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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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DDoS Cyber Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter, More Damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
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Virtual Reality Startups Look Back to the Future
It's been almost 30 years since the computer scientist Jaron Lanier formed VPL Research, the first company to sell the high-tech goggles and gloves that once defined...
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The Quantified Computer Scientist: Larry Smarr on the Future of Medicine
A conversation with computer scientist Larry Smarr
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Perjurers and Fake Reviews Train Software to Spot Lies
Lawyers and judges use skill and instinct to sense who might be lying in court.
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Mathematical Proof Reveals How To Make The Internet More Earthquake-Proof
One of the common myths about the Internet is that it was originally designed during the Cold War to survive nuclear attack.
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Open Source Challenges a Proprietary Internet of Things
The Linux Foundation recently created the AllSeen Alliance, which combines the AllJoyn Framework with its open source network.
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Inside the New Arms Race to Control Bandwidth on the Battlefield
An electromagnetic mystery in northern Iraq changed the course of Jesse Potter's life.
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Cuban-Americans Hack For Information Freedom
A network of students and young professionals strive to empower youth in Cuba.
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Cassini Nears 100th Titan Flyby with a Look Back
Ten years ago, we knew Titan as a fuzzy orange ball about the size of Mercury.
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Since It Can't Sue s All, Getty Images Embraces Embedded Photos
For the past decade or so, the best defense Getty Images could find against the right-click button on your mouse—home of the "copy" and "save" functions—has been...
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A Blueprint For Centralized Research Data Storage and Sharing
The University of Colorado Boulder PetaLibrary storage system has been deployed to address challenges regarding large-scale data storage and data management.
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Interviewing the Algorithm
Often, when there's talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money.
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Russia and kraine in Cyber 'stand-Off'
As diplomatic efforts are stepped up to ease tensions in Ukraine, security experts have warned that Kiev and Moscow are locked in a cyber stand-off.
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Europa Mission Gets Boost from President's New Nasa Budget
A dedicated mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, one of the best bets for life beyond Earth in our solar system, has inched a little closer to reality today.
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Keeping Pace With the Data Explosion
Researchers have developed co-factorization machines that utilize mathematical analysis to study the interaction between social media users and tweets.
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Mitsubishi Planning Predictive User Interface For Cars
Mitsubishi Electric recently demonstrated prototype technology that predicts in-car operations.
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N.s.a. Director Says Snowden Leaks Hamper Efforts Against Cyberattacks
Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, said Tuesday that the leaks by the former agency contractor Edward J. Snowden had slowed...
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kraine Crisis: Cyber War with Russia Heating up
If you think the crisis in the Ukraine is limited just to being on the ground, think again.
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Remembering Mit, When There Were Just 50 Women in a Class of 1,000
When Radia Perlman attended MIT in the late '60s and '70s, she was one of just a few dozen women (about 50) out of a class of 1,000.
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