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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Prominent Women Call for Tech Giants to Act Against Online Harassment
The signatories included the tennis champion Billie Jean King, and the actors Thandiwe Newton, Ashley Judd and Emma Watson.
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Pentagon Cancels $10-billion JEDI Cloud Contract
The Department of Defense said it's calling off the $10-billion cloud contract that was the subject of a legal battle involving Amazon and Microsoft.
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Robocalls Are Out of Control. But That Could All Change Now
As of June 30, all major voice providers in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Comcast, are required to implement technology to minimize illegal robocalls...
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Will AI Rewrite Coding?
There is an emerging effort to tap artificial intelligence to write code based on short text descriptions of what the code should do.
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The Tech Cold War's 'Most Complicated Machine' That's Out of China's Reach
A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.
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Robots Take Vertical Farming to New Heights
Fifth Season, a vertical farm in Braddock, PA, uses robots to grow greens indoors, from seed to harvest.
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Mozilla Partners with Princeton Researchers for Privacy-Focused Data Sharing Platform on Firefox
The Mozilla Web browser's newly-launched Rally data sharing platform is designed to strengthen users' data privacy.
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Using A.I. to Find Bias in A.I.
The problem of bias in artificial intelligence is facing increasing scrutiny from regulators and is a growing business for start-ups and tech stalwarts.
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Crashes Involving Tesla Autopilot, Other Driver-Assistance Systems Attract Scrutiny
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is requiring automakers to report crashes involving vehicles with advanced driver-assistance systems.
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Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just
The deputy director of the White House science office plans to tackle algorithmic bias and start candid conversations about the past.
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Fired by Bot at Amazon: 'It's You Against the Machine'
Contract drivers say algorithms terminate them by email—even when they have done nothing wrong.
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How Tesla is Using a Supercomputer to Train its Self-Driving Tech
Tesla's approach to autonomy is controversial: It relies on just cameras to see and understand the roads.
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Using ML to Build Maps That Give Smarter Driving Advice
Scientists used machine learning to develop an automatic mapping service that can enhance traffic management with greater intelligence.
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Linux Foundation Creates Standards for Voice Technology with Major Partners
The Linux Foundation and partners Target, Microsoft, Veritone, Schwarz Gruppe, Wegmans Food Markets, and Deutsche Telekom, created the Open Voice Network.
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Bank of Israel Testing Ethereum Tech in Digital Shekel Trial
The Bank of Israel is testing Ethereum's blockchain technology as part of a new internal digital shekel trial.
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IT Leaders Say Cybersecurity Funding Being Wasted on Remote Work Support: Survey
In a JumpCloud survey of IT decision-makers at small and medium-sized enterprises, 56% think their organizations are spending too much to enable remote work.
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Top Fed Official Says Digital Currency May be the Money Equivalent of Parachute Pants
The Fed is expected to release a paper on the potential for a digital currency this summer.
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Government Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook Thrown Out by Federal Judge
Judge rules that Federal Trade Commission and states didn't make valid claims that Facebook engaged in unlawful monopolization.
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Banning Extreme Views on YouTube Really Does Help Stop Their Spread
The results of a study indicated that banning people who espouse extreme views from YouTube shrinks their audience.
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