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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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New Innovation by NS Researchers Enhances Information Storage in Electronics
Researchers say they have developed magnetoresistive random access memory technology that can boost information storage in electronic systems.
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Wind-Driven Data
Green-conscious data centers increasingly will be powered by renewable energy.
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This Eerie Game Was Made by Artificial Intelligence
If there's one human characteristic that’s difficult to emulate in artificial intelligence, it's creativity.
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How To Track Vehicles Using Speed Data Alone
Location is a key indicator of personal travel patterns and habits.
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Apps For Mobile Viewing Challenge Cable Operators, Tv Networks
U.S. cable and satellite television operators, already locking horns with programmers over subscriber fees, are now squaring off over the mobile apps that viewers...
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How the Nsa (may Have) Put a Backdoor in Rsa's Cryptography: A Technical Primer
There has been a lot of news lately about nefarious-sounding backdoors being inserted into cryptographic standards and toolkits.
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nemployed in Europe Stymied By Lack of Technology Skills
A large portion of Europe's unemployed workers and young people entering the workforce lack the necessary skills for technology-based job opportunities.
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Thanks to the Nsa, Quantum Computing May Some Day Be in the Cloud
The U.S. National Security Agency is spending about $80 million for basic quantum computing research.
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Ok, Glass, Find a Killer App
A select group of developers have been experimenting with Google Glass for months and have created apps that could indicate where the technology will go in the...
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Study: Self-Driving Car Sales Will Explode
The global population of self-driving cars is projected to grow to 11.8 million by 2030, according to a study by IHS Automotive.
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Man and Machine: Cognitive Computing in the Enterprise
The next generation of cognitive computers aims to serve as cognitive assistants that will supplement human intelligence.
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Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth
Eighth graders didn't have Facebook or Twitter to share news back then, in January 2004.
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Titan's Seas Get an Earthly Stand-In as Robot Explores Chilean Lake
Early Mars rovers had little more intelligence than a fancy remote-controlled car.
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Viewing Where the Internet Goes
Will 2014 be the year that the Internet is reined in?
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Water Plumes Spark a Race to Jupiter Moon Europa
Let's put Mars in our rear-view mirror.
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Wireless Networks Exposed as Electricity Grid Weakest Link
Australian researchers have determined that hackers can exploit numerous security flaws in smart meters on the electrical power grid.
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Meditation May Aid Smoking Cessation Treatment
A new study suggests more heavy smokers can quit, with fewer relapses, through treatment with meditation with pharmaceutical and cognitive behavioral therapies...
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The Internet of Things in 2014: Steady as It Goes
Continued progress is likely this year toward an interconnected network of devices that will communicate with each other over the Internet.
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Out in the Open: Ex-Google Ad Man Saves You From Ad Hell
The World Privacy Forum recently told the U.S. Congress the data brokerage industry is making millions of dollars selling lists of all kinds of data to marketers...
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