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Researchers Say It's Time to Build an IoT Engineering Discipline
Researchers suggest educational institutions should establish an engineering discipline for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems.
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German Supplier nveils New Self-Driving Car Computer, Adds Xilinx Chips
German auto parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG launched its newest self-driving car computer at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
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AI Helps Auto-Loan Company Handle Industry's Trickiest Turn
Prestige Financial Services is among a growing number of lenders using artificial intelligence to digest increasing volumes of data to determine creditworthiness...
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Machine Learning Can Offer New Tools, Fresh Insights for the Humanities
Truly revolutionary political transformations are naturally of great interest to historians, and the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century is widely...
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Countering Russian Disinformation the Baltic Nations' Way
As the new Congress begins, it will soon discuss the comprehensive reports to the U.S. Senate on the disinformation campaign of half-truths, outright fabrications...
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Another Day, Another Exoplanet: NASA's TESS Keeps Counting More
NASA's new planet-hunting machine, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is racking up scores of alien worlds.
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Tech Skills in Most Demand This Year: Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity
A global recruiting firm predicts 68% of information technology employers will increase full-time IT hiring this year, while 53% will increase their use of consultants...
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Kroger, Microsoft Create Futuristic Grocery Store
Microsoft and the Kroger supermarket chain are collaborating on online grocery shopping.
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Technology Companies Turn to Apprenticeships in Tight Labor Market
A broad technology industry effort to expand apprenticeships in areas like cybersecurity and software engineering was unveiled this week at CES 2019.
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AI Technology Can Identify Genetic Diseases by Looking at Your Face
A new artificial intelligence technology accurately identifies rare genetic disorders using a photo of a patient's face.
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Computer Simulation Sheds New Light on Colliding Stars
An international research team used supercomputers to run a three-dimensional computer model of a neutron star collision.
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IBM Debuts 'niversal Quantum Computer'
Not just a chip, IBM's latest entry is a complete quantum computing system.
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Machine Learning Leads Mathematicians to nsolvable Problem
A simple artificial intelligence problem puts researchers up against a logical paradox discovered by famed mathematician Kurt Gödel.
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Milky Way to Face a One-Two Punch of Galaxy Collisions
If our knowledge of galaxy structures was limited to the Milky Way, we'd get a lot of things wrong. The Milky Way, it turns out, is unusual.
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Chinese Tech Investors Flee Silicon Valley as Trump Tightens Scrutiny
New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China's access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in U.S. technology startups, as...
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The AI Learned to Hide Data From Its Creators to Cheat at Tasks They Gave It
A neural network learned to "hide" information about a source image within the images it generated via a nearly imperceptible, high-frequency signal.
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B-Secur HeartKey Tech nlocks Your Car with nique Rhythm of Your Heartbeat
B-Secur's HeartKey technology allows users to unlock and start their cars via the unique beating pattern of their heart.
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Tech Could Help Students Learn During Extended Absences
The University of Colorado is relying on robots to help students maintain a presence in class, even when they cannot physically be there.
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AI Removes the Drudgery from Legal Due Diligence
Software can review contracts, and more, faster and more accurately than lawyers.
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