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Expert Panel Discusses Issue of New Principles For Internet Governance
A panel of Internet experts recently addressed the question of what kind of Internet users want.
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Nasa, IBM Team Up on Global Hackathon to Solve Earth's Problems
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration this weekend will hold its fourth annual space apps hackathon.
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Mlb Is Supercharging Its Stats System with Radar and AI
For all the Brad Pitt-fueled hype, sabermetric analysis is still only as good as the systems that capture data from the field—who hit what to whom.
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Is Your Robot a Little Cheeky? Google May Build It That Way
Google is developing robots that have individual personalities.
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Why Women Won't Code Is Topic of New Documentary
Film director Robin Hauser Reynolds was inspired to create her new documentary about the gender gap in computer science by the experience of her daughter.
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Planes Without Pilots
Modern airplanes are highly automated, but some researchers say there is room to automate planes even further.
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Coding For a More Open Cuba
Technology experts will gather at Facebook's Menlo Park, CA, headquarters later this month to participate in the Code for Cuba hackathon.
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Connecting Vehicles
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are developing a computational framework for connected-vehicle technologies that facilitates communication.
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Planes Without Pilots
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental...
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niversity Receives Grant to Prevent Cyberbullying
Rutgers University has received a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to develop a system that automatically detects cyberbullying.
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How Cybersecurity Became Your Problem
Cyberattacks threaten to rise in frequency and complexity, which makes every person using modern technology a potential target.
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Know Instantly How Much Privacy a Website Visit Costs You
An Italian researcher has developed algorithms that can calculate the privacy costs of websites.
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Do Girls Like Math? The Answer Matters
Although the gender imbalance in science and technology is a major issue in affluent countries such as the U.S., it is almost non-existent in many less developed...
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Can You Vote For the Next President on Your Smartphone? Not Just Yet.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has approved a measure to update the security and accessibility guidelines for voting machines.
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Hbo's John Oliver Hits Snowden Hard on Nsa Leaks
Edward Snowden and an unlikely interviewer squared-off on HBO over the leaks that exposed the National Security Agency's extensive surveillance programs.
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Professor Uses Online Data to Predict Future Fashion Trends
A Pennsylvania State University team is collecting and analyzing data in an attempt to make fashion trends comprehensible to the average person.
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Eek! How Your Face Reveals Your Body's Real Age
A new study used three-dimensional facial images to predict biological age in a human population, to detect those aging quickly and slowly.
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Sabina, New Domestic Service Robot
New software enables a domestic service robot to learn under user guidance via remote control, voice commands, or by being shown the tasks.
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Tech Titans' Latest Project: Defy Death
Seated at the head of a table for 12 with a view of the city's soaring skyline, Peter Thiel was deep in conversation with his guests, eclectic scientists whose...
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