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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Women in Tech Will Grow Alongside Digital
ACM president Vicki L. Hanson expects the ranks of women in information technology fields to grow as computer skills become increasingly necessary for all industries...
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Who Wants to Show p as Gandalf at Their Next Meeting?
Researchers are developing novel ways of capturing facial micro-expressions that are essential to creating natural dialogue and nuanced actor-specific emotions....
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Will Driverless Cars Really Save Millions of Lives? Lack of Data Makes It Hard to Know
The lack of data on how driverless automobiles' performance compares with human drivers makes it difficult to determine the safety benefits of autonomous vehicles...
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This Robot Can Do More Push-ps Because It Sweats
Researchers from the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab say they have developed a more efficient way to cool humanoid robots.
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CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential...
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Minding the Gap, Blind
Most commuters keep their eyes down in the morning while traipsing through the gleaming corridors of London’s Euston Underground station.
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Preparing For the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Considering the utilization, opportunities, and future challenges of Artificial Intelligence.
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Can Crispr Save Ben Dupree?
At 24, Benjamin Dupree has outlived many people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Google: Race and Gender Gaps Persist in Computer Science Education
New research from Google shows that black students are less likely to have computer science classes in school and are less likely to use computers at home even...
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Algorithm Connects Students to the Most Interesting Person They've Never Met
MIT graduate students Mohammad Ghassemi and Tuka Al-Hanai began MIT Connect, a platform that matches participants for face-to-face lunch meetings based on background...
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Say Hello to .google and Other Branded Internet Addresses
Google is helping usher in a new way for companies to tout their brand names in the digital realm.
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Want to Know Julian Assange's Endgame? He Told You a Decade Ago
Amid a seemingly incessant deluge of leaks and hacks, Washington, DC staffers have learned to imagine how even the most benign email would look a week later on...
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Making Computer Science Accessible to All Students
The first national consensus document on U.S. computer science education provides standards on computer science concepts and practices by grade span in the areas...
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Stepping p Security For an Internet-of-Things World
The vision of the so-called internet of things—giving all sorts of physical things a digital makeover—has been years ahead of reality. But that gap is closing fast...
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Google's AI Reasons Its Way Around the London nderground
Artificial-intelligence systems known as neural networks can recognize images, translate languages and even master the ancient game of Go. But their limited ability...
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White House: AI Will Be Critical Driver of .S. Economy
A new White House report says artificial intelligence can be a critical economic and societal driver with its development supported by a collaboration between industry...
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China Has Now Eclipsed US in AI Research
Humanity may still be years if not decades away from producing sentient artificial intelligence.
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.
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Here's How the White House Wants the .s. to Approach AI R&d
The White House has issued two new reports that detail how the U.S. government wants to approach research and development into artificial intelligence and what...
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