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Researchers Aim to Refocus Wandering Minds
University of Notre Dame researchers say they have developed a prototype system that can detect when the mind of a student is wandering.
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Obama Won't Seek Access to Encrypted User Data
The Obama administration will not compel U.S. technology companies to give law enforcement and intelligence agencies access to user data encrypted on digital devices...
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Robots and US
The dream of full automation is outdated and does not lead to the best outcomes, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell.
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An Algorithm Might Save Your Life: How the Amazon and Netflix Method Might Someday Cure Cancer
Machine-learning algorithms underlying Amazon and Netflix recommendation engines might one day have a transformative effect on humanity.
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Cops Don't Need a Crypto Backdoor to Get Into Your Iphone
Late last week, the privacy community scored a victory in a year-long battle over the future of encryption: In internal discussions, the White House quietly overruled...
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How Soviets sed IBM Selectric Keyloggers to Spy on S Diplomats
A National Security Agency memo that recently resurfaced a few years after it was first published contains a detailed analysis of what very possibly was the world's...
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Brain Scans Pinpoint Individuals from a Crowd
Our brains are wired in such distinctive ways that an individual can be identified on the basis of brain-scan images alone, neuroscientists report.
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With Court Order, Federal Judge Seeks to Fuel Debate About Data Encryption
A federal judge in New York is seeking to expand to the courts the hot debate over whether tech companies should be forced to find ways to unlock encrypted smartphones...
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Nsf Awards $74.5 Million to Support Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Research
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $74.5 million in research grants through its Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.
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Bioinspired Robotic Finger Advances Prosthetics Technology
Florida Atlantic University researchers have developed a robotic finger.
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A Stanford Professor's Quest to Fix Driverless Cars' Major Flaw
Stanford University professor Chris Gerdes is exploring the issue of programming the computer systems of automated cars with ethical decision-making.
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Artificial Precognition ses Data to See the Future
Using large data sets and machine learning to recognize unseen patterns.
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Inside China's Plan to Give Every Citizen a Character Score
Where you go, what you buy, who you know, how many points are on your driving licence, how your pupils rate you.
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Microsoft Researchers Are Working on Multi-Person Virtual Reality
Augmented or mixed reality, which renders virtual images in a view of the real world, can be spectacular to experience. But it may be even more fun when you bring...
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Behind the European Privacy Ruling That's Confounding Silicon Valley
On Tuesday, when Max Schrems won a landmark privacy case in the European Court of Justice, Edward Snowden told him on Twitter that he had "changed the world for...
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A Shocking Way to Fix the Brain
When Emad Eskandar talks about one of his neurosurgery patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, he's not talking about someone who arranges his record collection...
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Ford Uses Space Robot Communications to Serve Connected Cars
Researchers have used telematics technology, used in developing space-robot communications, to develop a data communications system for connected vehicles.
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For the Real Hits of Fashion Week, Look to Computer Science
Researchers from Taiwan and the University of Rochester have developed algorithms that enable a computer to identify fashion trends.
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Researchers Build Extra Brainy Smart Homes to Monitor Aging Adults
Washington State University's Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems develops smart home technology to help older people live with greater independence...
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