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­a Professor Developing Wearable Device to Track Diet
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­a Professor Developing Wearable Device to Track Diet

University of Alabama researchers are working on the development of a sensor that can automatically track diet. 

Acm, Google Increase Turing Award Prize to $1 Million
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Acm, Google Increase Turing Award Prize to $1 Million

Funding for the ACM A.M. Turing Award has increased to the level of other major international awards.

Technology's Latest Quest: Tracking Mental Health
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Technology's Latest Quest: Tracking Mental Health

You can now count your steps, measure your glucose levels, monitor your blood pressure and track your caloric intake from your phone or high-tech wristband.

Survey: ­.s. Adults Feel They Are Losing Control of Their Data
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Survey: ­.s. Adults Feel They Are Losing Control of Their Data

Adults living in the U.S. overwhelmingly believe that the government and private companies are violating their privacy, a new survey found.

Next-Generation Robot Needs Your Help
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Next-Generation Robot Needs Your Help

Carnegie Mellon University professor Manuela Veloso believes robots can be made fully autonomous by designing them to ask for help when necessary. 

Researchers, Medical Workers Seek Tech Answers to Ebola Outbreak
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Researchers, Medical Workers Seek Tech Answers to Ebola Outbreak

Robotics researchers plan to meet with healthcare and aid workers as part of a series of workshops on how technology can help fight Ebola and other dangerous viruses...

Wireless Devices ­sed By Casual Pilots Vulnerable to Hacking, Computer Scientists Find
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Wireless Devices ­sed By Casual Pilots Vulnerable to Hacking, Computer Scientists Find

Apps and wireless devices used by private pilots during flights may be vulnerable to various hack attacks, according to computer scientists. 

Obama Asks FCC to Adopt Tough Net Neutrality Rules
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Obama Asks FCC to Adopt Tough Net Neutrality Rules

President Barack Obama on Monday called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to regulate Internet service providers as public utilities. 

Learning How Little We Know About the Brain
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Learning How Little We Know About the Brain

Research on the brain is surging.

Why You Probably Won't Understand the Web of the Future
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Why You Probably Won't Understand the Web of the Future

The giants of the connected world are finally waking up to one of the biggest obstacles in their stated missions of connecting billions more people to the internet...

Leap Into the Future?
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Leap Into the Future?

Whatever Magic Leap is working on, it could revolutionize the fields of augmented and virtual reality.

U.s. Agencies Struggle vs. Cyberattacks
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U.s. Agencies Struggle vs. Cyberattacks

A $10 billion-a-year effort to protect sensitive government data, from military secrets to Social Security numbers, is struggling to keep pace with an increasing...

Umd Cyber Experts Discover Lapses in Heartbleed Bug Fix
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Umd Cyber Experts Discover Lapses in Heartbleed Bug Fix

The efforts of website administrators tasked with correcting security holes exploited by the Heartbleed bug may have fallen short.

Big Data Sparks Interest in Statistical Programming Languages
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Big Data Sparks Interest in Statistical Programming Languages

The latest Tiobe index for language popularity features several statistical programming languages.

'more Diverse' Emoji Faces Planned
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'more Diverse' Emoji Faces Planned

Emoji face icons could soon reflect greater racial diversity.

Testing the 'safety Alarm 2.0'
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Testing the 'safety Alarm 2.0'

Researchers have developed a belt-based system designed for the elderly that triggers an alarm if the user falls down. 

Can an Algorithm Tell US Who Influenced an Artist?
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Can an Algorithm Tell US Who Influenced an Artist?

Rutgers University researchers are training a computer to analyze thousands of paintings to understand which artists influenced others. 

A Super-Simple Way to ­nderstand the Net Neutrality Debate
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A Super-Simple Way to ­nderstand the Net Neutrality Debate

It's one of the most important policy disputes that will determine the future of the Internet, and now President Obama has formally weighed in in favor of so-called ...

U.S., European Authorities Strike Against Internet's Black Markets
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U.S., European Authorities Strike Against Internet's Black Markets

U.S. and European law enforcement agencies last week launched a massive, coordinated strike on the so-called Dark Web.

Google's New Open Source Privacy Effort Looks Back to the '60s
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Google's New Open Source Privacy Effort Looks Back to the '60s

Google has announced a new open source tool for massive data sets based on differential privacy, a technique developed in the 1960s. 
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