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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Growth in Computer Science Driven By Student Interest, Societal Need
In response to growing enrollment and increasing interest from other disciplines, Princeton University is expanding its computer science faculty by more than 30...
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Army to Stop Putting Social Security Numbers on Dog Tags
Soldiers' Social Security numbers will no longer be part of their dog tags, the Army announced Tuesday.
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China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots
China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.
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When Your Boss Is an ber Algorithm
Researchers say Uber and Lyft's automated management systems establish new dynamics between workers and their bosses that should garner regulatory attention.
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Statisticians' Plea: Please Pick Up the Phone
In the era of big data, when demand for statistics is higher than ever, a shadow of danger looms over the numbers revolution: People are increasingly refusing to...
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w Researchers Estimate Poverty and Wealth From Cellphone Metadata
Researchers have developed a method for estimating the distribution of wealth and poverty in an area by studying metadata from calls and texts made on cellphones...
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Speeding Delivery By 3D-Printing Products
Online mega-retailer Amazon appears to be exploring the use of 3D printing to get products to consumers faster.
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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Researchers Study Motivations of Open Source Programmers
A new study from a group of researchers in Austria shows programmers who participate in open source projects are motivated by a different set of values than money...
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Tech's Big Gender Diversity Push, One Year In
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates the representation of women in computer and mathematical operations is slightly worse than it was in 2010...
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When Data Is Not Enough
Reproducibility of code is increasingly crucial to verifying scientific claims.
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Technology Brings Online Education in Line with Campus Programs
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.
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White, Male Tech Image Hinders Progress, Poll Finds
A new survey found parents overwhelmingly think computer science skills will help their children find careers.
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Technology For Technology-Induced Disease
New software analyzes social media posts to identify and reduce cyberbullying.
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35 Innovators nder 35 2015
The selection process for this package begins with hundreds of nominations from the public, MIT Technology Review editors, and our international partners.
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Needed: More Women in Data Science
Stanford University brought together about 400 women to discuss data science and promote greater gender diversity in the field.
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To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.
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Large Companies Game H-1b Visa Program, and Jobs Leave the .s.
Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur...
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Robot Revolution: Rise of 'thinking' Machines Could Exacerbate Inequality
More than one third of U.K. employees and nearly half of U.S. workers could lose their jobs to "thinking" machines over the next 20 years, according to a study.
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