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How the Government Shutdown Is Flushing Away Federal Cyber-Talent
The US Federal government is in the midst of the longest gap in funding for many of its agencies in history. As the "shutdown" extends into a second month, the...
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Apple's 'Everyone Can Code' Courses Now Available in Braille
Apple has partnered with the Royal National Institute of Blind People in the U.K. to expand its Everyone Can Code curriculum to visually impaired students.
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Facebook Funds New AI Ethics Institute at Technical niversity of Munich
Facebook has teamed with the Technical University of Munich to establish an Institute of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (AI), via a five-year, $7.5-million grant...
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The Hard Part of Computer Science? Getting Into Class
Computer science is so sought-after on certain college campuses that some students say they have to compete just to get into popular courses.
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Tactile Blocks Teach Blind Kids to Code
Microsoft is testing an educational programming kit for visually impaired children that uses differently-shaped blocks or "pods" that each embody a line of code...
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Hadi Partovi Was Raised in a Revolution. Today He Teaches Kids to Code.
The founder and chief executive of Code.org, who was born in Iran, says computer science is a "foundational skill," one that future doctors, lawyers and politicians...
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Oxford Suspends Research Grants From Huawei Over Security Concerns
Security concerns have prompted Oxford University in the U.K. to sever ties with Huawei.
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A Country's Ambitious Plan to Teach Anyone the Basics of AI
Finland has launched an ambitious challenge to teach the basics of artificial intelligence to 1% of its population.
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A Star Is Born…With C Programming and Robots
The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering's Robotics and Coding Academy aims to inspires children to pursue careers in science and technology...
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Robotic Milkers and an Automated Greenhouse: Inside a High-Tech Small Farm
About 150 Jersey cows in the rolling terrain at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, some 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, wear Fitbit-like collars that monitor their movement...
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The Race to Develop the World's Best Quantum Tech
A few days before Christmas, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that devotes more than US $1.2 billion to a national effort dedicated to quantum...
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STEM Instruction: How Much There Is, Who Gets It
A survey found U.S. students and teachers continue to experience unequal access to science, technology, engineering, and math classes and resources.
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Virtual Reality Gets Real in the Operating Room
A growing number of hospitals and medical centers are embracing virtual reality technology to provide better, faster training for resident doctors and surgeons...
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Researchers Say It's Time to Build an IoT Engineering Discipline
Researchers suggest educational institutions should establish an engineering discipline for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems.
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Machine Learning Can Offer New Tools, Fresh Insights for the Humanities
Truly revolutionary political transformations are naturally of great interest to historians, and the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century is widely...
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Tech Could Help Students Learn During Extended Absences
The University of Colorado is relying on robots to help students maintain a presence in class, even when they cannot physically be there.
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GCHQ Challenges Girls' Schools to Save the .K. From Cyberattacks
The U.K. Government Communications Headquarters has created a competition for 12- to 13-year-old girls aimed at drawing more women into cybersecurity.
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niversity in North Carolina Issues Degrees sing Blockchain
East Coast Polytechnic Institute University graduates can now receive and digitally store degrees with blockchain technology, which delivers secure, immediate verification...
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Brazilian Museum Destroyed by Fire Lives on Through Google
Google is helping preserve Brazil's National Museum via a virtual exhibition, three months after the institution's destruction by fire.
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