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Artificial Intelligence Ethics a New Focus at Cambridge ­niversity
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Artificial Intelligence Ethics a New Focus at Cambridge ­niversity

A new center to study the implications of artificial intelligence and try to influence its ethical development has been established at the U.K.'s Cambridge University...

Apple Open Sources Its Swift Programming Language
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Apple Open Sources Its Swift Programming Language

In a move that represents a significant shift for Apple—and for the tech industry as a whole—the world's most valuable company has open sourced its Swift programming...

Google Cultural Institute Puts Viewers Onstage
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Google Cultural Institute Puts Viewers Onstage

Practicing—or buying a ticket—isn't the only way to get to Carnegie Hall.

Helping Hand
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Helping Hand

In late October, when the Apple TV was relaunched, Bandit’s Shark Showdown was among the first apps designed for the platform.

Artificial Intelligence Called In to Tackle Lhc Data Deluge
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Artificial Intelligence Called In to Tackle Lhc Data Deluge

The next generation of particle-collider experiments will feature some of the world's most advanced thinking machines, if links now being forged between particle...

In a Global Market For Hacking Talent, Argentines Stand Out
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In a Global Market For Hacking Talent, Argentines Stand Out

Want to learn how to break into the computerized heart of a medical device or an electronic voting machine? Maybe a smartphone or even a car?

Computer Model Helps Explain Bizarre Prehistoric Sea Creature
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Computer Model Helps Explain Bizarre Prehistoric Sea Creature

Computer simulations have allowed scientists to work out how a puzzling 555-million-year-old organism fed, revealing that some of the first large, complex organisms...

Apple Is Getting More Bang For Its R&d Buck
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Apple Is Getting More Bang For Its R&d Buck

Silicon Valley is aglow from so-called moonshots.

Despite Its Status as a Chip Powerhouse, Taiwan Neglects Supercomputing
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Despite Its Status as a Chip Powerhouse, Taiwan Neglects Supercomputing

A quick glance at the new ranking of top supercomputers gives a surprising showing by one of the world’s technological powerhouses.

Supercomputer Simulations Enhance ­nderstanding of Protein Motion and Function
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Supercomputer Simulations Enhance ­nderstanding of Protein Motion and Function

Supercomputing simulations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory could change how researchers understand the internal motions of proteins that play functional, structural...

Can Coding Make the Classroom Better?
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Can Coding Make the Classroom Better?

Diagrams of simple machines—a pulley, an inclined plane, a lever—appeared on the massive whiteboard of a school STEAM lab (science, technology, engineering, and...

Two Dozen Disney It Workers Prepare to Sue Over Foreign Replacements
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Two Dozen Disney It Workers Prepare to Sue Over Foreign Replacements

At least 23 former Disney IT workers have filed complaints with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over the loss of their jobs to foreign...

Are Two Programmers Really Better Than One?
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Are Two Programmers Really Better Than One?

Texas Tech professor Miguel Aguirre-Urreta and his team investigated the advantages and perceptions of pair programming from the programmer's standpoint.

'go' Is the Game Machines Can't Beat. Google's Artificial Intelligence Whiz Hints That His Will.
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'go' Is the Game Machines Can't Beat. Google's Artificial Intelligence Whiz Hints That His Will.

When the world’s smartest researchers train computers to become smarter, they like to use games.

Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results
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Rampant Software Errors May ­ndermine Scientific Results

The opportunities for both subtle and profound errors in software and data management are boundless, yet they remain surprisingly underappreciated. It is therefore...

Julia Gets $600K
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Julia Gets $600K

Julia, a dynamic language for technical computing, has been given $600,000 by the Moore Foundation to help move the core open-source language and libraries into...

Google's Robot Group Struggles to Fill Leadership Vacuum as It Shoots For Ambitious Launch Before 2020
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Google's Robot Group Struggles to Fill Leadership Vacuum as It Shoots For Ambitious Launch Before 2020

Nearly two years ago, Google announced a new robotics division that had secretly snapped up almost ten companies.

To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
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To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies

Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.

How to Judge Scientists' Strengths
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How to Judge Scientists' Strengths

When the director of a research institute asked his Twitter followers for a practical way to dig out promising candidates from the hundreds of applications sitting...

Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse
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Astronomers Begin Building Super Telescope to See Dawn of the ­niverse

The biggest and baddest telescope in the world stands atop a volcanic peak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa.
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