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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto's Icy Heart
Scientists are offering several new scenarios to explain the formation of Pluto's frozen heart-shaped feature, first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in...
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Facebook Developing Artificial Intelligence to Flag Offensive Live Videos
Facebook Inc is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor...
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Can We Trust Autonomous Weapons?
Nations consider using defense systems that can make their own lethal decisions.
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Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server
The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.
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Cracking the Code on Biology
Genetic engineering promises to revolutionize everything from agriculture and biofuels to medicine and food safety.
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Rescue Robot 'sees' With Drone Eyes
Researchers in Japan have developed a prototype construction robot that can be used for disaster relief.
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Researchers Explore New 2d Materials That Could Make Devices Faster, Smaller, and Efficient
An international team of scientists has conducted new research into two-dimensional materials, a class of nanomaterials only a few atoms in thickness.
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Reuters Built Its Own Algorithmic Prediction Tool to Help It Spot (and Verify) Breaking News on Twitter
Reuters has developed software that automates the process of spotting breaking news.
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Construction Greener and More Efficient With Intelligent Software
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Warwick have developed technology they say could boost the fuel efficiency and environmental friendliness of construction...
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AI Contest Aims to Build the Communications Network of the Future
Participants in the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge can win millions of dollars for developing a radio frequency spectrum allocation system powered by artificial...
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The New Intel: How Nvidia Went From Powering Video Games To Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky is eating a sausage omelet and sipping burnt coffee in a Denny's off the Berryessa overpass in San Jose.
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Hacker Lexicon: What Is Perfect Forward Secrecy?
Encryption keeps your secrets, until it doesn't.
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Theory Challenging Einstein's View on Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested
The newborn universe may have glowed with light beams moving much faster than they do today, according to a theory that overturns Einstein's century-old claim that...
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'hackathon' Attempts to STEM Proliferation of Fake News
A hackathon inspired by the influence of fake news on the U.S. presidential election seeks to incentivize the prioritization of truth.
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Driverless Cars to Hit the Road in Ontario Early Next Year
The University of Waterloo's Center for Automotive Research in Canada will begin testing an autonomous vehicle on Ontario's public roads early next year.
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Eight States Have Fewer Than 10 Girls Take Ap Computer Science Exam
Nearly 55,000 students in the U.S. took the Advanced Placement computer science A exam this year.
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Europe Is Leading the Way in AI and Machine Learning (and Even Silicon Valley Wants In)
Europe is either ahead of or on equal footing with the U.S. in terms of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies.
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Positive Language Is on the Decline in the nited States, Study Finds
A new study shows people are more likely to use positive rather than negative words in their communications.
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China Turns Big Data Into Big Brother
It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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