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Computer Spots Rare Diseases in Family Photos
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos.
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Big Broadcasters Vanquish Upstart Aereo at U.s. Supreme Court
Broadcast and cable TV are not dead yet.
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The Case That Might Cripple Facebook
An Irish judge has rendered a preliminary judgment that may have sweeping consequences for U.S. e-commerce firms.
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.s. Intelligence Agency Wants Brain-Like Algorithms For Complex Information Processing
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to develop technology that will enable computers to think like humans.
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Statistical Tricks Extract Sensitive Data From Encrypted Communications
Private information can be obtained from encrypted communications using a technique known as traffic analysis to find patterns in the data stream.
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Who's Your Daddy? Ucf Students Program Computer to Find Out
Researchers are developing a facial recognition program designed to rapidly match pictures of children with their biological parents.
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The Secret Formula to Successful Online Dating
Researchers have studied the behavior of 200,000 people on Chinese dating site Baihe.com to gain insight into how successful online matches are made.
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Google Glass Snoopers Can Steal Your Passcode With a Glance
Newly developed software uses video from wearable devices such as Google Glass and smartwatches to read PIN codes typed onto an iPad from almost 10 feet away.
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Researchers nveil Experimental 36-Core Chip
The more cores—or processing units—a computer chip has, the bigger the problem of communication between cores becomes.
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Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough
Modern computers are not unlike the looms of the industrial revolution: They follow programmed instructions to weave intricate patterns.
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Introducing the Vacuum Transistor: A Device Made of Nothing
In September 1976, in the midst of the Cold War, Victor Ivanovich Belenko, a disgruntled Soviet pilot, veered off course from a training flight over Siberia in...
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments se to Hijack Phones
Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement...
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Wearables For Animals
Wearable technologies help pet and livestock owners know their animals better than ever before.
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These Psychedelic Images Find Order Amid Chaos
What do you see when you look at these images?
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Physicists Find Way to Boot Up Quantum Computers 72 Times Faster Than Previously Possible
Saarland University researchers have developed a new method of booting up quantum computers to set up a chip with just five quantum bits.
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A High-Performance First Year for Stampede
Approximately 3,400 researchers from 350 institutions used the Stampede supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year.
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year—687 Earth days—on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once...
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High-Performance Computer System Installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory has a new high-performance computer system called Wolf that will be used for unclassified research.
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Shortage of Cybersecurity Professionals Poses Risk to National Security
The nationwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals is posing risks for national and homeland security, according to a RAND Corporation study.
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