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'One Has This Feeling of Having Contributed to Something That’s Gone Very Wrong'
A conversation with virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier on Silicon Valley's politics, being quoted by Mark Zuckerberg, and what went wrong with the Internet.
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Cerf, Kahn Among 8 Recognized with Franklin Institute Awards
Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf are among the award recipients, "for enabling the Internet by developing TCP/IP."
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Moscow State niversity Team Wins World Finals of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
University teams from Beijing and Tokyo also were recognized with gold medals.
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Scientists se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass
Researchers used artificial intelligence to discover and improve metallic glass faster and less expensively than previous methods.
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Weird Quantum Physics Is Key to Keeping Your Credit Card Safe
Researchers used quantum mechanics to develop a new method for generating random numbers to help shield sensitive information from eavesdropping.
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Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words
Google recently launched a website to demonstrate the company's progress in semantic search.
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Invertebrates Inspire First Fully 3D Printed Active Materials for Robots
Researchers say they have developed the first fully three-dimensionally-printed dielectric elastomer actuators to perform high bending motion.
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Who Wrote This?
The creators of malicious code could be unmasked by a machine learning de-anonymizer.
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How 'Ninja Polymers' Are Fighting Killer Superbugs
In Ridley Scott's seminal blockbuster Blade Runner, humanity has harnessed bio-engineering to create a race of replicants that look, act and sound human—but are...
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AN Helping Build Cheaper, Greener Electricity Networks
New smart electricity technology recently passed a major test in Australia by proving it can help manage renewable energy and battery storage for households and...
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Machine Learning’s ‘Amazing’ Ability to Predict Chaos
In new computer experiments, artificial-intelligence algorithms can tell the future of chaotic systems.
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OLPC’s $100 Laptop was Going to Change the World — Then it All Went Wrong
It was supposed to be the laptop that saved the world.
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Fight for Tech Supremacy Intensifies as .S. Takes Aim at Chinese Companies
The United States undercut China's technology ambitions on Tuesday, advancing a new rule that would limit the ability of Chinese telecommunications companies to...
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Thousands of Apps in Google Play Store May Be Illegally Tracking Children, Study Finds
An analysis of popular children's apps available on the Google Play Store has determined most may be in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...
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.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark
A new machine learning and artificial intelligence technique generates a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face taken at night.
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Nanobots Glide Through Living Cells
Using small, rotating magnetic fields, researchers controlled nanomachines inside of living cells to trace the letters "N" and "M."
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sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine
Researchers have developed a residential energy scheduling algorithm by training three action dependent heuristic dynamic programming networks.
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...
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UW Researchers Pioneer Way for Ordering Laundry Detergent with 3D Printing
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional-printing method that can monitor laundry detergent use, and place an order when the supply is running low.
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