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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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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.
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Legal Issues with Robots
Who is responsible when property is damaged or someone is injured by an automated system? Existing product liability laws have not yet been tested in the context...
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Cybersecurity Jobs: Young Adults Show Little Interest in the Field
Few young adults are interested in cybersecurity careers, according to a new study.
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Nasa Says First Space Internet Test 'beyond Expectations'
The first tests of a laser communication system by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration have been surprisingly error-free.
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Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching
Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday.
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Wall Street Banks Learn How to Survive in Staged Cyber Attack
In a staged simulation called Quantum Dawn 2, bank executives in charge of operations, technology, and crisis planning were tasked with detecting how a massive...
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Web-Based Map Allows sers to See Intricate Patterns in .s. Population
A free, Web-based mapping site allows users to access detailed demographic data for any location in the United States.
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C Davis Joins Cybersecurity Research Alliance
A new research alliance that will focus on detecting, modeling, and responding to cyberattacks on networks in real time.
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Got a Kickstarter Project? This Man Can Predict Within Four Hours If It Will Fail
Researchers have developed a method of predicting whether a Kickstarter project will succeed within four hours of its launch, with 76-percent accuracy.
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Call For Participation: 2014 Workshop on ACM History
The ACM History Committee is sponsoring a two-day workshop on professional archival practices on May 21-22, 2014, in Minneapolis, MN.
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Moocs Evolve; Version 2.0 Aims to Retain More Students
Given that student retention rates typically hover at just around 4-5% of those participating in free Web classes, some online courses have evolved to a sort of...
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Here's Why the Feds Didn't Have More Skilled Programmers For Healthcare.gov
HealthCare.gov, the Web site at the center of President Obama's federal health insurance exchange, has been plagued with problems since it opened for business Oct...
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Killer Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years
Robots armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank missiles and even grenade launchers are marching, er, rolling ever closer to the battlefield now that they’ve shown...
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Credit Cards Under Pressure to Police Online Expression
Earlier this month, major credit card processors including MasterCard, Visa, and America Express announced they would stop processing payments to websites that...
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Huawei (yes, Huawei) Pushing For Global Security Standards
Remember that 1995 Alanis Morissette song, "Ironic?"
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Contractors See Weeks of Work on Health Site
Federal contractors have identified most of the main problems crippling President Obama's online health insurance marketplace, but the administration has been slow...
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Managing the Deluge of 'big Data' From Space
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers.
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The Rapid Advance of Artificial Intelligence
The latest work in the realm of artificial intelligence by scientists, roboticists, and others could potentially transform the world within the next five years. ...
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Electric Cars: Hidden Habits You Are Sharing with Firms
You wouldn't think that anybody would care about your drive to the supermarket to buy milk.
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