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Artificial Intelligence: What’s to Fear?
What should worry us most about artificial intelligence: losing our jobs to cheaper labor or losing our lives to killer robots? The real threat may lie in yet another...
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How the U.S. Census Kickstarted America’s Computing Industry
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last, not merely to collect the data but also to compile it into usable form.
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Europe's Old Universities Spin Out New Tech Companies
Across Europe, some of the world's oldest universities are intensifying efforts to get promising technologies out of their labs and into commercial use.
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Canberra Gives AU$32m for Autonomous Decision-Making Research
The Australian government is allocating AU$31.8 million (about US$21.5 million) to the Australian Research Council to study responsible, ethical, and inclusive...
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Lost in Translation?
Machine language translation is advancing rapidly, but can it reach the level of human understanding?
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Cybersecurity Giants to Combat Cyberthreats Under OASIS Umbrella
IBM, McAfee, and 16 more firms have launched an effort to address fragmentation and interoperability problems in cybersecurity.
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Caltech's Latest Creation: A Hovering, Bird-Like Robot That Could Someday Explore Mars
California Institute of Technology researchers have developed a robot drone that can traverse rough terrain.
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Engineers Solve 50-Year-Old Puzzle in Signal Processing
Iowa State University researchers have solved the mystery of the inverse fast Fourier transform algorithm.
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Gymnastics' Latest Twist? AI Judges That See Everything
The gymnastics world championships in Germany used an artificial intelligence system to evaluate athletes' performance.
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Biologically Inspired Artificial Skin Improves Sensory Ability of Robots
Researchers designed a system integrating artificial skin with control algorithms, which they used to create the first autonomous humanoid robot with full-body...
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3D Printing Technique Accelerates Nanoscale Fabrication a Thousandfold
Scientists have developed a nanoscale three-dimensional printing methodology that maintains resolution and is 1,000 times faster than conventional two-photon lithography...
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Vietnam Developer, Sumitomo Join to Build $4B Smart City
Vietnamese developer BRG Group and Japanese trading company Sumitomo have announced a $4.21-billion smart-city development on the outskirts of Hanoi to begin next...
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Biggest Brands Embrace an Obscure Online Subculture
For years, the "Extremely Online" have shared the latest Internet memes and inside jokes. Now companies are doing the same.
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AAA Warns Pedestrian Detection Systems Don't Work When Needed Most
Study finds safety systems fail at night, when the majority of pedestrian vehicle fatalities occur.
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La Trobe University Swaps Textbooks for VR, AR
La Trobe University will swap out textbooks for augmented reality and virtual reality to teach anatomy as part of a 12-week pilot program.
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Academics Find Vulnerabilities in Android's VoIP Components
Scientists at China's OPPO ZIWU Cyber Security Lab, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Singapore Management University identified eight flaws in Android's...
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Novartis, Microsoft Join Forces to Develop Drugs Using AI
Novartis and Microsoft have agreed to a five-year partnership to use artificial intelligence (AI) to develop new drugs faster, and with greater precision.
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Your Next Vacation Is Written on Your Face
Travel companies are using sophisticated technology to help understand what people like.
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Decade of Cybersecurity Data Could Predict Future Malicious Online Activity
Researchers have developed a comprehensive dataset of the global cybersecurity threat landscape from 2007 to 2017, to help cybersecurity specialists derive new...
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