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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Don't Worry, Driverless Cars Are Learning From Grand Theft Auto
In the race to the autonomous revolution, developers have realized there aren't enough hours in a day to clock the real-world miles needed to teach cars how to...
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Inside the 20-Year Quest to Build Computers That Play Poker
Four of the best professional poker players in the world spent most of January holed up at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, losing.
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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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Nasa's Next-Gen Ships Run on Last-Gen Chips
Earlier this summer, NASA announced that ARM Holdings' A53 will be the microprocessor core design at the heart of the agency's next generation of spacecraft.
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The Man Who Created Leappad Wants To Turn Your Eyes Into a Mouse
First came the computer mouse. Then the touchscreen.
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Google's Driverless-Car Czar on Taking the Human Out of the Equation
You devoted your life to human-driven transportation, engineering SUVs at Ford and taking Hyundai (as U.S. CEO and president) to record levels of sales in the U...
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Facebook's Really Big Plans For Virtual Reality
The office building on Facebook Way is in the unfinished style that honors materials like plywood, concrete, and steel.
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Google Sprints Ahead in AI Building Blocks, Leaving Rivals Wary
There's a high-stakes race under way in Silicon Valley to develop software that makes it easy to weave artificial intelligence technology into almost everything...
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Google Tackles Challenge of How to Build an Honest Robot
Google can see a future where robots help us unload the dishwasher and sweep the floor. The challenge is making sure they don’t inadvertently knock over a vase—or...
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How the Constant Threat of War Shaped Israel's Tech Industry
Unit 8200 is Israel's most mysterious agency. No one outside knows exactly how it operates, who works there, or how they learn.
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Inside the Secret Meeting Where Wall Street Tested Digital Cash
On a recent Monday in April, more than 100 executives from some of the world's largest financial institutions gathered for a private meeting at the Times Square...
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How Google Searches Pretty Much Nailed the New Hampshire Primary
Google's ability to look into the future of political contests just notched another win: New Hampshire.
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.
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Apple's Deep Learning Curve
In the world of artificial intelligence, one of the year's biggest coming-out parties is the Neural Information Processing Systems conference.
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Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines
When Google-parent Alphabet Inc. reported eye-popping earnings last week its executives couldn’t stop talking up the company's investments in machine learning and...
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A Peek Inside Google's Efforts to Create a General-Purpose Robot
Videos of Google-owned robots, some that look like mechanical bulls and others resembling humanoids from sci-fi movies, have been viewed more than 90 million times...
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The Jocks of Computer Code Do It For the Job Offers
At 21, Gennady Vladimirovich Korotkevich is already a legend. Tourist, as he's known online, is now the world's top sport programmer.
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