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Autonomous Plane Takes Off with Passengers, Cargo
Pilotless planes are here, and the FAA is getting onboard for short-distance regional transportation.
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Army of a Million Microscopic Robots Created to Explore on Tiny Scale
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed microscopic robots that move by themselves, using an actuator fashioned from a thin layer of platinum.
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F-16 Pilot Took on AI in a Dogfight. Here's Who Won
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently hosted virtual "AlphaDogFight Trials," in which an artificial intelligence program easily beat a U.S. Air...
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Amazon Launches Grocery Store with 'Smart' Shopping Carts, Alexa Guides
Amazon on Thursday opened its first Fresh grocery store in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, featuring no checkout lines, smart shopping carts, and...
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Argonne Scientists Use AI to Strengthen Power Grid Resiliency
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have created a new artificial intelligence technique that can help operators understand...
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Researchers Develop Detection Method to Protect Army Networks
U.S. Army researchers have developed a novel algorithm which, they say, can protect networks by detecting suspicious activity missed by current analytical methods...
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Michigan Plans Dedicated Road Lanes for Autonomous Vehicles
The state of Michigan and private partners are planning to build or assign dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles on a 40-mile section of highway between Detroit...
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Amazon's Cloud Unit to Offer Quantum Computing From Three Tech Companies
Amazon's cloud unit announced a commercial service allowing millions of customers to tinker with early-stage quantum computing platforms from D-Wave System, IonQ...
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U.S. Army Robo-Teammate Can Detect, Share 3D Changes in Real Time
U.S. Army researchers have shown that robots equipped with LiDAR can detect physical changes in their environment, and share that information in real time via augmented...
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Elephants vs Trains: AI Helps Ensure They Don't Collide
Researchers have developed a "smart ear" to help prevent fatal collisions involving elephants and trains in India.
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White House Plans to Boost AI, Quantum Funding by 30%
The Trump administration has proposed a 30% increase in spending in the 2021 U.S. nondefense budget for artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum information science...
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MIT, Boston Dynamics Team Up on Robot for Remote Covid-19 Vital Sign Measurement
A diverse group of researchers developed a robot to remotely measure vital signs in patients for Covid-19 with contactless equipment.
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Army Researchers Develop Sensors for Small Drones
Researchers have developed a novel sensor and software application to help unmanned aerial systems avoid active power lines.
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Microsoft Pays $13.7 Million in Security Bug Bounties
Microsoft has awarded $13.7 million to security researchers since July 2019 for reporting bugs in its software, which is triple the $4.4 million from the same period...
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Millions Have Lost Jobs in the Pandemic – Robots and AI Are Replacing Them
The pandemic has prompted more companies to replace workers with robots and artificial intelligence to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace and lower...
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Developer Jobs: Demand for Programming Language Python Falls Amid Pandemic
Demand has slackened for Python coding language skills since March amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to HackerRank, the developer hiring platform.
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As E-Commerce Booms, Robots Pick Up Human Slack
Robots increasingly are filling some of the most common job roles in warehousing and logistics due to the explosion of e-commerce, Covid-19 stay-at-home orders,...
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Black Hat: How Hackers Gain Root Access to SAP Enterprise Servers Through SolMan
At the Black Hat USA 2020 conferences, cybersecurity researchers explained how attackers could exploit vulnerabilities in SAP Solution Manager (SolMan) to gain...
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Russia to Apple: You're Guilty of Antitrust Abuse over iOS App Monopoly
After Kaspersky complains, Russia's competition authority finds Apple abused its total control over the App Store.
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