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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.

Toyota on Friday announced a five-year, $1-billion investment to establish an artificial intelligence research laboratory in Silicon Valley.

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.

Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...

­.s. Tech Giants May Blur National Security Boundaries in China Deals
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­.s. Tech Giants May Blur National Security Boundaries in China Deals

One Chinese technology company receives crucial technical guidance from a former People's Liberation Army rear admiral. Another company developed the electronics...

Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions For Digital Age
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Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions For Digital Age

Shelves of law books are an august symbol of legal practice, and no place, save the Library of Congress, can match the collection at Harvard's Law School Library...

Manipulating Faces From Afar in Real Time
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Manipulating Faces From Afar in Real Time

Computer scientists say they have created a process dubbed "live facial re-enactment" that can instantaneously transfer facial expressions. 

An Error Leads to a New Way to Draw, and Erase, Computing Circuits
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An Error Leads to a New Way to Draw, and Erase, Computing Circuits

For the physics researcher Andrew L. Yeats, a light-bulb moment led to an important new insight.

Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally
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Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally

Researchers from institutions around the world disclosed on Thursday the successful digital reconstruction of a section of a rat brain.

Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally
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Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally

Building on years of research, 82 researchers from institutions around the world reported on Thursday that they have built a reconstruction of a section of rat...

Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.
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Mars Is Pretty Clean. Her Job at Nasa Is to Keep It That Way.

At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Catharine A. Conley has a lofty job title: planetary protection officer.

IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors
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IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors

IBM scientists on Thursday reported they have found a method to make transistors from parallel rows of carbon nanotubes.

Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips

The impending end of Moore's Law could have a negative impact on the computing industry, or any industry that depends on highly reliant, low-cost electronics. 

Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot ­nder the Hood
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Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak Spot ­nder the Hood

Shwetak N. Patel looked over the 2013 Mercedes C300 and saw not a sporty all-wheel-drive sedan, but a bundle of technology.

Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips

At the inaugural International Solid-State Circuits Conference held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1960, a young computer engineer...

Software Is Smart Enough For Sat, but Still Far From Intelligent
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Software Is Smart Enough For Sat, but Still Far From Intelligent

An artificial intelligence software program capable of seeing and reading has for the first time answered geometry questions from the SAT at the level of an average...

­.s. and China Seek Arms Deal For Cyberspace
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­.s. and China Seek Arms Deal For Cyberspace

The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace, embracing a commitment by each country that it will...

Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House
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Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House

A question from a member of the Pentagon’s new cyberwarfare unit the other day prompted President Obama to voice his frustration about America's seeming inability...

With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology
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With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's new "Brandeis" program seeks to shield individual privacy instead of infringing on it.

Google's Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers
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Google's Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers

Researchers are challenged by the fact that automated vehicles programmed to obey  the law and traffic safety rules, may have trouble fitting in with autos driven...

In a Data-Driven N.f.l., the Pings May Soon Outstrip the X's and O's
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In a Data-Driven N.f.l., the Pings May Soon Outstrip the X's and O's

When 80,000 fans pack MetLife Stadium each time the Giants and the Jets play this season, they are unlikely to notice the 22 new radio receivers placed discreetly...

Atlas, a Humanoid Robot, Takes a Walk in the Woods
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Atlas, a Humanoid Robot, Takes a Walk in the Woods

Scientists trying to build a better robot are encouraged by the latest steps, however tentative, of a humanoid named Atlas.
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