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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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This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Code
Researchers found that the brain's demand and language systems encode specific code properties that correlate with machine-learned representations.
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Researchers Pioneer Biocompatible All-Water 'Aquabots'
Researchers have developed a robotic system consisting of ultrasoft liquid robots comprised mainly of water.
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Google Wallet Will Host Digital Driver's License in Maryland
Google has started beta testing hosting of digital driver's licenses and state ID cards for its Wallet application on Android, which will be exclusive to Maryland...
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New Pilot Line Initiative Receives 19 million euros to Accelerate European Quantum Technology Commercialization
The Qu-Pilot Specific Grant agreement is part of a broader Framework Partnership agreement approved by the European Union earlier this year .
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Inventor of World Wide Web Wants Us to Reclaim Our Data from Tech Giants
World Wide Web inventor and 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Tim Berners-Lee founded the startup Inrupt with John Bruce to help users reclaim their personal...
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Wi-Fi Could Help Identify When You're Struggling to Breathe
Researchers developed the BreatheSmart algorithm to analyze a person's movements and determine whether they have difficulty breathing via Wi-Fi routers and devices...
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Jetsons-Style Robots Invading Chicago-Area Hospitals
Roughly human in shape, Moxi robots have been deployed in at least three Chicago-area hospitals amid a shortage of medical workers.
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Meta CEO Zuckerberg Testifies in FTC Case to Block Virtual-Reality Deal
Federal Trade Commission seeks to prevent social-media company from acquiring Within Unlimited.
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Error Control Begins to Shape Quantum Architectures
The overhead of error correction presents a serious challenge to scaling up quantum computing and may produce unexpected winners.
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The Outlook for Crypto
Can cryptocurrencies cut their environmental impact?
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Making Traffic a Thing of the Past
New AI technologies are making it possible to autonomously reduce traffic.
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University of Michigan to Install Smart Intersection Technology
The goal of the $20-million smart intersections project is to have intersections communicate with the technology in cars to warn drivers of potential dangers that...
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This Little-Known Bottleneck is Blocking Clean Energy for Millions
Energy developers want to build a ton of wind and solar — they just can't get it connected to the grid.
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OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data
Officials from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 38 member-states finalized a framework to limit governments' access to citizens' personal...
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Particles of Light May Create Fluid Flow, Data-Theory Comparison Suggests
A computational analysis supports the idea that photons colliding with heavy ions can create a fluid of “strongly interacting” particles.
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U.S. Opens Probe of Cruise Robotaxi Braking, Clogging Traffic
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating reports that General Motors' Cruise autonomous robotaxis can brake too quickly or stop moving...
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Electric Vehicle Charging Investment Approaches the $100-Billion Mark
The amount of money deployed indicates an ability to address systemic industry challenges and opens up access to low-cost capital.
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Microsoft Finds macOS Bug That Lets Malware Bypass Security Checks
Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that automatically checks all apps downloaded from the Internet if they are notarized and developer-signed (approved by Apple)...
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How Ada Lovelace Used Embroidery to Create the First Computer Program
The female computing pioneer drew on lessons from her artistic pursuits.
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