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Security Fears Spark Crackdown on Chinese Tech
The federal government is taking steps to reduce the presence of some Chinese technology firms in American markets.
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Thank the Planet's Shifty Magnetic Poles For Runway Renaming
For decades, pilots heading into or out of Wichita Eisenhower National Airport in southeast Kansas have had three runways to choose from: 1L/19R, 1R/19L, and 14...
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China Declared World's Largest Producer of Scientific Articles
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States in terms of the total number of science publications, according to statistics compiled by the US National...
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AI 'scientist' Finds That Toothpaste Ingredient May Help Fight Drug-Resistant Malaria
Researchers discovered that a toothpaste ingredient could be used as a drug against strains of malaria resistant to existing drugs.
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Nus Engineers Invent Tiny Vision Processing Chip For ltra-Small Smart Vision Systems and Iot Applications
EQSCALE is a new microchip that captures visual details from video frames using 20 times less power than existing chips.
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Are Programs Better Than People at Predicting Reoffending?
A Dartmouth College research study found the COMPAS computer program performed about as well as humans at predicting recidivism.
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Himawari-8 Data Assimilated Simulation Enables 10-Minute pdates of Rain and Flood Predictions
Researchers in Japan used the K supercomputer to show incorporating satellite data at frequent intervals into weather prediction models can improve weather predictions...
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Can Software Predict Crime? Maybe So, but No Better Than a Human
Can you predict a crime?
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Brain Mri, AI Predict Deaf Children's Capacity to Learn Language
A new method using two types of computing technology can predict how well a deaf child can learn language after receiving cochlear implant surgery.
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New Carnegie Mellon Dynamic Statistical Model Follows Gene Expressions Over Time
Researchers say they have developed a new dynamic statistical model to visualize changing patterns in networks.
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Kettering University Students Converting Chevy Bolt Into Autonomous Vehicle
Kettering University researchers are participating in the AutoDrive Challenge, in which teams convert a Chevrolet Bolt into a Level 4 autonomous vehicle.
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c Riverside Research Will Help Protect Military Software From Hackers
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside say they are trying to protect important but outdated computers and software still in use by securing legacy...
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Artificial Intelligence Will Be a Human Jobs Creator
In 2013, James "Jimi" Crawford founded a company called Orbital Insight, barely noticed at the time amid the Silicon Valley froth.
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How a 22-Year-Old Discovered the Worst Chip Flaws in History
In 2013, a teenager named Jann Horn attended a reception in Berlin hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. He and 64 other young Germans had done well in a government...
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Pulses of Light to Encrypt Data and Protect Security of Cryptocurrencies
Researchers have developed a frequency comb they think could encrypt data and bolster the security of cryptocurrency.
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'earworm Melodies With Strange Aspects'--What Happens When AI Makes Music
The FlowMachines project has produced the first entire studio album co-created by artists and artificial intelligence.
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Alibaba and Microsoft AI Beat Humans in Stanford Reading Test
Artificial intelligence programs from China and the U.S. last week outperformed humans in a global reading comprehension test
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No Evidence to Support Link Between Violent Video Games and Behavior
The results of experiments involving more than 3,000 participants demonstrates that increasing the realism of violent video games does not necessarily boost aggression...
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Smart Buildings That Can Manage Our Electricity Needs
Researchers have developed a system to collect data on consumers' energy usage and comfort within buildings.
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