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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers
The percentage of women who are computer workers has been dropping over the past 20 years, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report.
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The Boy Genius of lan Bator
Days before I was to meet Battushig Myanganbayar at his home in Mongolia, he sent me an e-mail with a modest request: Would I bring him a pair of tiny XBee wireless...
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Tiny Recon Robots Herald New Generation of Drones
Ex-U.S. Marine Ernest Langdon pulls a pin and throws a small black object onto the ground. But it doesn't explode.
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Grand Theft Auto 5: Inside the Creative Process with Dan Houser
We're four days away now. After a year of pre-publicity and a five-year wait since GTA IV, the latest instalment in Rockstar's gangland opus is almost upon us.
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Helping Students Crack Computer Science Code
Massachusetts' Beaver Country Day School wants to integrate software programming into all of its subjects.
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NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion...
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Readying Iris Recognition For Prime Time
A U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology team says iris scans remain highly reliable over time.
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Google Gives Online Class on Making Websites Accessible to the Blind
Google is offering a free online course to teach Web developers and designers how to make their websites more friendly for blind and visually-impaired users.
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National Movement Targets Lack of Women, Minorities in Computing
A nationwide movement is under way in the U.S. to encourage women and minorities to enter the field of computer science.
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Fingerprints As Passwords: New Iphone Touch Id Gets Mixed Security Verdict
Of all the new features of Apple's new iPhone 5S, few have drawn more attention than the built-in fingerprint scanner known as Touch ID.
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The Nsa Sponsors 'cyber Operations' Training at niversities. Here's What Students Learn.
Last week, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh became one of the latest—and most prestigious—schools to partner with the National Security Agency on a program...
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Mapping the Bitcoin Economy Could Reveal Users' Identities
An analysis of the public log of Bitcoin digital currency transactions could enable law enforcement to pinpoint user identities.
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Calling For Proposals: Creating Visions For Computing Research
The Computing Research Association's Computing Community Consortium has issued a call for proposals for workshops on research at the frontiers of computing.
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...
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Grassroots Groups Work to Inspire Women To Code
New organizations aim to introduce women to computing at the local level.
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iSpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
Michael Hayden has an interesting story to tell about the iPhone.
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