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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors
Transistors, the electronic amplifiers and switches found at the heart of everything from pocket radios to warehouse-size supercomputers, were invented in 1947.
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South Africa's New Supercomputer Delivers World-Class Competitiveness
South Africa's Center for High-Performance Computing in Cape Town a supercomputer designed to make the country a global player in the HPC research community.
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Virtual Peer Pressure Works Just as Well as the Real Thing
Virtual pressure from a computer-simulated peer is just as motivating as real peer pressure.
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Rise of the Robo-Journalists? Google Teaches an AI the Art of Writing a Good Headline
The Google Brain Team says it has made strides in teaching computers to summarize text, and has developed an algorithm that can write "very good" headlines.
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Who Would Win the Coding Olympics?
U.S. programmers landed in 28th place in a HackerRank compilation of the results of 1.4 million coding challenges by approximately 300,000 developers.
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What Robots Can Learn From Babies
New software can predict how objects captured by a computing device's camera will most likely behave.
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Here's How Russian Hackers Could Actually Tip an American Election
Reports this week of Russian intrusions into U.S. election systems have startled many voters, but computer experts are not surprised.
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Comey: Fbi Wants 'adult Conversation' on Device Encryption
FBI Director James Comey warned again Tuesday about the bureau's inability to access digital devices because of encryption and said investigators were collecting...
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How Driverless Cars May Interact With People
There are plenty of unanswered questions about how self-driving cars would function in the real world, like understanding local driving customs and handing controls...
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Cornell Video Game Speeds Language Learning
Adding "fun" and "chat" aspects to the game enhances memorization and understanding of context.
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sing Data Science to Confront Policing Challenges
Police are turning to academic institutions using machine learning methods to predict and prevent adverse incidents.
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When Computers Learn Human Languages, They Also Learn Human Prejudices
New research from Princeton University suggests computers learning human languages can demonstrate prejudices and biased word associations.
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Secure Networks For the Internet of the Future
Researchers at Bavaria, Germany's University of Wurzburg are developing secure and efficient networks for the Internet of the future.
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Flood Forecasting Gets Major pgrade
Researchers have created the National Water Model, which provides forecasts, data, and decision support to emergency services and water management personnel.
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The Hype—and Hope—of Artificial Intelligence
Computers in general, and software in particular, are more difficult than other kinds of technology for most people to grok, and they overwhelm us with a sense...
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Here’s How the Internet Was Invented at CLA
Werner Herzog’s new film tracks the birthplace of modern connectivity.
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Majority of Mathematicians Hail from Just 24 Scientific 'families'
Most of the world's mathematicians fall into just 24 scientific 'families', one of which dates back to the fifteenth century.
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Apple Issues Global Ios pdate After Attempt to se Spyware on Activist's Iphone
A botched attempt to break into the iPhone of an Arab activist using hitherto unknown espionage software has triggered a global upgrade of Apple's mobile operating...
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