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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Researchers Tout Technology to Make Electronics Out of Old Tires
Discarded tires could be used to create electrodes for supercapacitors.
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Providing Support Networks For Women in STEM
Women are developing networks to help themselves and other women succeed in technology jobs.
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w, Nvidia Join to Create Faster Supercomputers
The National Center for Atmospheric Research-Wyoming Supercomputing Center at the University of Wyoming and Nvidia are collaborating on a new supercomputer.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
At the inaugural International Solid-State Circuits Conference held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1960, a young computer engineer...
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Vw Could Fool the Epa, But It Couldn't Trick Chemistry
For decades, automakers have been caught between building an engine that squeezes a lot of energy out of the fuel it burns and one that has low emissions.
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Women Leaders Cite Two Major Reasons For Issues Facing Women in Tech
During its recent 2015 Dreamforce conference, Salesforce launched its first Women's Leadership Summit.
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Microsoft to Invest $75 Million in Computer Science Education
Microsoft is investing $75 million over a three-year period to help make computer science more mainstream in schools.
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China Tries to Extract Pledge of Compliance From .s. Tech Firms
The Chinese government, which has long used its country's vast market as leverage over American technology companies, is now asking some of those firms to directly...
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Google Is 2 Billion Lines of Code—and It's All in One Place
How big is Google? We can answer that question in terms of revenue or stock price or customers or, well, metaphysical influence.
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Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.s. Over Data Access
In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages...
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You Aren't Good Enough to Win Money Playing Daily Fantasy Football
Every first-time player of daily fantasy football begins the new season undefeated, just like even the most hopeless NFL teams.
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Putin vs. the Internet: The Laws That Matter
A new law in force in Russia from Sept. 1 is intended to force foreign Internet firms to maintain local servers to handle data on Russian citizens.
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European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google
In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere have met with European officials about proposals to regulate...
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Smooth Robot Movements Reduce Energy Consumption By p to 40 Percent
An optimization algorithm developed by researchers in Sweden could potentially reduce energy consumption in robot-intensive manufacturing industries by up to 40...
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Researchers Tackle Issues Surrounding Security Tools for Software Developers
North Carolina State University researchers are seeking to address aspects of security tools for software developers.
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To Get Girls More Interest in Computer Science, Make Classrooms Less 'geeky'
The way computer science classrooms are decorated can influence high school girls' interest in taking introductory computer science classes, suggests a new study...
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Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies
In the fall of 2008, Louis C.K. was a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and delivered a soon-to-be-viral rant called "Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy...
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