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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google's Sundar Pichai Is the Most Powerful Man in Mobile
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, Samsung introduced new software for its tablets, called the Magazine UX.
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Can Hp Build the Computer of the Future?
On June 11, Hewlett-Packard revealed plans to make a new kind of computer that it's playfully calling The Machine.
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With 'the Machine,' Hp May Have Invented a New Kind of Computer
If Hewlett-Packard founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard are spinning in their graves, they may be due for a break.
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The Trouble With IBM
In the summer of 2012, five American technology companies bid on a project for a demanding new client: the CIA.
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Hackers Devise Wireless Methods For Stealing Atm Users' Pins
Pilfering the personal identification numbers of financial accounts, a potential jackpot for hackers, is tougher to pull off thanks to data encryption and other...
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Stodgy, Old Baseball Invents the Future of Instant Replay
Major League Baseball is not inclined to tinker much with America's pastime, aside from the occasional tweak to the number of teams in the playoffs.
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With Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, a Virtual Battleground May Finally Be Here
Virtual reality has never quite materialized for most consumers.
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The nlikely Tale of How Arm Came to Rule the World
This is a story about ARM Holdings, the mobile technology company.
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Willow Garage's Last Days
In 2006, Scott Hassan, a prolific software engineer, started a research lab dedicated to robotics called Willow Garage.
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How Airbus Is Debugging the A350
A few times a month, Airbus Flight Test Engineer Patrick du Ché stands up from his desk, takes off his jacket and tie, walks to the coat rack in the corner of his...
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The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines
Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.
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How BlackBerry Finally Found Its Buyer
The BlackBerry melodrama may finally be coming to a close.
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The Nba Will Now Track Every Player's Movements
The National Basketball Association announced a contract with sports information company Stats to install player-tracking camera systems in every arena beginning...
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Nsa Surveillance Makes For Strange Bedfellows
The controversy over U.S. government surveillance has produced a king-size collection of strange bedfellows. Beneath the covers one finds both amusing ironies and...
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Vending Machines Get Smart to Accommodate the Cashless
More than 40 percent of U.S. adults say they can go a week without paying for something with cash, according to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports last year...
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How Syrian Hackers Found the New York Times's Australian Weak Spot
A hacking attack launched by the Syrian Electronic Army may have targeted the New York Timesand other U.S. media companies, but the weak link was Melbourne IT (...
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Medical Hacking Poses a Terrifying Threat, in Theory
In the world of hypothetical cybercrime, not much is scarier than the hacked medical device.
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New ATM Designs Imitate Online and Mobile Banking
Before heading to lunch, Kirsten Keary-Taylor, 29, uses an iPhone app to request $20 from a nearby ATM. Passing the cash machine on her way out, she scans it with...
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