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The Next Frontier For Artificial Intelligence? Learning Human's Common Sense
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The Next Frontier For Artificial Intelligence? Learning Human's Common Sense

Ramon Lopez de Mantaras is dubious human-like artificial intelligence is only a decade or two away. 

A Light Bulb Goes On, Over the Mall
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A Light Bulb Goes On, Over the Mall

Among the many promises of the Internet of Things—a network of Wi-Fi-connected devices and equipment managed with smartphones—is the automation of everyday life...

The New Laws of Explosive Networks
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The New Laws of Explosive Networks

Last week, United Airlines grounded nearly 5,000 flights when its computer system crashed.

A Wi-Fi Reflector Chip To Speed ­p Wearables
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A Wi-Fi Reflector Chip To Speed ­p Wearables

Whether you're tracking your steps, monitoring your health or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long...

3D Printed Electronics Are Here, Researchers Say
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3D Printed Electronics Are Here, Researchers Say

Researchers have demonstrated a method for three-dimensional  printing of electrical components. 

Inside Nasa's Version of the Holodeck
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Inside Nasa's Version of the Holodeck

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to start testing a virtual environment to help astronauts deal with isolated and confined environments...

Iarpa Funds Program to Predict Next Wave of Cyberattacks
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Iarpa Funds Program to Predict Next Wave of Cyberattacks

The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a program to develop a framework for coupling threat indicators with external information sources...

The Secret Agents Who Stake Out the ­gliest Corners of the Internet
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The Secret Agents Who Stake Out the ­gliest Corners of the Internet

When President Obama launched his Twitter account in May, people noticed his rapid accumulation of followers, a silly back-and-forth with President Clinton, but...

Web 2.0 (and Beyond): Developing the Next Generation of Connectivity
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Web 2.0 (and Beyond): Developing the Next Generation of Connectivity

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Global Environment for Network Innovations is a network established to test next-generation networking concepts.

Touching the Virtual
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Touching the Virtual

Feeling the way across new frontiers at the interface of people and machines.

Security Researchers Find a Way to Hack Cars
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Security Researchers Find a Way to Hack Cars

Security researchers plan to demonstrate a method to hack into and control vehicles at the Black Hat and Def Con hacking conferences in August. 

The Hidden Lab Where Bankcards Are Hacked
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The Hidden Lab Where Bankcards Are Hacked

It couldn't get any more steampunk if it tried: a wooden robot hisses like an airbrake as a blast of compressed air shoves its arm sideways, sending a credit card...

Nfl Teams Train Qbs with Vr
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Nfl Teams Train Qbs with Vr

The Dallas Cowboys is the first professional football team to use Virtual Reality in player training; others are following suit.

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—with Me in It
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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—with Me in It

I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.

Cars May Soon ­nderstand More of What You Say
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Cars May Soon ­nderstand More of What You Say

Many cars today now come with limited voice control, but more elaborate and robust systems could be coming to cars soon. 

Neuroscience Computing Boot Camp Aims to Ignite Interest For Brain Research
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Neuroscience Computing Boot Camp Aims to Ignite Interest For Brain Research

IBM is trying to get the federal government more interested in neuroscience-inspired computing. 

Researchers Prove Html5 Can Be ­sed to Hide Malware
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Researchers Prove Html5 Can Be ­sed to Hide Malware

The upcoming HTML5 standard could enable hackers to execute drive-by download attacks, according to researchers in Italy. 

Deep-Learning AI Is Taking Over Tech. What Is It?
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Deep-Learning AI Is Taking Over Tech. What Is It?

Have you ever begun a Google search, only to click on the words the box lays before you?

The People 'possessed' By Computers
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The People 'possessed' By Computers

Sophia Ben-Achour looks like a typical London student. She has short, brown hair, dancing eyes and a wide smile.

Inside the Fake Town in Michigan Where Self-Driving Cars Are Being Tested
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Inside the Fake Town in Michigan Where Self-Driving Cars Are Being Tested

Later this year a Michigan pedestrian named Sebastian will spend his days throwing himself in the path of speeding cars.
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