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AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language
Microsoft reveals plans to bring GPT-3, best known for generating text, to programming. "The code writes itself," CEO Satya Nadella says.
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Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed
Internet of Things security firm Forescout uncovered 33 flaws in seven open source TCP/IP stacks that potentially leave millions of IoT devices vulnerable.
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The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders
The open source movement runs on the heroic efforts of not enough people doing too much work. They need help.
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Internet Freedom Has Taken a Hit During the Covid-19 Pandemic
From surveillance to arrests, governments are using the novel coronavirus as cover for a crackdown on digital liberty.
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How a Real Dog Taught a Robot Dog to Walk
Researchers at Google have developed a robotic dog and taught it to walk by showing it motion-capture videos of real dogs walking on treadmills.
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Python Is More Popular Than Ever
Despite a rocky transition from Python 2 to Python 3, developers are still flocking to the programming language.
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How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable
Google says the fiber optic cable it's building across the Atlantic Ocean will be the fastest of its kind.
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The ncanny Valley Nobody's Talking About: Eerie Robot Voices
Call it the Great Convergence of Creepiness. The first bit, the uncanny valley, we're all familiar with by now: If a humanoid robot looks super realistic, but not...
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China Is Catching p to the S in A.I. Research, Fast
At the world's top computer-vision conference last June, Google and Apple sponsored an academic contest that challenged algorithms to make sense of images from...
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Machine Learning Can se Tweets to Spot Critical Security Flaws
At the endless booths of this week's RSA security trade show in San Francisco, an overflowing industry of vendors will offer any visitor an ad nauseam array of...
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Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers, Maybe
Cybersecurity experts have sounded the alarm for years: Hackers are ogling the U.S. power grid.
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How I Became a Robot in London, From 5,000 Miles Away
I am but a babe, exploring the world for the first time. Wearing a computerized glove, I reach forward in pursuit of a little toy basketball.
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How Russian Trolls sed Meme Warfare to Divide America
There's a meme on Instagram, circulated by a group called "Born Liberal." A fist holds a cluster of strings, reaching down into people with television sets for...
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Quantum Computing Needs You to Help Solve Its Core Mystery
Since 2016, IBM has offered online access to a quantum computer. Anyone can log in and execute commands on a 5-qubit or 14-qubit machine located in Yorktown Heights...
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How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
Fire is chaos. Fire doesn't care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California's Camp and Woolsey...
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To Keep Pace With Moore's Law, Chipmakers Turn to 'Chiplets'
In 2016, the chip industry's clock ran out.
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Quantum Physicists Found a New, Safer Way to Navigate
In 2015, the U.S. Naval Academy decided that its graduates needed to return to the past and learn how to navigate using the stars.
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Here's How Much Bots Drive Conversation During News Events
Last week, as thousands of Central American migrants made their way northward through Mexico, walking a treacherous route toward the US border, talk of "the caravan...
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Scientists Help Robots 'Evolve.' Weirdness Ensues
Evolution is a trip. On the one hand, it's a seemingly simple mechanism—those best fitted to their environment have more babies, while less fit individuals don't...
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