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Web Inventor ­rges Support For Net Neutrality
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Web Inventor ­rges Support For Net Neutrality

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, urged people to show support for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules that are likely to be...

Why Do Some Neighborhoods Improve?
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Why Do Some Neighborhoods Improve?

Researchers have used a computer vision system to quantify the physical improvement or deterioration of neighborhoods in five U.S. cities.

Bangalore Taps Tech Crowdsourcing to Fix 'unruly' Gridlock
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Bangalore Taps Tech Crowdsourcing to Fix 'unruly' Gridlock

India's Gridlock Hackathon aims to find solutions to the congested roads that cost the economy billions of dollars.

Fighting Tick-Borne Disease With Computer Science
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Fighting Tick-Borne Disease With Computer Science

Researchers are using new data on ticks in the southeastern U.S. to build mathematical models of how the grasses, wildlife, and ticks respond to different conditions...

Study Finds 'smart' Transformers Could Make Reliable Smart Grid a Reality
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Study Finds 'smart' Transformers Could Make Reliable Smart Grid a Reality

North Carolina State University researchers are developing smart solid-state transformers that could be used to make a stable, reliable smart grid.

Adding Humanity to Smart Machines
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Adding Humanity to Smart Machines

A chat with former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov about his new book, machine intelligence, and human creativity.

International Group Aims to Protect the Core of the Public Internet
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International Group Aims to Protect the Core of the Public Internet

The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace has established a research group to protect the public Internet's core and critical infrastructure.

How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning
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How AI Detectives Are Cracking Open the Black Box of Deep Learning

Loosely modeled after the brain, deep neural networks are spurring innovation across science.

Robocalypse Now? Central Bankers Argue Whether Automation Will Kill Jobs
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Robocalypse Now? Central Bankers Argue Whether Automation Will Kill Jobs

The rise of robots has long been a topic for sci-fi best sellers and video games and, as of this week, a threat officially taken seriously by central bankers.

Study Finds Hackers Could ­se Brainwaves to Steal Passwords
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Study Finds Hackers Could ­se Brainwaves to Steal Passwords

A recent study suggests brainwave-sensing electroencephalograph headsets need better security.

Robots to Help Children With Autism
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Robots to Help Children With Autism

Researchers are working to develop robots to help children with autism in ways that humans cannot.

Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Will Change Dairy Farming
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Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Will Change Dairy Farming

Researchers at Osaka University in Japan have developed an early detection method for cow lameness, which is also known as hoof disease.

10 Most Important Open Source Networking Projects
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10 Most Important Open Source Networking Projects

Networking vendors use open source projects as platforms for enterprise projects, or as the underlying technology for some of the world's largest networks.

­nder Pressure, Western Tech Firms Bow to Russian Demands to Share Cyber Secrets
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­nder Pressure, Western Tech Firms Bow to Russian Demands to Share Cyber Secrets

Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time...

CM­ to Harness Power of Collaboration to Advance Artificial Intelligence
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CM­ to Harness Power of Collaboration to Advance Artificial Intelligence

Carnegie Mellon University plans to establish one of the largest and most experienced collaborative research groups in the world.

Here's What You Need to Know About the Google E.u. Fine
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Here's What You Need to Know About the Google E.u. Fine

The European Union's head of antitrust enforcement announced a record $2.7 billion fine against Google on Tuesday, accusing the search engine for illegally favoring...

How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms
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How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms

At a White House gathering of tech titans last week, Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, delivered a blunt message to President Trump on how public schools...

Code.org Gears ­p to Get 30,000 Students Psyched ­p About Computer Science
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Code.org Gears ­p to Get 30,000 Students Psyched ­p About Computer Science

Code.org recently launched a free, year-long course that is designed to provide more than 30,000 low-income students the opportunity to learn how to program.

Jean E. Sammet 1928-2017
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Jean E. Sammet 1928-2017

Jean E. Sammet, an American computer scientist who served as the first female president of ACM, passed away on May 21 at the age of 89.

AI For the Common Good
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AI For the Common Good

Considering guiding principles for artificial intelligence with regard to privacy and security.
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