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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Push Towards AI in Africa
Initiatives are underway to train African computer scientists in artificial intelligence, with major technology companies investing in the cultivation of new AI...
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Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom
Abby Everett Jaques at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologym created a class called Ethics of Technology to help future engineers and computer scientists understand...
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Coding Curriculum in a Box
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.
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Keeping Algorithms Fair
It's easier to de-bias algorithms than it is to de-bias people.
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How Quantum Computer Could Break 2,048-Bit RSA Encryption in 8 Hours
Researchers have developed a more efficient technique for decryption calculations by quantum computers.
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Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary
His ideas led to early versions of modern computing and helped win World War II. Yet he died as a criminal for his homosexuality.
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Automation Could Force Millions of Women to Find New Jobs
A McKinsey Global Institute analysis warns automation could displace 107 million employed women worldwide by 2030, with the sexes almost equally impacted by technological...
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Vulnerability of Cloud Service Hardware ncovered
Researchers have found that field programmable gate arrays have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cyber criminals.
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Research Overcomes Key Obstacles to Scaling p DNA Data Storage
North Carolina State University researchers have created new techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage systems.
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Autonomous Boats Can Target, Latch Onto Each Other
Researchers have designed autonomous boats that can automatically target and latch onto each other.
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Machine Learning Sniffs Out Its Own Machine-Written Propaganda
Researchers have modified a neural network to create a natural language processing algorithm that generates, as well as detects, convincing fake articles.
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Margaret H. Wright Becomes 5th Woman to Receive SIAM’s Prestigious John von Neumann Prize
Wright will deliver this flagship lecture at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in July.
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Microsoft Warns sers to Patch as Exploits for 'Wormable' BlueKeep Bug Appear
Microsoft has published an advisory calling on users to install a patch for a "wormable" vulnerability that could be exploited to launch attacks similar to WannaCry...
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From Viruses to Social Bots, Researchers nearth Structure of Attacked Networks
Researchers are using a new statistical machine learning technique to explore how viruses interact with proteins in the body.
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Physicists Can Predict Jumps of Schrodinger's Cat (and Finally Save It)
Yale University researchers have developed a technique for saving Schrodinger's cat by predicting its jumps and taking real-time actions.
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Striking First to Beat Hackers at Their Own Game
Researchers can use the same covert channels hackers have taken advantage of to protect a vehicle's control systems.
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Quicker Eye for Robotics to Help in Our Cluttered, Human Environments
A new algorithm permits machines to sense their surroundings faster, which could help assistive robots operate more efficiently in unstructured environments.
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Mainstream Autos Get Driver-Monitoring Devices
Hyundai and Subaru unveiled distracted driver alert systems for their mainstream models last month at the New York International Auto Show.
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New York School District's Facial Recognition System Sparks Privacy Fears
The Lockport, NY, city school district launch of a facial recognition system has resulted in some pushback from privacy advocates.
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