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Juries 'could Enter Virtual Crime Scenes' Following Research

Virtual reality technology used in the gaming industry could be adapted to recreate crime scenes for juries, researchers have claimed.

Looking Beyond Conventional Networks Can Lead to Better Predictions
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Looking Beyond Conventional Networks Can Lead to Better Predictions

Research by a University of Notre Dame team suggests that current algorithms to represent networks have not truly considered the complex inter-dependencies in data...

To Write Better Code, Read Virginia Woolf
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To Write Better Code, Read Virginia Woolf

The humanities are kaput. Sorry, liberal arts cap-and-gowners. You blew it. In a software-run world, what's wanted are more engineers.

Researchers Use Developer Biometrics to Predict Code Quality
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Researchers Use Developer Biometrics to Predict Code Quality

Researchers from the University of Zurich have developed a system capable of predicting the quality of code produced by developers based on their biometric data...

China Quietly Targets ­.s. Tech Companies in Security Reviews
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China Quietly Targets ­.s. Tech Companies in Security Reviews

Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple and other big foreign companies, focusing on whether they pose potential...

Why It's So Darn Hard to Build a Fast Quake Warning System
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Why It's So Darn Hard to Build a Fast Quake Warning System

Geology is not a field known for speed.

The Satellite Industry Is Fueled By Your Need For Global Connectivity
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The Satellite Industry Is Fueled By Your Need For Global Connectivity

When Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies (known as SpaceX) set a rocket down on a barge floating in the Atlantic Ocean on May 6, many cheered it as the latest...

A Learn-By-Doing Approach to Coding
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A Learn-By-Doing Approach to Coding

Noting the range of programming experience of its computer science majors, MIT has developed a new course focused exclusively on programming ability.

Soon We Won't Program Computers. We'll Train Them Like Dogs
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Soon We Won't Program Computers. We'll Train Them Like Dogs

Before the invention of the computer, most experimental psychologists thought the brain was an unknowable black box.

Eske Willerslev Is Rewriting History With Dna
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Eske Willerslev Is Rewriting History With Dna

As a boy growing up in Denmark, Eske Willerslev could not wait to leave Gentofte, his suburban hometown. As soon as he was old enough, he would strike out for the...

Inside Vicarious, the Secretive AI Startup Bringing Imagination to Computers
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Inside Vicarious, the Secretive AI Startup Bringing Imagination to Computers

Life would be pretty dull without imagination. In fact, maybe the biggest problem for computers is that they don't have any.

America Is 'Dropping Cyberbombs'—But How Do They Work?
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America Is 'Dropping Cyberbombs'—But How Do They Work?

Recently, United States Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work publicly confirmed that the Pentagon’s Cyber Command was "dropping cyberbombs," taking its ongoing...

Peek Into the Weird and Wonderful Age of AI (yes, There's a Chatbot)
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Peek Into the Weird and Wonderful Age of AI (yes, There's a Chatbot)

On March 23, Microsoft revealed Tay, a Twitter bot trained to chat like a millennial. It worked … too well.

These Gloves Offer a Modern Twist on Sign Language
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These Gloves Offer a Modern Twist on Sign Language

For years, inventors have been trying to convert some sign language words and letters into textand speech. Now a pair of University of Washington undergraduates...

The Ipad Has Arrived to (someday) Change Baseball Forever
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The Ipad Has Arrived to (someday) Change Baseball Forever

Minutes before the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics trot onto the field during an overcast May afternoon, A's bullpen coach Scott Emerson strides along the...

Hackers Find Dozens of Ways into Pentagon Servers—With Permission
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Hackers Find Dozens of Ways into Pentagon Servers—With Permission

The Pentagon asked hackers to take a crack at its servers, and in response 1,400 hackers found 90 ways in, according to a tweet from the CEO of HackerOne on Friday...

Cybersecurity Sleuths Learn to Think Like Hackers
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Cybersecurity Sleuths Learn to Think Like Hackers

About 35 high-school students sit at neatly arranged rows of tables in the university's gym. Another 115 college-level contestants surround the high schoolers.

China's Virtual Reality Market Will Be Worth $8.5 Billion and Everyone Wants a Piece
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China's Virtual Reality Market Will Be Worth $8.5 Billion and Everyone Wants a Piece

Hip-hop dancers, military marchers and daredevils in winged suits are bringing China's Internet titans into the world of virtual reality.
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