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Advanced Game Theory Goes to Work For Homeland Security
The University of Southern California's Teamcore Research Group is creating game theory applications to help agencies solve problems related to homeland security...
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U.s. Gets Warnings and Advice About the Internet of Things
Industry groups have submitted more than 130 reports to the U.S. Department of Commerce detailing positive and negative aspects of the Internet of Things.
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High-Tech Librarian Knows Its Books
A*STAR researchers say they are developing robot technology to relieve librarians of the menial tasks of their job, while enhancing the searching and sorting of...
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First Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum Enigma Machine
One of the great unsung heroes of 20th century science was a mathematician and engineer at the famous Bell Laboratories in New Jersey called Claude Shannon.
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The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It
On Tuesday, Tim Berners-Lee gathered in San Francisco with other top computer scientists to discuss a new phase for the web.
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Why the Economic Payoff From Technology Is So Elusive
Your smartphone allows you to get almost instantaneous answers to the most obscure questions. It also allows you to waste hours scrolling through Facebook or looking...
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5 Things That Give Self-Driving Cars Headaches
Fully automated cars don’t drink and drive, fall asleep at the wheel, text, talk on the phone or put on makeup while driving.
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Mobile Phone Records Reveal Largest Gathering in the History of Humanity
Mobile phones have revolutionized the way scientists study human behavior, allowing them to watch people on a scale that has never been previously imagined.
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Smaller Chips May Depend on Vacuum Tube Technology
Vacuum tubes may enjoy a resurgence as computer chips continue to shrink.
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A Smartphone to Help Keep the Elderly Safe
A team of researchers at Rutgers University is developing a smartphone app that could help keep senior citizens from falling.
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Software Turns Webcams Into Eye Trackers
Brown University researchers have created software designed to help website owners and developers determine which parts of a Web page are attracting users' eyes...
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New Devices, Wearable System Aim to Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
A wearable system of sensors could help people with asthma predict and prevent asthma attacks by tracking environmental and physiological data.
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Google Developing Panic Button to Kill Rogue AI
Researchers at Google's DeepMind and Oxford University are collaborating to create a panic button to interrupt a potentially rogue artificial intelligence agent...
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How Mark Zuckerberg Led Facebook’s War to Crush Google Plus
In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect.
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Researchers ncover a Flaw in Europe's Tough Privacy Rules
Europe likes to think it leads the world in protecting people’s privacy, and that is particularly true for the region’s so-called right to be forgotten.
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CRISPR Gene-Editing System nleashed on RNA
Researchers who discovered a molecular "scissors" for snipping genes have now developed a similar approach for targeting and cutting RNA.
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Fifty Years of Moon Dust: Surveyor 1 Was a Pathfinder For Apollo
Before humans could take their first steps on the moon, that mysterious and forbidding surface had to be reconnoitered by robots.
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France Embraces Digital Transformation
Despite the challenges, France is providing public funding and investing in infrastructure to support business transition to digital technologies.
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All-Female Team to Lead Association For Computing Machinery
ACM has announced its board of directors for the first time will be completely female.
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