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Comet Scientists Abandon Philae Flyby
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will not make a dedicated flyby to search for the lost comet lander Philae any time soon, according to a post on...
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Graphene's Cousin Silicene Makes Transistor Debut
Seven years ago, silicene was little more than a theorist's dream.
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Google Brain's Co-Inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks
To chat with Andrew Ng I almost have to tackle him.
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Programming: Pick p Python
Last month, Adina Howe took up a post at Iowa State University in Ames. Officially, she is an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering.
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German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology professor Martina Zitterbart is developing a way to hide data transmitted on smart devices that will run on the Internet of Things...
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Shopping Through the Lens of It
Pennsylvania State University researchers are studying how smart cameras could eventually guide visually-impaired shoppers to find the items they need.
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Pursuing Deep Learning
Startups are trying to take advantage of deep learning techniques to improve search results.
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I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence
The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...
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Go and Rust: The Road Ahead For Two Young Programming Languages
Go and Rust are two rising programming languages that have top-of-the-line pedigrees, created by major forces in the technology industry.
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Nasa Has Its Sights Set on Europa
Yesterday, NASA announced its Fiscal Year 2016 budget request.
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Rosetta's Lost Comet Lander Philae Could Wake p in May Sunshine
Spring is seen as a time of renewal. Flowers bloom. Days get longer. New life emerges. Something similar could happen on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the object...
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AI Won't End the World, But It Might Take Your Job
There's been a lot of fear about the future of artificial intelligence.
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Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.
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Self-Powered Intelligent Keyboard Could Provide a New Layer of Security
Researchers have developed a self-powered non-mechanical intelligent keyboard that could provide a stronger layer of security for computer users.
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A Robot to Help Improve Agriculture and Wine Production
A group of European researchers is developing an autonomous robot to help manage vineyards.
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Ibm's Sophisticated Cryptographic Algorithm Protects Your Identity
Identity Mixer is a cloud-based technology that uses an algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user.
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Out of Control AI Will Not Kill s, Believes Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research chief Eric Horvitz thinks Artificial Intelligence systems eventually could achieve consciousness, but he doubts they could become a threat to...
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Parallelizing Common Algorithms
Every undergraduate computer-science major takes a course on data structures, which describes different ways of organizing data in a computer’s memory.
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New Rules in China pset Western Tech Companies
The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...
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