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Banning Words on Instagram Doesn't Help--It Makes It Worse
A new study shows Instagram's decision to ban certain words used by pro-eating disorder communities had those communities making up new, almost identical words.
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There Is a 'game Changer' Technology on Wall Street and People Keep Confusing It with Bitcoin
Wall Street banks are buzzing about blockchain.
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On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet
Astronomer Scott Sheppard runs through his checklist as he settles in for a long night of skygazing at the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
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Apple Says Constitution 'forbids' What Fbi Is Asking
Apple shouldn't have to comply with a search order for an iPhone used by one the San Bernardino, California, terrorists because the Constitution forbids it, the...
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To Get Truly Smart, AI Might Need to Play More Video Games
The latest computer games can be fantastically realistic.
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.
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What Google's Winning Go Algorithm Will Do Next
Following the defeat of one of its finest human players, the ancient game of Go has joined the growing list of tasks at which computers perform better than humans...
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Apple Fight Could Escalate with Demand For 'source Code'
The latest filing in the legal war between the planet’s most powerful government and its most valuable company gave one indication of how the high-stakes confrontation...
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Fast Facial Analysis Software Set For Release
The new software could be particularly useful in fields where subjective interpretation has been the norm.
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In the Apple Case, a Debate Over Data Hits Home
Three years ago, reeling from Edward J. Snowden’s disclosure of the government’s vast surveillance programs and uncertain how to respond, President Obama said he...
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How Google's AI Viewed the Move No Human Could nderstand
The move didn't make sense to the humans packed into the sixth floor of Seoul's Four Seasons hotel. But the Google machine saw it quite differently.
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Gates Thinks Quantum Computing in the Cloud May Come in a Decade
Bill Gates says it is possible that in six to 10 years "cloud computing will offer super-computation by using quantum."
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New Learning Procedure For Neural Networks
Max Planck Institute researcher Robert Gutig has used a computer model to develop a new learning procedure for neural networks.
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Eu Researchers Have Made Big Steps Towards the Creation of a Fully Functional Robotic Nose
The European Union's BIOMACHINELEARNING project has created a neuromorphic network for odor recognition.
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Obama Weighs In on Apple v. Fbi: 'you Can't Take an Absolutist View'
In his keynote address at the 2016 South By Southwest conference, President Barack Obama responded directly to a question about cybersecurity in light of the ongoing...
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What Happens When the Surveillance State Becomes an Affordable Gadget?
When Daniel Rigmaiden was a little boy, his grandfather, a veteran of World War II and Korea, used to drive him along the roads of Monterey, California, playing...
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Nasa's K2 Mission: The Kepler Space Telescope's Second Chance to Shine
The engineers huddled around a telemetry screen, and the mood was tense. They were watching streams of data from a crippled spacecraft more than 50 million miles...
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Hooray For Hollywood Robots: Movie Machines May Boost Robot Acceptance
A recent study found older adults who recalled more robots in films had lower anxiety toward robots than seniors who remembered fewer robot portrayals.
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Researchers Spoof Phone's Fingerprint Readers Using Inkjet Printers
Michigan State University researchers used off-the-shelf inkjet printers to demonstrate how fingerprint readers on popular smartphones can be spoofed into unlocking...
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