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Will Barbie Pass the Turing Test?
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Will Barbie Pass the Turing Test?

Startups are beginning to empower toys with child-friendly speech recognition technology.

Baidu Explains How It's Mastering Mandarin With Deep Learning
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Baidu Explains How It's Mastering Mandarin With Deep Learning

In an interview, Baidu engineer Awni Hannun discusses a new model for handling Mandarin voice queries that tests found is accurate 94 percent of the time. 

AI Football Manager Knows How Different Teams Play the Game
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AI Football Manager Knows How Different Teams Play the Game

Who really calls the shots in team sports?

Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time

You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.

Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100m Yearly Drug Sales
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100m Yearly Drug Sales

A new Carnegie Mellon University study suggests law enforcement take-downs of online drug markets have largely failed to dent the traffic in drugs on the Dark Web...

Flickr Photo Data ­sed to Predict People's Locations
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Flickr Photo Data ­sed to Predict People's Locations

Researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict people's location based on the photos they upload to the Flickr file-sharing website. 

Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione
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Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione

NASA's Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, Aug. 17—the final close flyby of this icy satellite during the spacecraft's long mission.

'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches

As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?

Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100 Yearly Drug Sales
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100 Yearly Drug Sales

After more than four years and two giant law enforcement busts, the Dark Web's drug market is still just as robust as it was during the Silk Road's heyday.

A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat

Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...

Computer-Human Hybrids Could Be Best at Scanning For Danger
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Computer-Human Hybrids Could Be Best at Scanning For Danger

In A world of algorithms, there are still a few places where humans reign supreme.

The Future of the Internet Is Social
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The Future of the Internet Is Social

The IMDEA Networks Institute successfully achieved the eCOUSIN research project objective of designing an innovative network architecture that improves the efficiency...

For Virtual-Reality Movies, Old Methods Don't Fit New Medium
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For Virtual-Reality Movies, Old Methods Don't Fit New Medium

I'm standing on the bow of what looks to be a sunken pirate ship.

Building the Next New York Times Recommendation Engine
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Building the Next New York Times Recommendation Engine

The New York Times publishes over 300 articles, blog posts and interactive stories a day.

See Through Walls By the Glow of Your Wi-Fi
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See Through Walls By the Glow of Your Wi-Fi

University College London researchers have developed a system that can sense people moving behind masonry walls 25 centimeters thick using only passive radiation...

Rosetta Comet Outburst Captured
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Rosetta Comet Outburst Captured

The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has been witnessing growing activity from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as the comet approaches perihelion (its...

Don't Panic, but the Universe Is Slowly Dying
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Don't Panic, but the Universe Is Slowly Dying

We know that our universe has already lived through great number of exciting phases. But new research shows the universe has long passed its peak and is slowly...

Human Weakness in Cybersecurity
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Human Weakness in Cybersecurity

The Joint Chiefs of Staff unclassified email system is now back online, after having been down for more than two weeks, following a breach that some officials have...

The Backbone of the Internet Could Detect Earthquakes, but No One's ­sing It
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The Backbone of the Internet Could Detect Earthquakes, but No One's ­sing It

December 26, 2004: It is an idyllic morning at a beachside resort in Indonesia.

3D-Printed Device Helps Computers Solve Cocktail-Party Problem
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3D-Printed Device Helps Computers Solve Cocktail-Party Problem

Artificial-intelligence researchers have long struggled to make computers perform a task that is simple for humans: picking out one person’s speech when multiple...
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