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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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A Brief History of Seti@home
The year was 1999, and the people were going online. AOL, Compuserve, mp3.com, and AltaVista loaded bit by bit after dial-up chirps, on screens across the world...
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River Channels on Three Worlds Reveal a History of Shifting Landscapes
At this point, we've worked out the basics of the processes that produced the topography around us here on Earth.
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Deep Learning Algorithm Rewrites Traditional Recipes For New Regions, Ingredients
A team of researchers says a new machine-learning algorithm can take a recipe and transform it into an alternative dietary style.
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Researchers Look to Add Statistical Safeguards to Data Analysis and Visualization Software
New software is designed to eliminate multiple hypothesis testing errors in interactive data exploration and visualization systems using real-time statistical safeguards...
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America’s Dangerous Internet Delusion
Despite enormous benefits, the Internet also encourages crime, global conflict, and economic disruption.
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Ready, Set, Go! Rematch of Man vs. Machine in Ancient Game
AlphaGo, Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence program, will compete against the Chinese world champion Go player Ke Jie in a three-game series.
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Your Camera Wants to Kill the Keyboard
Snapchat knew it from the start, but in recent months Google and Facebook have all but confirmed it: The keyboard, slowly but surely, is fading into obscurity. ...
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Inside Russia's Social Media War on America
On March 2, a disturbing report hit the desks of U.S. counterintelligence officials in Washington.
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FCC Votes to Start Rolling Back Landmark Net Neutrality Rules
The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin undoing a key decision from the Obama era that could relax regulations on Internet...
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Machine Learning Algorithms Re-Create City in 3D sing Only Image Data
Varcity is a new platform that collects massive amounts of image data of a city and uses algorithms to automatically create a three-dimensional model of it.
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This Spy App Can See If You've Visited Whistleblowing Sites on the Dark Web
New spyware can determine whether online users have visited whistleblowing sites on the Dark Web.
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Imec Demonstrates Self-Learning Neuromorphic Chip That Composes Music
Researchers say they have created the world's first self-learning neuromorphic chip, based on OxRAM technology, that demonstrates the ability to compose music. ...
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What This Apple-Picking Robot Means For the Future of Farm Workers
Robots are replacing human workers at a faster pace than any other point in history. Most of these robots are in factories, but a new kind of mechanized worker...
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A Chinese Genome Giant Sets Its Sights on the itimate Sequencer
The world's largest genetics research center isn't at Harvard or Stanford or even the NIH. It's a 20-mile drive from Hong Kong International Airport, in the bustling...
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Patching the Electric Grid
Electric grids worldwide are increasingly vulnerable to attack as new technologies like smart meters and analytical software are added to them, with mature systems...
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Bigger Is Better: Quantum Volume Expresses Computer's Limit
The race to build the first useful quantum computer continues apace. And, like all races, there are decisions to be made, including the technology each competitor...
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Advancing Cancer Immunotherapy With Computer Simulations and Data Analysis
Researchers have developed a unique mathematical model to probe interactions between prostate tumors and common cancer immunotherapies.
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Disney Research Transforms Movie-Quality Animations For Interactive Viewing
Disney researchers say they have developed a process that transforms high-resolution animated content into a novel video format to enable immersive viewing.
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Sdsc's Comet Helps Replicate Brain Circuitry to Direct a Realistic Prosthetic Arm
Researchers used the San Diego Supercomputer Center's Comet system in applying a novel algorithm to replicate neural pathways for controlling limb movement.
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