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A Network of Crystals For Long-Distance Quantum Communication
Researchers have demonstrated a protocol for long-distance quantum communication using a network of crystals.
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Google Deepmind's Alphago Is Retiring After Beating the World's Best Human Players
Google's DeepMind unit has announced the retirement of its AlphaGo software after it won a three-game match against Chinese Go champion Ke Jie.
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Is China Outsmarting America in A.i.?
Sören Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany, and seemed set to go to Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence...
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Heads p: Augmented Reality Prepares For the Battlefield
At last week's Pentagon Lab Day in Washington, DC, the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) and Army Research...
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Russian Hackers Are sing 'tainted' Leaks to Sow Disinformation
Over the past year, the Kremlin's strategy of weaponizing leaks to meddle with democracies around the world has become increasingly clear, first in the US and more...
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What Self-Driving Cars See
Giant tech companies are fighting over the technology in court. Start-ups around the world are racing to develop new versions of it. And engineers say it is essential...
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Waltzing Robot Teaches Beginners How to Dance Like a Pro
Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a robotic dance instructor.
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Nsa Says New Encryption Standards Needed to Resist Quantum Computing
The U.S. National Security Agency is developing encryption standards to withstand quantum computing.
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When Hatred Goes Viral: Inside Social Media's Efforts to Combat Terrorism
On New Year's Eve in 2015 local and federal agents arrested a 26-year-old man in Rochester, N.Y., for planning to attack people at random later that night using...
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Emojis: How We Assign Meaning to These Ever-Popular Symbols
Researchers have analyzed the use of emojis by 1 million users via more than 1.2 billion messages.
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Stanford Scholars, Researchers Discuss Key Ethical Questions Self-Driving Cars Present
Stanford University scholars discuss the challenging ethical ramifications of driverless vehicles.
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iuc Gets $100k Grant For Supporting Women in Computer Science
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently received the $100,000 grand prize of the National Center for Women in Information Technology NEXT Award....
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How to Prevent 3D Printing Hacks? Install Secret Flaws and Share the Decoder Ring
Researchers say they have developed techniques manufacturers can use to thwart intellectual property thieves.
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Lawmakers Seek to Expand Repair Options
End-users want to be able to repair their expensive electronics; manufacturers disagree.
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12 Views on the Future of Electronics
Experts at last week's Imec Technology Forum in Belgium offered predictions on how the future of electronics will evolve.
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sing Bitcoin to Prevent Identify Theft
A new system uses bitcoin's security mechanisms to foil online identify thieves.
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A Rural Lens on a Research Agenda For Intelligent Infrastructure
A new white paper focuses on a research agenda for designing an intelligent infrastructure for rural communities.
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Google's Alphago Defeats Chinese Go Master in Win For AI
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo program beat a Chinese world champion in the first of three Go games held this week.
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Parasitic Robot System For Turtle's Waypoint Navigation
Researchers have developed a parasitic robot system, a hybrid animal-robot interaction that mimics the natural relationship between parasites and hosts.
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