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New Algorithm Can Create Movies From Just a Few Snippets of Text
A new algorithm creates videos from text snippets.
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China's Internet nderground Fights for Its Life
For years, thousands of virtual private networks (VPNs) have allowed people in China to circumvent restrictions on internet access and visit Facebook, Google, YouTube...
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Why .S. 'Cyber-Warriors' Can't Do Anything About Russian 'Cyber-Meddling'
In testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, National Security Agency Director and US Cyber Command Commander Admiral Michael Rogers told...
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How Do Teachers Integrate STEM Into K-12 Classrooms?
Michigan Technological University researchers conducted a study examining what makes science, technology, engineering, and math education integration practices...
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Private Browsing Gets More Private
The new Veil system is designed to improve private browsing by guaranteeing that any data the browser loads into memory remains encrypted until it is displayed...
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Edible Electronics Are Here Thanks to Researchers at Rice niversity
Researchers at Rice University say they have produced edible graphene.
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Augmented Reality Takes 3D Printing to Next Level
Researchers are using augmented reality to advance three-dimensional printing and three-dimensional modeling technologies
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Teaching Quantum Physics to a Computer
Researchers have used machine learning to teach a computer to predict the outcomes of quantum experiments.
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Purdue Prof: Future AI Advances Pose Problems for Police, Courts
A Purdue Polytechnic Institute professor says pursuing artificial intelligence advancements without considering their criminal implications is foolhardy.
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Researchers Creating an App to Track, Analyze Dangerous Chronic Wounds
Researchers will use a U.S. National Institutes of Health grant to develop a smartphone application to help patients and caregivers track and assess potentially...
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Microsoft's Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications For Data
Five years ago, US law enforcement served Microsoft a search warrant for emails as part of a US drug trafficking investigation. In response, Microsoft handed over...
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Can Neuroevolution Change Machine Learning?
Neuroevolution borrows techniques from natural evolution to push the boundaries of machine learning.
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Michigan's 'Marshall Plan for Talent' Aims to Become Model for Tech Education Nationwide
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder recently unveiled a five-year, $100-million "Marshall Plan for Talent" to better prepare students for technology fields with the most...
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Apple Moves to Store iCloud Keys in China, Raising Human Rights Fears
When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users' iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities...
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Forecasts of Genetic Fate Just Got a Lot More Accurate
When Amit Khera explains how he predicts disease, the young cardiologist's hands touch the air, arranging imaginary columns of people: 30,000 who have suffered...
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Machine Learning With Limited Data
Researchers have developed a neural network system that requires fewer parameters and training images when working toward image-recognition technology.
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niversity Researcher nveils 'Creeper' Business Tool
Creeper is a new software program designed to protect businesses against a cybersecurity threat known as "permissions creep."
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Making Data Storage Personal With #MemoriesInDNA
Researchers at the University of Washington have teamed with Microsoft and Twist Bioscience to encode 10,000 digital images into DNA.
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Real-Time Captcha Technique Improves Biometric Authentication
The Real-Time Captcha is a new login authentication approach designed to enhance the security of current biometric methods that rely on video or images of users'...
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