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It's Super Hard to Find Humans in the Fcc's Net Neutrality Comments
The Federal Communications Commissions''public comment period on its plans to repeal net neutrality protections was bombarded with bots, memes, and input from people...
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Berners-Lee, Woz, Cerf: Cancel Flawed Net Neutrality Vote
Internet and technology luminaries, including Web creator Tim Berners-Lee, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and "Father of the internet" Vint Cerf, have called on...
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Virtual Reality Makes Journalism Immersive, Realism Makes It Credible
Researchers at Pennsylania State University have found virtual reality can help journalists pull readers into their stories, but flashier design elements of VR...
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Tracking Dolphins With Algorithms You Might Find on Facebook
Researchers have used a machine learning algorithm similar to Facebook's friend recommender program to track dolphins.
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Researchers Launch Moon Mission Audio Site
Researchers are using a 2012 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop Explore Apollo, a public website featuring audio from the Apollo moon missions...
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AI Will Replace Coders By 2040, Warn Academics
Coders and programmers could find themselves becoming marginalized by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.
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Google's 'superhuman' Deepmind AI Claims Chess Crown
Google says its DeepMind unit's AlphaGo Zero algorithm defeated world-leading specialist software Stockfish 8 in a chess match within hours of teaching itself the...
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'grinch Bots' Attempt to Steal Christmas By Driving p Toy Prices
Online fraudsters are frustrating Christmas shoppers by using software bots to buy up the most popular toys to resell at inflated prices at third-party websites...
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Virtual Reality sers Must Learn to se What They See
A new study has found virtual reality users need training to effectively perceive and use virtual imagery.
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The Next Big Step For Ai? Understanding Video
The Moments in Time Dataset is a massive archive of three-second video clips annotated with minute details of the action being performed.
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Robot Learning Improves Student Engagement
Online students who use innovative robots feel more engaged and connected to the instructor and students in the classroom.
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h Manoa Field Testing Mobile App For Visually Impaired at Yosemite National Park
Researchers recently conducted a user test of the UniD mobile app, which is designed to make brochures at national parks accessible to the visually impaired.
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In Pursuit of an Artificial Brain
Researchers are creating artificial life to take thinking beyond the human realm; the approach could redefine artificial intelligence.
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Phones Vulnerable to Location Tracking Even When Gps Services Off
PinMe is an application that can pinpoint and monitor people via their smartphones even when global-positioning system data access is deactivated.
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Will Tech Firms Challenge China's 'open' Internet?
Sometimes you can gauge how proud someone is about being at an event by the extent to which they want to talk about it.
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Google Missed Out on China. Can It Flourish in India?
Every month, about four million more Indians get online. They include people like Manju, a 35-year-old seamstress in this city of ancient palaces, who got her first...
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Schools Dive In to Computer Science Education Week
This year's Computer Science Education Week, which started Monday, continues an ongoing effort to encourage K-12 students to engage with coding and computer science...
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More Realistic Ar Display Places Digital Images Among Real Objects
A prototype augmented reality display can show a virtual image that both blocks real-world objects sitting behind it and can itself be blocked by other real-world...
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Butterfly Pattern Emerges From Quantum Simulation
Researchers have simulated the energy spectrum predicted for two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field, known as the Hofstadter butterfly.
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