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'Holy Grail' Digital Effects Rewinding the Clock for Actors
Recent movies have made extensive use of digital visual effects to make performers appear younger.
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Paralyzed Man Breaks World Record for Finishing a Marathon in an Exoskeleton Suit
A man paralyzed from the waist down has broken the world record for finishing a marathon in an exoskeleton suit.
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AI Comes to the Operating Room
Surgeons are utilizing artificial intelligence and new imaging methods to diagnose brain tumors faster than pathologists, and with similar accuracy.
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Voting Machines Touted as Secure Option Are Actually Vulnerable to Hacking, Study Finds
Researchers found that ballot-marking devices, which will be used in at least 18% of U.S. districts in November’s presidential election, lack sufficient safeguards...
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AI for #MeToo: Training Algorithms to Spot Online Trolls
Researchers have demonstrated that machine learning algorithms can track evolving online social media conversations, which could eventually yield an automated method...
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Trump Signs Law to Boost Girls' Access to STEM Education
Late last month, U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Building Blocks of STEM Act to boost young girls' access to science, technology, engineering...
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Kaiser Permanente Bets on Smartwatches to Lower Costs
Kaiser Permanente is expanding a program in which patients recovering from a cardiac event wear smartwatches to confirm their adherence to prescribed exercise and...
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Ubisoft Uses AI to Teach a Car to Drive Itself in Racing Game
Ubisoft is testing a reinforcement-learning algorithm that can manage discrete, continuous video game actions in a principled, predictable manner.
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Simplifying How Scientists Share Data
Researchers have developed an open-source data-management system that will help scientists share data with each other.
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A Virtual Version of da Vinci's Mystery Glass Orb Has Helped Explain Its Weirdness
Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
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Tech Chiefs Plan to Boost Cybersecurity Spending
Companies are dedicating increasing amounts of money to digital defenses in an effort to stop the spread of malware.
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U.K. Digital Health Infrastructure Is Stepping Up
Developments in the public and private sectors put the U.K. on the cusp of critical advances in helping people get healthier through digital tools.
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In Memoriam Peter T. Kirstein: 1933-2020
Kirstein often was recognized as the 'father of the European Internet.'
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Dating Apps Need Women, Advertisers Need Diversity. AI Companies Offer a Solution: Fake People
Artificial intelligence startups are marketing images of computer-generated faces created without the use of actual people.
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A Lazy Fix 20 Years Ago Means the Y2K Bug Is Taking Down Computers Now
A glitch connected to the Y2K bug addressed two decades ago is crashing payment systems and computers, due to a poor fix.
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Facebook Bans 'Deepfake' Videos
Facebook has banned doctored videos, or deepfakes, designed to spread misinformation as the 2020 U.S. presidential election approaches.
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Robotic Device Helps Spine Injury Patients Sit More Comfortably
Columbia University researchers have built a robotic device to assist and train people with spinal cord injuries to sit with greater stability, which could help...
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White House Proposes Guidelines for Regulating Use of AI
The Trump administration is proposing new federal rules for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the private sector.
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