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Computer Model Fosters Potential Improvements to 'Bionic Eye' Technology
Researchers are using an advanced computer model to mimic the human retina, in order to improve prosthetic eye technology.
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Democratizing Facial Authentication
Intel's RealSense ID solution performs facial identification on device, not in the cloud.
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Microsoft to Buy Nuance for $16 Billion to Focus on Health Care Tech
By acquiring a provider of artificial intelligence software, the tech giant is hoping to bolster its offerings for the fast-growing field of medical computing. ...
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'Master,' 'Slave,' and the Fight Over Offensive Terms in Computing
Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging.
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This AI Could Help Wipe Out Colon Cancer
Medtronic's GI Genius, recently cleared by the FDA, will help doctors identify precancerous polyps.
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Robots Can Be More Aware of Human Co-Workers, with System That Provides Context
Researchers have designed a context-aware system that could enable robots to work alongside humans on assembly lines with greater efficiency, while foregoing needless...
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AI Could 'Crack the Language of Cancer, Alzheimer's'
A study has found that the "biological language" of cancer, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative diseases can be predicted by machine learning.
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Bitcoin Mining Emissions in China Will Hit 130 Million Tons by 2024
Researchers at China's Tsinghua University predicted Chinese bitcoin mining will emit roughly 130 million metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere by 2024.
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Facebook Algorithm Shows Gender Bias in Job Ads, Study Finds
Facebook disproportionately shows certain types of job ads to men and women, raising questions about efforts to eliminate bias in its algorithms.
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How AI could Revolutionize Biology — and Vice Versa
Last month, researchers reported using a new technique to figure out how genes are expressed in individual cells and how those cells interact in people who had...
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A New Era of Innovation: Moore's Law is Not Dead and AI is Ready to Explode
Moore's Law is dead, right? Think again.
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Human Brain Organoids Grown in Cheap 3D-Printed Bioreactor
A human brain organoid was cultured in a week in a three-dimensionally-printed microfluidic bioreactor.
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Scientists Harness Chaos to Protect Devices From Hackers
A new version of physically unclonable functions could prevent even the most sophisticated hackers from accessing electronic devices.
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As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them
A 2020 locust plague in East Africa was mitigated by technology-driven countermeasures.
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Monkey Equipped with Elon Musk's Neuralink Device Plays Pong with Its Brain
Elon Musk's Neuralink company released a blog post and video showing a monkey playing the game of Pong by thought, via the firm's sensor hardware and brain implant...
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Swiss Robots Use UV Light to Zap Viruses Aboard Passenger Planes
A robot is using ultraviolet light to kill viruses aboard Swiss passenger planes, in a test being conducted with airport services company Dnata in the United Arab...
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Tim Cook's 5-Word Response to Facebook Is Brutal and Brilliant at the Same Time
Apple's CEO is clear that he isn't making decisions based on what's best for Facebook, but for Apple and its customers.
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IBM's First Private Sector On-Premise Quantum Computer is Going to Research Lab
IBM has agreed to deploy a quantum computer at a new research center for researching viral pathogens, virus-induced diseases, genomics, immunology, and immunotherapies...
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Supply Chain Strains Sharpen Focus on AI
Artificial intelligence increasingly is being used to forecast demand more accurately, in order to optimize supply chains.
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