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Fbi Again Finds Itself nable to nlock a Gunman's Cellphone
The Texas church massacre is providing a familiar frustration for law enforcement: FBI agents are unable to unlock the gunman's encrypted cellphone to learn what...
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Choreography With Computers
Singapore Management University professor Akshat Kumar is developing computational methods for choreographing the movements of autonomous cars and ships.
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Computer Scientists Aid in Major Astronomical Discovery
Computer science researchers recently helped to make a major advance in astronomy, as scientists announced last month they observed two neutron stars colliding....
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Touch-Sensitive Avatar-Robotic Arm Based on Real-Time Haptics
Researchers say they have developed a "real-time-avatar-robotic arm" that transmits sound, vision, and tactile sensations to remotely located users.
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Killer Robots: Australia's AI Leaders rge Pm to Support a Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
A letter from 122 members of the Australian artificial intelligence research community urges Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to support for a ban on...
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Nanoscale 'abacus' ses Pulses of Light Instead of Wooden Beads to Perform Calculations
Researchers have developed a nanoscale optical "abacus" that uses light signals to perform arithmetic computation.
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The Subatomic Discovery That Physicists Considered Keeping Secret
A pair of physicists announced the discovery of a subatomic event so powerful that the researchers wondered if it was too dangerous to make public.
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Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon
Heat from friction could power hydrothermal activity on Saturn's moon Enceladus for billions of years if the moon has a highly porous core, according to a new modeling...
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China's Technology Ambitions Could pset the Global Trade Order
When President Trump arrives in Beijing on Wednesday, he will most likely complain about traditional areas of dispute like steel and cars.
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A Third of the Internet Is nder Attack
Researchers completing the first large-scale analysis of victims of Internet denial-of-service attacks worldwide found about a third of the IPv4 address space was...
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How to Ensure AI Is Good For Girls: A Robot For Every Child
Rapid progress is being made in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics, as milestones are being passed in a wide range of areas.
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Building A.i. That can Build A.i.
They are a dream of researchers but perhaps a nightmare for highly skilled computer programmers: artificially intelligent machines that can build other artificially...
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Wormholes Join Black Holes By Quantum Teleportation
A century after wormholes were first theorized, scientists have posited that passages through space-time can be traversed using a special quantum connection between...
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A Better Technique For Spotting Bugs in Self-Driving AI Could Save Lives
Most software bugs won't kill you.
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Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion
On November 1, the US Navy issued its report on the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain this summer.
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Russian Ads, Now Publicly Released, Show Sophistication of Influence Campaign
Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote...
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Ornl, City of Oak Ridge Partner on Sensor Project to Capture Trends in Cities
Researchers are partnering with Oak Ridge, TN, to develop a sensor network and real-time visualization platform that helps cities evaluate urban activity trends...
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. of Michigan Expert Puts Bird-Like Robot Through Its Paces
University of Michigan researchers are working with a two-legged robot bird they say could eventually be used in search-and-rescue missions.
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