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Should the Government Keep Stockpiling Software Bugs?
As the dust settles from the global ransomware attack that has crippled systems in more than 150 countries since Friday, the U.S. government's shadowy process for...
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The Cybersecurity Risks .s. Election Systems Face Heading Into the 2018 Elections
Cybersecurity experts are warning of U.S. voting systems' vulnerability to cyberthreats going into the 2018 midterm and 2020 presidential elections.
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Virtual Top Hats Allow Swarming Robots to Fly in Tight Formation
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a team of autonomous flying robots that do not collide or undercut each other.
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Scientists Propose Better Battery System For Smart Home se
Researchers have proposed a novel programming solution to optimize power consumption in batteries for use in smart homes.
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The Bizarre Quantum Test That Could Keep Your Data Secure
Researchers have been testing the existence of quantum entanglement for several years.
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nder Cyberattack: h Researchers Look at How to Catch a 'phisher'
Researchers are studying why phishing attacks are so successful in an attempt to develop the next generation of email filters.
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China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels From Ransomware Attack
China is home to the world's largest group of internet users, a thriving online technology scene and rampant software piracy that encapsulates its determination...
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3D-Printed 'bionic Skin' Could Give Robots the Sense of Touch
Researchers have developed a new process for three-dimensionally printing stretchable electronic sensory devices that could enable robots to feel their environment...
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Tech Majority Disagrees With AI Warnings From Hawking, Musk, and Gates
A new study demonstrates strong public and expert skepticism of warnings about artificial intelligence.
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Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant
A team of researchers has developed a virtual teacher's assistant, called Jill Watson, using technologies from IBM's Watson platform.
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Better Screenings Through Artificial Intelligence
Researchers say they have developed a cervical cancer screening technique that could perform as well as, or better than, traditional screening methods at a greatly...
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Charles Babbage Left a Computer Program in Turin in 1840. Here It Is.
In autumn of 1840, Charles Babbage arrived in Turin for a meeting of Italian scientists, where he gave the only public explanation of the workings of his "Analytical...
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Stanford Researchers Develop Crowdsourcing Software to Convene Rapid, On-Demand 'flash Organizations'
New software integrates crowdsourcing's flexibility and the benefits of on-demand specialists to form "flash organizations."
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Internet of Things Made Simple: One Sensor Package Does Work of Many
Researchers have developed a plug-in sensor package that tracks multiple phenomena in a room.
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Fsu Technology Cracks, Fixes Passwords
New software evaluates the strength of a password by trying to break it.
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Computer Accurately Identifies and Delineates Breast Cancers on Digital Tissue Slides
Researchers say a new deep-learning computer network is 100% accurate in identifying the presence of invasive forms of breast cancer in whole biopsy slides.
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Researchers Develop Transistors That Can Switch Between Two Stable Energy States
Researchers have constructed optical and electrical bistable outputs from a single transistor.
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The Most Promising Route to 'mental Superpowers'
Many of us have our special ways of dealing with our feelings and emotions.
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