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Google's New AI Head Is So Smart He Doesn't Need AI
Google's heavy investment in artificial intelligence has helped the company's software write music and beat humans at complex board games. What unlikely feats could...
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Thousands of Apps in Google Play Store May Be Illegally Tracking Children, Study Finds
An analysis of popular children's apps available on the Google Play Store has determined most may be in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...
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.S. Army Develops Face Recognition Technology That Works in the Dark
A new machine learning and artificial intelligence technique generates a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face taken at night.
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Nanobots Glide Through Living Cells
Using small, rotating magnetic fields, researchers controlled nanomachines inside of living cells to trace the letters "N" and "M."
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sing an Algorithm to Reduce Energy Bills—Rain or Shine
Researchers have developed a residential energy scheduling algorithm by training three action dependent heuristic dynamic programming networks.
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Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can't Be Found
When Zbynek Frolik needed new employees to handle surging orders at his cavernous factories in central Bohemia, he fanned advertisements across the Czech Republic...
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UW Researchers Pioneer Way for Ordering Laundry Detergent with 3D Printing
Researchers have developed a three-dimensional-printing method that can monitor laundry detergent use, and place an order when the supply is running low.
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Making Custom Qubits by Pushing Together Two Individual Atoms
Researchers have used laser beams to manipulate a sodium atom and a caesium atom into a single, asymmetrical molecule, making it potentially useful for quantum...
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Deep Learning Transforms Smartphone Microscopes Into Laboratory-Grade Devices
Deep learning can discern and enhance microscopic details in smartphone photos, with the potential to transform applications in global health, telemedicine, and...
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Europe's New Online Privacy Rules Could Protect U.S. Users Too
The European Union is preparing to implement sweeping privacy rules next month, but these new protections of individuals' information may set a new standard around...
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AI Chips May Give You a Real Reason to Upgrade Your Smartphone
You've likely seen artificial intelligence technology spread into apps, devices and services, doing things like recognizing your friends' faces in photos and endowing...
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Scientists Teach Computers How to Analyze Brain Cells
Researchers at the San Francisco-based Gladstone Institutes are studying whether computers can be trained to identify structures in unstained cells.
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Computer-Simulated Soybeans
Washington University in St. Louis researchers have developed a simulation to guide farmers on soybean-planting strategies.
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Artificial Antimicrobial Peptides Could Help Overcome Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A new streamlined approach to developing antimicrobial peptide drugs uses a computer algorithm that mimics natural evolution.
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See Straight Through Walls by Augmenting Your Eyeballs With Drones
Researchers are studying how to use augmented reality to change drones into remote cameras that an untrained user can easily control.
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Russia to Ban Telegram Messenger Over Encryption Dispute
A Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, heralding possible communication disruption for millions of...
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Need a New Look? Facebook's AI Fashion Designer Has Some Ideas
Researchers used generative adversarial networks to produce fashion items including handbags, jumpers, and T-shirts.
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Electrical Pulses and Neural Code Boost Memory Storage
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have used electrical stimulation and neural patterns to improve the storage of new information in the brain, which...
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