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Transistor Technology May Improve Speed, Battery Life for Computers, Mobile Phones, Other Electronics
Purdue University researchers have developed a technology design for field effect transistors that incorporates lasers.
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Robots Have Power to Significantly Influence Children's Opinions
Researchers have demonstrated that young children are much more susceptible than adults to having their opinions and decisions influenced by robots.
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AI Has a Racial Bias Problem. Google Is Funding Summer Camps to Try to Change That
The Oakland, CA-based nonprofit AI4All will use a $1-million grant from Google.org to broaden its outreach to young underrepresented minorities and women.
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LiveTag Is Out to Make Dumb Objects Smart
University of California, San Diego researchers are developing a Wi-Fi-based system using inexpensive tags that can be stuck to everyday non-electronic objects....
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How to Make a Robot se Theory of Mind
Imagine standing in an elevator as the doors begin to close and suddenly seeing a couple at the end of the corridor running toward you.
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Replacing Your Boss With a Cruel Robot Could Make You Concentrate More
A mean robot could motivate human employees to improve their cognitive performance, compared to supervision by a friendly robot or no robot supervision, researchers...
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The 'Neuropolitics' Consultants Who Hack Voters' Brains
Maria Pocovi slides her laptop over to me with the webcam switched on.
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To Get Ready for Robot Driving, Some Want to Reprogram Pedestrians
You're crossing the street wrong.
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Automating Negotiation
Computers are starting to outperform the average human at negotiation.
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Georgia Tech Creates Cybersecurity Master's Degree Online for Less Than $10,000
The Georgia Institute of Technology will offer an online cybersecurity master's degree that will cost students less than $10,000, in collaboration with edX.
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Millions of Businesses Vulnerable to Fax-Based Cyberattack
Fax machines still in use by millions of organizations worldwide could be exploited by hackers to launch cyberattacks.
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RPI Scientists Develop VR Surgery to Feel Real
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have developed a virtual reality system to add realism to virtual surgical training.
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The nderwater Drones That Hunt for Oil Spills
Researchers at the Technical University of Cartagena in Spain deployed five autonomous underwater vehicles to locate and track oil spills below the surface of the...
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Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap
When you're browsing a website and the mouse cursor disappears, it might be a computer glitch—or it might be a deliberate test to find out who you are.
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Google Tracks Your Movements, Like It or Not
Researchers have confirmed that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store location data, even if the user selects a setting that purports to prevent...
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Introducing the Latest in Textiles: Soft Hardware
Researchers have embedded high-speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices within fibers woven into soft, washable fabrics, and converted them into communication...
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Here Come the Drones
The U.S. is getting serious about filling the skies with unmanned aircraft.
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Zen and the Art of Data Structures: From Self-Tuning to Self-Designing Data Systems
Harvard University's Stratos Idreos is using what he calls a periodic table of data structures to map those structures and their characteristics and to probe their...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Smartphones Vulnerable to Hacking
Researchers say they have determined a way to exploit a microchip security flaw in Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones.
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