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Wireless Alerts Sound For Nyc Bombing Suspect
New Yorkers' morning commute was interrupted this morning by a chorus of emergency alerts, part of a manhunt for bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami.
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How the Fbi Could Have Hacked the San Bernardino Shooter's Iphone
More than six months have passed since the FBI first ordered Apple to help the agency bypass the encryption on the iPhone 5c of Rizwan Syed Farook, an ISIS supporter...
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Engineers Teach Machines to Recognize Tree Species
A new method developed by engineers from the California Institute of Technology has the potential to change the way urban forests are surveyed.
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Media Lab Conference Addresses Gender Bias, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM
U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith has called for a push against implicit gender bias and for greater diversity and racial equity in technology disciplines...
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How America's 911 Emergency Response System Can Be Hacked
Researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University have created a method for disabling the U.S. 911 emergency system with telephony denial-of-service attacks.
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Congressional Report Slams Nsa Leaker Edward Snowden
A House intelligence committee report issued Thursday condemned Edward Snowden, saying the National Security Agency leaker is not a whistleblower and that the vast...
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Humans Do Dumb Things with Smart Cities
New York City wants to make Wi-Fi available to anyone who walks its streets. But Gotham is finding out the hard way that free and open Internet access is ripe for...
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Fighting Crime at the Intersection of Science and Social Justice
Researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis have developed a Web-based application that helps fight sex trafficking by targeting places where it usually...
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Simulation Highlights Potential For Low-Cost Security Imaging Device
Researchers say they are developing security imaging technology that would cost less than scanning devices used in airports to detect hidden weapons or contraband...
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How Imperceptible Vibrations Could Take Augmented Reality to a New Level
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a technique to make augmented reality technologies more immersive.
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Robot Reinforces Learning
Having students 'teach' their lessons to a classroom robot increases engagement.
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Q+a With the First Female Director of Mit's Largest Research Lab
Daniela Rus discusses her objectives as the first female director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory...
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Connecting the Jungle and Other Remote Parts of the World
The European Union's TUCAN3G project is bringing 3G wireless service to previously unconnected regions of the world.
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Machine Learning Techniques Aim to Reduce Traffic
A study by researchers from Tsinghua University in China focused on how traffic signaling can be optimized using deep reinforcement learning.
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A Computer Simulation to Spare Children From Heart Surgery
New software models and compares various pediatric heart surgery interventions in advance, as part of the European Union's CARDIOPROOF project.
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Socieotechnical Changes Inspire pdating Acm's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
ACM is updating the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct to maintain its relevance as the conscience of computing.
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In Memoriam: Eric A. Weiss 1917-2016
Weiss nurtured the nascent publication programs of a young ACM.
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The Bizarre World of Bitcoin 'mining' Finds a New Home in Tibet
Inside a metal shed in the Tibetan highlands of western China, thousands of microprocessors flank narrow corridors, generating a constant hum and stifling waves...
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AI Can Recognize Your Face Even If You're Pixelated
Pixelation has long been a familiar fig leaf to cover our visual media’s most private parts.
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