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The Soft Side of Quantum Computing
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The Soft Side of Quantum Computing

Future quantum computers will need software tailored to their specific ways of operating.

A New Spin on Electronics
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A New Spin on Electronics

Researchers at the University of Utah found perovskites permit easily controllable electron spin and have a sufficiently long spin lifetime to transport information...

How a Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything
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How a Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything

Last week, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to corporations that try to use patent law as a weapon against other firms, saying that companies can only be sued...

Shedding Light on How Humans Walk…with Robots
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Shedding Light on How Humans Walk…with Robots

Researchers have discovered that humans whose lower limbs are fastened to a typical clinical robot only modify their gait if the forces the robot applies threaten...

Faster, More Nimble Drones on the Horizon
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Faster, More Nimble Drones on the Horizon

Researchers have developed an algorithm to tune a Dynamic Vision Sensor camera to detect only specific changes in brightness that matter for a particular system...

A Network of Crystals For Long-Distance Quantum Communication
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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.

Here's How to Track the Smartphone Apps That Are Tracking You
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Here's How to Track the Smartphone Apps That Are Tracking You

Two complementary research projects plan to cooperate further to help smartphone users monitor how apps handle their personally identifiable information.

Google Deepmind's Alphago Is Retiring After Beating the World's Best Human Players
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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.

Is China Outsmarting America in A.i.?
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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...

Russian Hackers Are ­sing 'tainted' Leaks to Sow Disinformation
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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...

What Self-Driving Cars See
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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...

Waltzing Robot Teaches Beginners How to Dance Like a Pro
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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.

Nsa Says New Encryption Standards Needed to Resist Quantum Computing
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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.

Toward Mass-Producible Quantum Computers
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Toward Mass-Producible Quantum Computers

Researchers have developed a new method that could help lead to the development of practical, diamond-based quantum computing devices.

Russian Researchers Claim First Quantum-Safe Blockchain
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Russian Researchers Claim First Quantum-Safe Blockchain

The Russian Quantum Center announced the creation of the first quantum-safe blockchain for securing cryptocurrencies and classified government communications and...

When Hatred Goes Viral: Inside Social Media's Efforts to Combat Terrorism
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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...

That Time the Soviets Bugged Congress, and Other Spy Tales
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That Time the Soviets Bugged Congress, and Other Spy Tales

During a private meeting in the Oval Office earlier this month, President Donald Trump is understood to have disclosed highly classified intelligence to two senior...

Emojis: How We Assign Meaning to These Ever-Popular Symbols
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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.

Stanford Scholars, Researchers Discuss Key Ethical Questions Self-Driving Cars Present
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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.

­iuc Gets $100k Grant For Supporting Women in Computer Science
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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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