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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Tech's Diversity Problem Is Apparent as Early as High School
In three states, not a single girl took the Advanced Placement exam in computer science last year. In eight states, no Hispanic students took it. And in 11 states...
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Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone
Want to see the Vince Lombardi Trophy that goes to the Super Bowl winner? Take a left in 15 feet.
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N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar
In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...
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The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
Holodecks similar to the simulated-reality rooms seen on "Star Trek" could be available by 2024, according to some scientists and researchers.
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Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone Apps
When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spies could be lurking in the background...
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The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking are playing poker together.
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Big Web Crash in China: Experts Suspect Great Firewall
A massive Internet failure in China on Tuesday prevented most of the country's 500 million Internet users from accessing websites for up to eight hours.
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kraine Tracks Protesters Through Cellphones
The Ukrainian government used telephone technology to pinpoint the locations of cellphones in use near clashes between riot police officers and protesters early...
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Why Bitcoin Matters
A mysterious new technology emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, but actually the result of two decades of intense research and development by nearly anonymous researchers...
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N.s.a. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on those...
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The Next Data Privacy Battle May Be Waged Inside Your Car
Cars are becoming smarter than ever, with global positioning systems, Internet connections, data recorders and high-definition cameras.
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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips
A new class of nanomaterials that can self-assemble might enable the creation of nearly molecule-scale circuits.
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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips
Not long after Gordon E. Moore proposed in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be etched on a silicon chip would continue to double approximately every...
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A Makeover For Maps
Graphic designers are experimenting with new ways of presenting data, to better display the information people download over a range of devices.
From ACM Opinion
When Doctors 'google' Their Patients
I remember when I first looked up a patient on Google.
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When the Future Isn't a Keyboard
Intel says it has seen the future, and it doesn’t include a keyboard.
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nemployed in Europe Stymied By Lack of Technology Skills
A large portion of Europe's unemployed workers and young people entering the workforce lack the necessary skills for technology-based job opportunities.
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Viewing Where the Internet Goes
Will 2014 be the year that the Internet is reined in?
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Reading Your Palm For Security's Sake
They aren't taking any chances at Barclays Bank in Britain.
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