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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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Hackers Told to Break into U.S. Voting Machines Didn't Have Much Trouble
Hackers at this year's Def Con hacker conference successfully exploited weaknesses in U.S. voting systems, demonstrating that many machines could be hijacked and...
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How Facebook Catches Bugs in Its 100 Million Lines of Code
For the past four years, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find bugs in its massive codebase.
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You Can Now Practice Firing Someone in VR
Virtual reality workplace training provider Talespin has developed virtual characters to train people in soft management skills such as firing employees. ...
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Virtual 'Universe Machine' Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution
Researchers at the University of Arizona have used supercomputer simulations to understand how galaxies such as the Milky Way come into existence.
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Apple Transforms Central Park Into an Augmented Reality Gallery
Apple has launched an intiative called [AR]T, a curation of augmented reality art featured in a series of guided walks in New York City's Central Park.
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Canada Shows the Way on Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers at universities across Canada are helping the country prepare for the coming autonomous vehicle and electric vehicle revolution, while raising Canada's...
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Legal Shield for Websites Rattles Under Onslaught of Hate Speech
U.S. lawmakers are debating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects websites from liability for user-generated content.
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Wearable Motion Sensors Could Monitor Baby In Utero
Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a technique that could allow expectant parents to hear their baby's heartbeat continuously at...
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Digital Twins Grow Up
The idea of creating digital twins to simulate real-world systems isn't new, but the concept is advancing rapidly.
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Google Maps for Tissues
Researchers at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany have developed software to help make sense of vast datasets generated by modern light microscopy...
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Two Fraudsters, One Passport – Computers Detect Fraudulent Identity Photos
Researchers at the University of Lincoln found that computers are more accurate than humans at detecting photos that have undergone face morphing, a digital manipulation...
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Sydney's $600M Smart Motorway Project to Be Put to the Test
Australia's New South Wales government will soon initiate trials for the $600-million (US$404-million) M4 Smart Motorway project.
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Waiting-Room Anxiety Eased With Apps That Give Updates
Startups and large healthcare organizations are developing tools designed to give parents frequent updates on what is happening to their children during surgeries...
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People With Autism Are Hot Hires for AI Jobs
Ernst & Young and other companies are recruiting people with autism for artificial intelligence jobs through neurodiversity hiring programs.
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WhatsApp Flaws Could Allow Hackers to Alter Messages
Cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies found three potential ways to alter conversations in Facebook's WhatsApp messaging app.
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NHS to Set Up National AI Lab
The U.K. National Health Service is launching a national AI laboratory to enhance the care of patients and facilitate research.
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IBM, Other Companies Launch New Blockchain Network for Supply Management
IBM and a number of other multinational corporations have jointly developed a new blockchain network, with the goal of improving manual and cumbersome supply chain...
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Facial Recognition Coming to a Supermarket Near You
Rapid advancements of AI and facial recognition technologies, combined with a dramatic decline in costs, means that these systems are now viable for use by supermarkets...
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A Breakthrough in Explainable AI
Researchers create an artificial intelligence agent that explains its reasoning.
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