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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Connecting the Jungle and Other Remote Parts of the World
The European Union's TUCAN3G project is bringing 3G wireless service to previously unconnected regions of the world.
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Faster Parallel Computing
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new programming language.
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Machine Learning Techniques Aim to Reduce Traffic
A study by researchers from Tsinghua University in China focused on how traffic signaling can be optimized using deep reinforcement learning.
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A Computer Simulation to Spare Children From Heart Surgery
New software models and compares various pediatric heart surgery interventions in advance, as part of the European Union's CARDIOPROOF project.
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Socieotechnical Changes Inspire pdating Acm's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
ACM is updating the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct to maintain its relevance as the conscience of computing.
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The Science of Smartphone Batteries and How to Keep Them Charged
Whenever a new iPhone gets announced, there's one feature that every Apple lover is hoping for: improved battery life.
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In Memoriam: Eric A. Weiss 1917-2016
Weiss nurtured the nascent publication programs of a young ACM.
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The Extraordinary Link Between Deep Neural Networks and the Nature of the niverse
In the last couple of years, deep learning techniques have transformed the world of artificial intelligence.
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The Bizarre World of Bitcoin 'mining' Finds a New Home in Tibet
Inside a metal shed in the Tibetan highlands of western China, thousands of microprocessors flank narrow corridors, generating a constant hum and stifling waves...
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AI Can Recognize Your Face Even If You're Pixelated
Pixelation has long been a familiar fig leaf to cover our visual media’s most private parts.
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Setting Up a Decoy Network May Help Deflect a Hacker's Hits
Researchers have created a computer defense system that senses possible malicious probes of a network and redirects the attack to a virtual network.
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New Computer Chip Manufacturing Method Squeezes More Onto Limited Wafer Space
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago have developed a new method for packing more transistors in less space.
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Speech Technology Enables Kids to Control Video Game
Researchers at Disney Research say their new keyword-spotting system works better with the video game "Mole Madness" than commercial speech-recognition systems....
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And The Winner Is...columbus!
Columbus, OH, claims the $50-million top spot in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart City Challenge.
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Smartphone Hacks 3D Printer By Measuring 'leaked' Energy and Acoustic Waves
State University of New York at Buffalo researchers say anyone with a smartphone could potentially steal intellectual property from a business' three-dimensional...
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Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations
The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new color images returned by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the "Murray...
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Microsoft's Top Lawyer Becomes a Civil Rights Crusader
When Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to help the FBI get into a mass murderer's iPhone last winter, he was hailed for his boldness in fighting the government on ...
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Your Car's New Software Is Ready. Update Now?
Tired of your vehicle and its aging, limited features? Don’t trade it in just yet. Download new software instead.
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Virginia Tech Initiative With Qualcomm to Expose Students to STEM
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and chip manufacturer Qualcomm have are opening a new Thinkabit lab at the university's Northern Virginia campus...
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