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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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Don't Call Them 'utility' Rules: The Fcc's Net Neutrality Regime, Explained
Within a few weeks we’ll have a huge document full of legalese on the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, to replace the near-200-page ...
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The Computer that Crunches Cloud Data to Heat Your Home
Each photo we "like", email we send, and search we run creates heat.
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British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors
The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare...
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China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones
China had 649 million Internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's...
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Portable Mind-Reader Gives Voice to Locked-In People
You wake up in hospital unable to move, to speak, to twitch so much as an eyelid.
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Charles H. Townes, Who Paved Way For the Laser in Daily Life, Dies at 99
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...
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Bitcoin Scams Steal at Least $11 Million in Virtual Deposits From nsuspecting Customers
Fraudulent schemes have scammed at least $11 million in Bitcoin deposits from unsuspecting cyber customers over the past four years, say researchers.
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In the Future, Your Touchscreens Will Touch You Back
You comfort your grieving friend online over chat, but you can't reach out and touch their shoulder.
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Ftc Says Internet-Connected Devices Pose Big Risks
Internet-connected devices present serious data security and privacy risks, according to a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report released this week.
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Visualizing Sound
New techniques capture speech by looking for the vibrations it causes.
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Online Privacy: Regional Differences
How do the U.S., Europe, and Japan differ in their approaches to data protection — and what are they doing about it?
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Using Technology to Help People
Companies are creating technological solutions for individuals, then generalizing them to broader populations that need similar assistance.
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The App Economy Is Now 'bigger Than Hollywood'
What is the major cultural force in America right now? It might just be apps and the web.
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Back-p Brains: The Era of Digital Immortality
A few months before she died, my grandmother made a decision.
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America's Best-Selling Cars and Trucks Are Built on Lies: The Rise of Fake Engine Noise
Stomp on the gas in a new Ford Mustang or F-150 and you’ll hear a meaty, throaty rumble—the same style of roar that Americans have associated with auto power and...
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How the Home Telephone Sparked the ser-Centered Design Revolution
Have you ever thought about why doorknobs are positioned at around two-fifths of the door's height, instead of right in the middle? Or why a washing machine is...
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Time to Change Global Clock Management? It's nder Debate
Does anybody really know what time it is?
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Hands-On With Microsoft's nbelievable New Holographic Goggles
It's the end of October, when the days have already grown short in Redmond, Washington, and gray sheets of rain are just beginning to let up.
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Revealed at Last: Magic Leap’s Vision For Augmented Reality, in 32 Patent Illustrations
A new patent application titled Planar Waveguide Apparatus with Diffraction Element(s) and System Employing Same sounds like a scientific snoozefest, but just also...
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