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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets

At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...

AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix
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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix

Tech companies are rushing to infuse everything with artificial intelligence, driven by big leaps in the power of machine learning software. But the deep-neural...

Who Makes the NCAA Tournament? Researchers at Illinois Can Help
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Who Makes the NCAA Tournament? Researchers at Illinois Can Help

University of Illinois researchers say they have found a way to predict the selection of basketball teams for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual...

Social Sensing Emerges as a Tool for Army Leaders
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Social Sensing Emerges as a Tool for Army Leaders

U.S. Army and university scientists are seeking to create social sensing as a scientific discipline.

Stanford Researchers Develop Technique to See Objects Hidden Around Corners
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Stanford Researchers Develop Technique to See Objects Hidden Around Corners

Stanford University researchers have developed laser-based imaging technology that can produce images of objects hidden from view around corners.

NASA Juno finds Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are ­nearthly
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NASA Juno finds Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are ­nearthly

Data collected by NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar...

Making Climate Models Open Source Makes Them Even More ­seful
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Making Climate Models Open Source Makes Them Even More ­seful

A new open source set of models has allowed climate research to become more collaborative, efficient, and reliable.

Mining Hardware Helps Scientists Gain Insight Into Silicon Nanoparticles
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Mining Hardware Helps Scientists Gain Insight Into Silicon Nanoparticles

Researchers have developed the first three-dimensional dynamic model of an interaction between light and silicon nanoparticles.

How a Yeast Cell Helps Crack Open the 'Black Box' Behind Artificial Intelligence
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How a Yeast Cell Helps Crack Open the 'Black Box' Behind Artificial Intelligence

Researchers say they have developed a "visible" neural network, and have used it to construct a virtual model of a functioning brewer's yeast cell.

Taking Radio Astronomy to the Next Level
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Taking Radio Astronomy to the Next Level

After its latest upgrade, a radio telescope in Westerbork, the Netherlands, generates 3.7 terabits of data per second, an enormous data-stream that must be processed...

Baidu's New AI Can Mimic Your Voice After Listening to It for Just One Minute
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Baidu's New AI Can Mimic Your Voice After Listening to It for Just One Minute

Researchers at Chinese search giant Baidu say they have developed an artificial intelligence that can learn to precisely mimic a person's voice.

Hail Technology: Deep Learning May Help Predict When People Need Rides
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Hail Technology: Deep Learning May Help Predict When People Need Rides

Researchers have found computers may be better at forecasting demand for taxi and ride-sharing services.

Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn
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Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn

Machines are starting to learn tasks on their own. They are identifying faces, recognizing spoken words, reading medical scans and even carrying on their own conversations...

Wanna See Around Corners? Better Get Yourself a Laser
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Wanna See Around Corners? Better Get Yourself a Laser

You can't see the bunny, but the picosecond laser certainly can.

Latest ­S Weather Satellite Highlights Forecasting Challenges
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Latest ­S Weather Satellite Highlights Forecasting Challenges

The United States filled a crucial gap in its weather-forecasting arsenal when it launched its latest geostationary satellite on 1 March. The craft will enable...

Chemists Test Computer-Planned Syntheses for the First Time
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Chemists Test Computer-Planned Syntheses for the First Time

Chemists have tested a computer program's ability to plan complete syntheses without human intervention.

JILA Team Invents New Way to 'See' the Quantum World
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JILA Team Invents New Way to 'See' the Quantum World

A new imaging technique produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum behavior in an atomic clock as visual art.

Hackers' Delight: Does Quantum Computing Spell the End for Encryption?
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Hackers' Delight: Does Quantum Computing Spell the End for Encryption?

Today's stalwart encryption methods used to send data securely over the Internet are expected to be no match for the power of tomorrow's quantum computers.

Virtual Reality Prepares Business Students for Digital Leadership
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Virtual Reality Prepares Business Students for Digital Leadership

The ESMT Berlin business school is using virtual reality to teach leadership in a digital world to executives from some of Germany’s biggest companies.

The Decentralized Internet Is Here, With Some Glitches
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The Decentralized Internet Is Here, With Some Glitches

I usually write in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings.
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