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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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We se Big Data to Sentence Criminals. But Can the Algorithms Really Tell S What We Need to Know?
Use of data-driven risk assessments in sentencing may be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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An IBM Breakthrough Ensures Silicon Will Keep Shrinking
The limits of silicon have not been reached quite yet.
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Enigma: Why the Fight to Break Nazi Encryption Still Matters
It was night when three British sailors and a 16-year-old canteen assistant boarded a sinking U-boat off the coast of Egypt.
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The Internet Is Where We Share, and Steal, the Best Ideas
In April, a photograph of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong'o taken at a Miu Miu fashion show three years ago began recirculating online.
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Connecting the Bots: Researchers Uncover Invisible Influence on Social Media
Researchers have found Twitter "bots" can be driving forces behind dialogue in social movements.
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Technique Pinpoints the 'partners in Crime' of Cancer Genes
Researchers at Stanford University have developed an algorithm to sift through vast datasets and identify genetic pathways for cancer.
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How Facebook ses Deep Learning Models to Engage sers
Facebook is heavily leveraging deep-learning models to further its user engagement efforts.
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Leaked Nsa Report Says Russians Tried to Hack State Election Officials
A Top Secret NSA analyst's report published by The Intercept suggests that, in August 2016, the Russian General Main Staff Intelligence Directorate (GRU) hacked...
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First Robotics Competitions Attract Students to STEM Education
An international youth organization challenges and encourages students to stick with science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Giving Robots a Sense of Touch
Researchers have mounted GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms to provide robotic systems with greater sensitivity and dexterity.
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Banned From the s? There's a Robot For That
Two telepresence robots roll into a human-computer interaction conference.
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AI Will Be Able to Beat S at Everything By 2060, Say Experts
There is a 50% chance that machines will outperform humans in all tasks within 45 years, according to a survey of 352 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers conducted...
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Sensor Tracks Eye Movements in Real Time to Enhance Virtual Reality
A team of researchers has developed a sensor that can detect eye movements in real time using an array of electrodes.
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Virtual Reality Eases Phantom Limb Pain
A new system uses virtual reality technology to relieve sufferers of phantom limb pain.
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3D Models of Faces Developed By Researchers Could Help in Reconstruction Surgery
Researchers are scanning volunteers' faces to compile a database of three-dimensional computer models that could be used to aid in reconstructive surgery.
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Preventing Software From Causing Injury
The Self-Report Ergonomic Assessment Tool is being designed to help develop safer software by ascertaining how much stress computer programs put on users.
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Jean Sammet, Co-Designer of a Pioneering Computer Language, Dies at 89
Jean E. Sammet, an early software engineer and a designer of COBOL, a programming language that brought computing into the business mainstream, died on May 20 in...
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Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Plots a Radical Overhaul of His Creation
On the better web Berners-Lee envisions, users control where their data is stored and how it's accessed.
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Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
The argument that consciousness is computable--and instillable within machines--cannot be verified or refuted until a measurable theory of consciousness becomes...
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