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Mathematical Algorithms Calculate Social Behavior
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Mathematical Algorithms Calculate Social Behavior

Predicting and influencing human behavior is well on its way to becoming reality, according to researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich) in...

Quantum Computers Can Talk to Each Other via a Photon Translator
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Quantum Computers Can Talk to Each Other via a Photon Translator

Researchers from Germany's University of Paderborn have developed a system that can convert photons from one spread of frequencies to another, while preserving...

Accelerating Cancer Research With Deep Learning
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Accelerating Cancer Research With Deep Learning

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are applying deep-learning techniques to automate how information is collected from cancer pathology reports.  

Now You See It, Now You Don't
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

Researchers say they have developed a cloaking device for microscopic photonic integrated devices that will enable photonic computer chips to be more efficient....

AI Science Search Engines Expand Their Reach
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AI Science Search Engines Expand Their Reach

A free AI-based scholarly search engine that aims to outdo Google Scholar is expanding its corpus of papers to cover some 10 million research articles in computer...

Trump's Plans to Shake ­p the Tech World
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Trump's Plans to Shake ­p the Tech World

Donald Trump's ascension to the White House had very little to do with his views on the spread of high-speed broadband, wireless spectrum allocation—or any number...

Vr Is Totally Changing How Architects Dream ­p Buildings
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Vr Is Totally Changing How Architects Dream ­p Buildings

From the Lower Manhattan offices of New York architecture firm SHoP, you can explore buildings around the world—including ones that don't yet exist.

Giant Machine Shows How a Computer Works
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Giant Machine Shows How a Computer Works

Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have built a giant, operational 16-bit computer to help non-experts see how the mechanisms of computation work...

The Fun Work of Technology Crystal Ball Gazing at Sc16
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The Fun Work of Technology Crystal Ball Gazing at Sc16

Next week's International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis will feature a workshop on Post-Moore Era Supercomputing.

What Trump Means For Tech
From ACM News

What Trump Means For Tech

Barack Obama's policies on technology were considered pro-innovation, with a view to using technology expertise to improve government systems and services.

Brain Implants Allow Paralysed Monkeys to Walk
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Brain Implants Allow Paralysed Monkeys to Walk

For more than a decade, neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine has been flying every few months from his lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne...

Paas Enables Greater Customization
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Paas Enables Greater Customization

Platform-as-a-Service environments foster development of custom cloud applications.

Machines May Never Master the Distinctly Human Elements of Language
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Machines May Never Master the Distinctly Human Elements of Language

Artificial intelligence might never be able to completely understand human language.

Future Internet Voting Faces Security Hurdles, CMU Students Find
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Future Internet Voting Faces Security Hurdles, CMU Students Find

A team of Carnegie Mellon University students says strong encryption will be a necessity for any future online or Internet-based U.S. voting system.

Big Data Shows People's Collective Behavior Follows Strong Periodic Patterns
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Big Data Shows People's Collective Behavior Follows Strong Periodic Patterns

Big data-based analysis of datasets of modern and historical news, social media, and Wikipedia page views can reveal periodic patterns in collective population...

The Real-Time Technicolour Living Brain
From ACM News

The Real-Time Technicolour Living Brain

Rosa Cossart thinks she knows what a memory looks like.

Why You Don't Have Much Neanderthal Dna in Your Genome
From ACM News

Why You Don't Have Much Neanderthal Dna in Your Genome

Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor about half a million years ago.

Will Computer Vision Help France Take a Lead in Ai?
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Will Computer Vision Help France Take a Lead in Ai?

A key factor for France emerging as a leader for research and development in artificial intelligence is overcoming public concerns and outdated government regulations...

The Ocean's Robots May Soon Enjoy High-Speed Internet
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The Ocean's Robots May Soon Enjoy High-Speed Internet

A wireless communications network could soon enable autonomous underwater instruments to collect information, communicate, and transfer data at Internet speeds,

China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition

China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...
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