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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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U.s. Domain Deregulation Could Fragment World Wide Web Into 'splinternet'
President Barack Obama's intention to relinquish U.S. control of domain name oversight has critics in an uproar.
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Giving Robots the Sense of Touch
Glasgow University researcher Ravinder Dahiya will spend the next four years developing ultra-flexible tactile skin for robotics and prosthetics.
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Eugene Kaspersky: Major Cyberterrorist Attack Is Only Matter of Time
A major, global cyberterrorist attack has long been the stuff of fiction, the threat that a malevolent hacker could bring down businesses, sabotage power plants...
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Devices That Know How We Really Feel
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook.
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Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge
Microsoft makes Windows, Word, and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses.
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Watch the Earth From Space, Live!
It doesn't get much better than this (well, of course being in space might be better, albeit colder).
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Standards For Computer Science Education Need Improvement
During the recent U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference, subject matter specialists issued a warning about the state of U.S. computer science education.
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Transcending Artificial Intelligence
While it can be a blast going to see the latest Hollywood sci-fi thriller, watching it along with a leading expert in the science and technology fields relevant...
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Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online
Whoever said, "Money can't buy you friends," clearly hasn’t been on the Internet recently.
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Police Use New Tool to Source Crowds For Evidence
An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and throwing...
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Mind the Gap
Are there too few skilled computer and IT workers for the jobs available? If so, what can be done about it?
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Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity
No one ever accused Mark Zuckerberg of standing pat.
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Intel Probes the Private-Sector Side of Open Government Data
Intel recently decided to investigate how innovation takes place in and across business teams.
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Target on Mars Looks Good For Nasa Rover Drilling
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover performed a "mini-drill" operation Tuesday, April 29, on the rock target under consideration for the mission's third sample-collection...
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Cyborg Angst: 5 Ways Computers Will Perplex S in 2039
Brain chips mean we are struggling to distinguish our own thoughts from ideas implanted by advertisers.
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What's The Nsa Doing Now? Training More Cyber Warriors
The U.S. needs more cyber warriors, and it needs them fast, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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Watson in Your Pocket: Supercomputer Gets Own Apps
If you could quiz Watson, IBM's all-knowing supercomputer, from an app on your phone, what would you ask it?
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Justices Appear Divided on Cellphone Warrants
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed torn as it considered a pair of cases about whether the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.
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Research Shows Smartphone Sensors Leave Trackable Fingerprints
Researchers have demonstrated that fingerprints exist within smartphone sensors because of imperfections during the hardware manufacturing process.
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