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Researchers Use AI to Dramatically Increase Image Clarity Under Severe Conditions
Researchers in Japan have developed technology that uses artificial intelligence to derive greater image visibility from devices such as thermal and x-ray cameras...
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Hubble Sees Light Bending Around Nearby Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted light bending because of the gravity of a nearby white dwarf star—the first time astronomers have seen this type of distortion...
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Why Printers Add Secret Tracking Dots
On 3 June, FBI agents arrived at the house of government contractor Reality Leigh Winner in Augusta, Georgia.
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Natural Language Processing and Affective Computing
Natural-language processing uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to comprehend unstructured text and context.
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How a Wireless Sensor System in the Busiest City Intersections Can Save Lives
Every city has at least one dangerous intersection where cars, trucks, and buses jostle for space with pedestrians and bicyclists, often resulting in injury, and...
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How a Few Yellow Dots Burned the Intercept's Nsa Leaker
When reporters at The Intercept approached the National Security Agency on June 1 to confirm a document that had been anonymously leaked to the publication in May...
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We se Big Data to Sentence Criminals. But Can the Algorithms Really Tell S What We Need to Know?
Use of data-driven risk assessments in sentencing may be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Enigma: Why the Fight to Break Nazi Encryption Still Matters
It was night when three British sailors and a 16-year-old canteen assistant boarded a sinking U-boat off the coast of Egypt.
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Nasa's Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft a Discovery Machine
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of survey data, with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously...
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The Internet Is Where We Share, and Steal, the Best Ideas
In April, a photograph of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o taken at a Miu Miu fashion show three years ago began recirculating online.
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Connecting the Bots: Researchers Uncover Invisible Influence on Social Media
Researchers have found Twitter "bots" can be driving forces behind dialogue in social movements.
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Technique Pinpoints the 'partners in Crime' of Cancer Genes
Researchers at Stanford University have developed an algorithm to sift through vast datasets and identify genetic pathways for cancer.
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How Facebook ses Deep Learning Models to Engage sers
Facebook is heavily leveraging deep-learning models to further its user engagement efforts.
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Leaked Nsa Report Says Russians Tried to Hack State Election Officials
A Top Secret NSA analyst's report published by The Intercept suggests that, in August 2016, the Russian General Main Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU) hacked...
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Neuroscientists Rethink How the Brain Recognizes Faces
People can pick a familiar face out of a crowd without thinking too much about it. But how the brain actually does this has eluded researchers for years.
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Banned From the s? There's a Robot For That
Two telepresence robots roll into a human-computer interaction conference.
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AI Will Be Able to Beat S at Everything By 2060, Say Experts
There is a 50% chance that machines will outperform humans in all tasks within 45 years, according to a survey of 352 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers conducted...
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Virtual Reality Eases Phantom Limb Pain
A new system uses virtual reality technology to relieve sufferers of phantom limb pain.
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3D Models of Faces Developed By Researchers Could Help in Reconstruction Surgery
Researchers are scanning volunteers' faces to compile a database of three-dimensional computer models that could be used to aid in reconstructive surgery.
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