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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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White House Updates National Strategic Computing Initiative
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has released an update to the National Strategic Computing Initiative.
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Intel Fixes a Security Flaw It Said Was Repaired
Researchers discovered the continued existence of vulnerabilities in Intel's computer processors that the company said were patched months ago.
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Bitcoin Will Burn the Planet Down. The Question: How Fast?
A new paper concludes that it takes more than four times as much energy to mine $1 of bitcoin as mining $1 of copper.
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Computing Power Needed to Train AI Is Rising Seven Times Faster Than Before
The computational power needed to train AI models is doubling at a rate seven times faster than before.
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Bots Are More Successful If They Impersonate Humans
A team of researchers found that human-robot interactions are more successful when the bots are able to hide their non-human identity.
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Team of 'White Hat' Hackers Found Bugs in Amazon Echo, Galaxy S10
A pair of security researchers found vulnerabilities across multiple devices including an Alexa-powered Amazon Echo and a Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone.
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Nuclear Warheads? This Robot Can Find Them
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University have developed a swarm of autonomous, rolling robots that can identify the source...
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Regulating Information Technology
Why isn't IT regulated, when it can have such substantial impacts on people's lives?
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Robots Aim to Boost Astronaut Efficiency
A multitude of robotic assistants for astronauts and rovers are in development to make space exploration more resource-efficient.
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Malevolent Machine Learning
AI attacks throw light on the nature of deep learning.
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Quantum Radar and the Future of Warfare
Quantum radar could have implications for how we diagnose disease and fight wars.
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Algorithms to Make Virginia Judges Fairer Have Unintended Consequences
Exploring the unintended consequences of human-algorithmic partnerships, researchers analyzed algorithms intended to reduce Virginia prison populations by assigning...
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Louisiana Target of Attempted Ransomware Hack, Governor Says
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said attackers targeted the state with ransomware that impacted certain state servers, forcing initiation of security protocols...
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The Longest Yard in Football
The National Football League is starting to use tracking technology that can distinguish exact distances and measure the value of a single inch, which could dramatically...
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Room-Sized LED Egg Captures Amazing 3D Models Of People Inside It
Google researchers have designed a prismatic light-emitting-diode (LED) "egg."
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World's Fastest Supercomputers Hit Higher Speeds with Linux
The latest Top500 supercomputer ratings found the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit system topping the list with a High-Performance Linpack benchmark of 148...
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Quantum Computers Learn To Mark Their Own Work
Scientists have developed a test to verify that a quantum computer is providing correct answers to questions outside the scope of traditional computing.
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Pressure-Sensing Drone Designed to Inspect Skyscrapers
Researchers at the Shenyang Institute of Automation in China have developed a prototype autonomous hexacopter drone that can inspect glass skyscrapers more quickly...
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Notes from SC19
The SC19 Supercomputing Conference has launched with the theme, "HPC is Now."
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