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Redmonk Language Rankings See Rapid Rise for Kotlin, Swift
JavaScript, Java, Python, PHP, and C# are the top five programming languages for the first quarter of 2018, according to the latest ranking by industry analyst...
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Emmanuel Macron Talks About France's AI Strategy
The French government will spend €1.5 billion ($1.85 billion) over five years to support research in artificial intelligence, encourage startups, and collect data...
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Need to Make a Molecule? Ask This AI for Instructions
Chemists have a new lab assistant: artificial intelligence. Researchers have developed a "deep learning" computer program that produces blueprints for the sequences...
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To Speed p AI, Mix Memory and Processing
If John von Neumann were designing a computer today, there's no way he would build a thick wall between processing and memory. At least, that's what computer engineer Naresh...
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Watch a Computer Learn to Play 'Doom' Inside a Dream
Researchers taught a machine to "hallucinate" its idea of the video game "Doom," then got a virtual agent to play its own dream version of the game so it could...
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ltrasound Patch Could Make it Easier to Inspect Damage in Odd-Shaped Structures
A new flexible patch could help perform ultrasound imaging on objects difficult to inspect with conventional ultrasound equipment.
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Scientists Develop Tooth-Mounted Sensors That Can Track What You Eat
Tufts University researchers have built tooth-mounted sensors that collect information on one's glucose, salt, and alcohol intake.
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Overcoming a Battery's Fatal Flaw
Researchers are using the Stampede and Lonestar supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop next-generation lithium-metal batteries.
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Future Electric Cars Could Recharge Wirelessly While You Drive
Researchers are working on the development of electric vehicles that one day may be able to charge while driving, by drawing wireless power from plates installed...
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Companies Seek Ways to Hold On to Customer Data nder New E Privacy Law
Nicholas Oliver gathers reams of personal information about users of his mobile app: age, sex, location, profession, relationship status, and more—and uses it to...
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'Marsquakes' Could Shake p Planetary Science
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.
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The Scant Science Behind Cambridge Analytica's Controversial Marketing Techniques
The practices of Cambridge Analytica, a data-analytics firm involved in US President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, have made headlines around the world...
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Weird Magnetic Behavior Could Improve Computer Memory
A new study suggests an unusual magnetic phenomenon could yield efficient, low-power computer memory.
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Mobile Apps Could Hold Key to Parkinson's Research, Care
Smartphone software and technology can furnish an objective measure of the progression of Parkinson's disease symptoms.
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Princeton Senior ses Big Data to Examine Global Digital Gender Gap
A Princeton University student used Facebook's advertising audience estimates to reveal insights on the global digital gender gap.
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Deep Learning Model as Accurate as Radiologists Determining Age of Child Bones
Researchers have demonstrated that a deep learning convolutional network model can estimate bone age as well as human radiologists.
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Earbud Translators: Not Perfect, Still Handy
Utility is high, even though the translations may be limited.
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Could These Grain-Sized Computers sing Blockchain Networks Thwart Counterfeiters?
IBM researchers have developed granular microcomputers that could work with a blockchain electronic ledger to verify and track any product.
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Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality?
Thomas Metzinger had his first out-of-body experience when he was nineteen.
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