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A Driverless Tesla Crashed and Burned for 4 Hours, Killing 2 Passengers in Texas
Two men died after a Tesla vehicle, which authorities said was operating without a driver, crashed into a tree in a Houston suburb on April 17.
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A 'Worst Nightmare' Cyberattack: The Untold Story Of The SolarWinds Hack
An NPR investigation into the SolarWinds attack reveals a hack unlike any other,
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Reimagining Contact
Covid-19, which challenges how we interact with one another, is accelerating the development of touchless technologies.
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Amazon Building Computer Vision Tech to Check Defects in Fruits, Vegetables
The e-commerce giant's technology can carry out millions of assessments to grade the quality of fruits and vegetables at a cost far below any other method.
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Combining News Media, AI to Rapidly Identify Flooded Buildings
A machine learning model can help identify flooded buildings within 24 hours of a disaster using news media photos.
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AWS Reveals Method to Build More Accurate Quantum Computer
Amazon's cloud subsidiary has unveiled a new architecture for a fault-tolerant quantum computer.
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Novel Use of 3D Geoinformation to Identify Urban Farming Sites
A study looked at whether three-dimensional city models and urban digital twins could help identify high-rise buildings suitable for urban farming based on sunlight...
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Robotic Elephant Trunk Can Learn Tasks on Its Own
Researchers used three-dimensional printing to create a robotic elephant trunk that uses artificial intelligence to emulate how sensory input triggers synaptic ...
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Domino's Launches Pizza Delivery Robot Car
Pizza chain Domino's has launched a robot car pizza delivery service to select customers in Houston's Woodland Heights neighborhood.
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First Multi-Node Quantum Network Paves the Way for the Quantum Internet
Researchers in the Netherlands have established an entanglement-based network between three quantum processors for the first time.
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Pandemic is Pushing Robots into Retail at Unprecedented Pace
The results of a recent survey indicate the Covid-19 pandemic has ramped up development and adoption of automation.
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Researcher Uses Bat-Inspired Design to Develop Approach to Sound Location
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Rolf Mueller and colleagues have developed a new technique for identifying the point of origin of a sound....
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Geoffrey Hinton Has a Hunch about What's Next for AI
A decade ago, the artificial-intelligence pioneer transformed the field with a major breakthrough. Now he's working on a new imaginary system named GLOM.
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N.Y.P.D.'s Robot Dog Returns to Work, Touching Off a Backlash
Deployed at a public housing building, the device drew condemnation as a stark example of police power and misplaced priorities.
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IT Jobs Grew by 50,000 in March as Companies Invested in Cloud, Remote Work
An recent analysis of federal jobs data found the IT field had its fourth straight month of job growth in March, with U.S. employers hiring 50,000 enterprise technology...
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NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World. They May Be Warming the Planet, Too.
Digital artworks known as nonfungible tokens are selling for massive sums, but research indicates their creation may carry an enormous environmental cost.
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What Are the Roadblocks to a 'Vaccine Passport'?
Creating a digital certificate of vaccination against the coronavirus is one of the hottest debates right now. What's keeping it from happening, and why are some...
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Coinbase's Public Listing Is a Cryptocurrency Coming-Out Party
With acceptance from traditional investors, a profitable start-up that eases transactions is offering proof of the industry's staying power.
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