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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips
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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips

Not long after Gordon E. Moore proposed in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be etched on a silicon chip would continue to double approximately every...

A Makeover For Maps
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A Makeover For Maps

Graphic designers are experimenting with new ways of presenting data, to better display the information people download over a range of devices. 

When Doctors 'google' Their Patients
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When Doctors 'google' Their Patients

I remember when I first looked up a patient on Google.

When the Future Isn't a Keyboard
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When the Future Isn't a Keyboard

Intel says it has seen the future, and it doesn’t include a keyboard.

­nemployed in Europe Stymied By Lack of Technology Skills
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­nemployed in Europe Stymied By Lack of Technology Skills

A large portion of Europe's unemployed workers and young people entering the workforce lack the necessary skills for technology-based job opportunities.

Viewing Where the Internet Goes
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Viewing Where the Internet Goes

Will 2014 be the year that the Internet is reined in?

Reading Your Palm For Security's Sake
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Reading Your Palm For Security's Sake

They aren't taking any chances at Barclays Bank in Britain.

Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience
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Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience

Computers have entered the age when they are able to learn from their own mistakes, a development that is about to turn the digital world on its head.

Into the Bitcoin Mines
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Into the Bitcoin Mines

On the flat lava plain of Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, near the Arctic Circle, you can find the mines of Bitcoin.

Japanese Team Dominates Competition to Create Generation of Rescue Robots
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Japanese Team Dominates Competition to Create Generation of Rescue Robots

The Schaft robot developed by Japanese researchers dominated the U.S. Pentagon's Defense Advance Research Projects Agency's Robotics Challenge 2013 Trials. 

Japanese Team Dominates Competition to Create Rescue Robots
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Japanese Team Dominates Competition to Create Rescue Robots

An international competition to pave the way for a new generation of rescue robots was dominated by a team of Japanese roboticists who were students in the laboratory...

Bitcoin Collides With Government Concerns
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Bitcoin Collides With Government Concerns

If Bitcoin is a bubble, as its critics contend, it is showing signs of deflation.

Officials Say ­.s. May Never Know Extent of Snowden's Leaks
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Officials Say ­.s. May Never Know Extent of Snowden's Leaks

American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor...

Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots
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Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots

BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat, and Atlas have joined Google's growing robot menagerie.

Tech Giants Issue Call For Limits on Government Surveillance of Users
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Tech Giants Issue Call For Limits on Government Surveillance of Users

Eight major technology companies on Monday called on the Obama administration and Congress to set limits on government surveillance activities. 

Google Puts Money on Robots, ­sing the Man Behind Android
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Google Puts Money on Robots, ­sing the Man Behind Android

In an out-of-the-way Google office, two life-size humanoid robots hang suspended in a corner.

When Algorithms Grow Accustomed to Your Face
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When Algorithms Grow Accustomed to Your Face

Computer software currently exists that can read subtle, millisecond-long facial cues of a person's emotions via frame-by-frame video analysis. 

Willis Ware, Who Helped Build Blueprint For Computer Design, Dies at 93
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Willis Ware, Who Helped Build Blueprint For Computer Design, Dies at 93

Willis H. Ware, an electrical engineer who played an important role in defining the importance of personal privacy in the information age, has died at age 93.

China Launches Moon Rover Mission
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China Launches Moon Rover Mission

China's latest display of ambition in space involves sending a Jade Rabbit roaming across the Bay of Rainbows.

Already Anticipating 'terminator' Ethics
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Already Anticipating 'terminator' Ethics

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