Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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After 10 Years, Google Books Is Legal
On Friday, a federal circuit court made clear that Google Books is legal.
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New Auto Safety Technologies Leave Some Drivers Bewildered
Many Americans buying new cars these days are baffled by a torrent of new safety technology.
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Jpl's Role in Making 'the Martian' a Reality
When fictional astronaut Mark Watney becomes stranded alone on the Red Planet in the novel and film "The Martian," people and technology from NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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Disney Research's Smart Lightbulbs Connect Toys & Devices
Disney is considering using light-emitting diode lightbulbs to create an Internet of Toys in which toys could be accessed, monitored, and acted on remotely.
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Fighting Isis Online
The two men pecked out messages on opposite sides of the country.
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$2m Project to se Video Game to Engage Rural Maine Students in Computer Science, Math
University of Maine researchers will use the popular open-world video game Minecraft to introduce the basics of programming to rural fifth-to-eighth graders in...
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Google AI Beats Humans at More Classic Arcade Games Than Ever Before
Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence has been upgraded to defeat human players in 1980s arcade games even better than before.
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Scientists Update Views of Light
Experiment sheds new light on wave-particle duality.
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Automotive Systems Get Smarter
Automotive infotainment systems are driving changes to automobiles, and to driver behavior.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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Barbie Wants to Get to Know Your Child
It looked like a child's playroom: toys in cubbies, a little desk for doing homework, a whimsical painting of a tree on the wall.
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Virtual Reality Gets Real
In 1965, Ivan Sutherland, a computer-graphics pioneer, addressed an international meeting of techies on the subject of virtual reality.
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France Is Now Censoring Your Google Search Results, Wherever You Are
The French now have the "right to be forgotten" worldwide.
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Deep Learning Machine Teaches Itself Chess in 72 Hours, Plays at International Master Level
Imperial College London's Matthew Lai has developed a new artificial intelligence machine which he says can play chess at a master level.
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How the Nfl—not the Nsa—is Impacting Data Gathering Well Beyond the Gridiron
As guards were going so far as to check inside NFL fans' wallets as part of routine security measures before a recent preseason game at Levi's Stadium, a different...
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You Aren't Good Enough to Win Money Playing Daily Fantasy Football
Every first-time player of daily fantasy football begins the new season undefeated, just like even the most hopeless NFL teams.
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Animators Turn to Motion Capture Tech For Better Results
Researchers at the University of Bradford are presenting their work in motion-capture technology at the upcoming British Science Festival.
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I've Taught Computers to Paint Portraits — and How to Code
Falmouth University professor Simon Colton works with software that behaves in ways that would be deemed creative if observed in humans. In an interview, Colton...
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Putin vs. the Internet: The Laws That Matter
A new law in force in Russia from Sept. 1 is intended to force foreign Internet firms to maintain local servers to handle data on Russian citizens.
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