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Warehouses Look to Robots to Fill Labor Gaps, Speed Deliveries
Warehouses are deploying robots to offset staff shortages and deliver orders rapidly as online demand for products surges due to the pandemic.
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Google Aims for Commercial-Grade Quantum Computer by 2029
Google intends to invest billions of dollars to build a commercial-grade quantum computer that can perform large-scale, error-free calculations by 2029.
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Walmart Is Pulling Plug on More Robots
The retailer has been phasing out automated pickup towers as curbside services have become popular.
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U.S. Covid-19 Supercomputing Group Evaluates Year-Long Effort
The Covid-19 High-Performance Computing Consortium gave researchers free access to the world's most powerful computers over the past year.
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Vaccination Megasites Lean on Enterprise Tech to Keep the Line Moving
Popup Covid-19 vaccination megasites are using digital enterprise technology to accommodate surging numbers of inoculations as more Americans qualify to be immunized...
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Trading Chicken Parts is Going Digital
Ashley Honey at New Zealand-based Nui hopes to use his company's electronic trading platforms to automate trading of meat and poultry products.
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Forget Self-Driving Cars – the Pentagon Wants Autonomous Ships, Choppers, and Jets
From pilotless jets engaging in dogfights to huge undersea vessels ferrying troops, the Pentagon is pushing to increase the U.S. military's use of automation.
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Battle of the Robots Still Favors Japan, Europe--For Now
China continues to be the biggest market for industrial robots, even though the market’s growth had been slowing prior to the pandemic, due to the U.S.-China trade...
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Facebook Hit With Antitrust Lawsuits by FTC, State Attorneys General
Claims target social-media giant's past acquisitions, tactics against competitors.
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In Battle Against Hackers, Companies Try to Deceive the Deceivers
Companies are attempting to trap hackers by enticing them with deception technology.
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Climate Researchers Enlist Big Cloud Providers for Big Data Challenges
Climate science researchers increasingly are turning to the cloud for its ability to manage large amounts of data using machine-learning algorithms.
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'Sneakernet' Helps Election Officials Process Results
U.S. election officials used voting machines and other devices linked to the "sneakernet" to process results from Tuesday's elections.
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Remote Work Not Just for White-Collar Jobs Anymore
Technology that allows people to perform physical work remotely is proliferating across a host of occupations.
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Microsoft Teams With Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Push Cloud Battle With Amazon Into Orbit
The space-cloud initiative is targeting military and commercial customers and comes after Amazon announced its own space effort,
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Visa, JPMorgan Already Preparing for Potential Quantum Cyberattacks
Researchers at Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are developing new processes to try to thwart eventual quantum computing cyberattacks.
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U.S. Moves to Protect Technologies Considered Critical to National Security
The U.S. National Security Council on Thursday issued guidelines to protect technologies crucial to national security.
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Tax Agency Watchdog Is Investigating IRS Use of Cellphone Location Data
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...
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AI Could Help Find Cheaper, Smarter Ways to Raise Fish
Artificial intelligence researchers at Norwegian telecommunications carrier Telenor's Norwegian Open AI Lab are testing AI models to reduce costs and increase efficiency...
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China Launches Initiative to Set Global Data Security Rules
China this week launched the Global Initiative on Data Security, in a bid to establish international data-security standards.
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