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Spy Chief Adds to Warnings of Russian Cyber Attacks on Germany
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Spy Chief Adds to Warnings of Russian Cyber Attacks on Germany

Germany's spy chief has warned that Russian hackers are pelting his country with disinformation that could undermine the democratic process, echoing concerns already...

New Quantum States For Better Quantum Memories
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New Quantum States For Better Quantum Memories

Researchers at Austria's Technical University of Wien, in collaboration with Japan's NTT, are moving toward new quantum memory concepts using nitrogen atoms and...

Google Deepmind Could Invent the Next Generation of AI By Playing Starcraft 2
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Google Deepmind Could Invent the Next Generation of AI By Playing Starcraft 2

The announcement at BlizzCon 2016 that met with the most muted response was arguably the most revolutionary.

Network Operators Beef ­p Last Mile For Cord-Cutters
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Network Operators Beef ­p Last Mile For Cord-Cutters

Consumers increasingly are bypassing traditional content providers to download content a la carte via broadband connection.

Telescope That 'ate Astronomy' Is on Track to Surpass Hubble
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Telescope That 'ate Astronomy' Is on Track to Surpass Hubble

The next great space telescope spread its golden wings this month.

Indium Selenide Takes on the Mantle of the New Wonder Material
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Indium Selenide Takes on the Mantle of the New Wonder Material

Is there a research institute with a more distinguished pedigree in graphene research than the University of Manchester?

China's Secretive Space Program Threatens Nasa's Dominance
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China's Secretive Space Program Threatens Nasa's Dominance

The launch of the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft in western China last month marked another great leap forward for the nation's space program and its ambition to send manned...

Nasa Saturn Mission Prepares For 'ring-Grazing Orbits'
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Nasa Saturn Mission Prepares For 'ring-Grazing Orbits'

A thrilling ride is about to begin for NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Japan Plans Supercomputer to Leap Into Technology Future
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Japan Plans Supercomputer to Leap Into Technology Future

Japan plans to build the world's fastest-known supercomputer in a bid to arm the country's manufacturers with a platform for research that could help them develop...

Making Sense of Exabytes of Data at Sc16
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Making Sense of Exabytes of Data at Sc16

“Think about how you got here,” said Katharine Frase, head of strategy and business development for IBM’s Watson Education unit, at the SC16 conference in Salt...

Malware Turns Pcs Into Eavesdropping Devices
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Malware Turns Pcs Into Eavesdropping Devices

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have demonstrated SPEAKE(a)R, malware that can turn computers into perpetual eavesdropping machines. The malware...

Cracked, Frozen, and Tipped Over: New Clues From Pluto's Past
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Cracked, Frozen, and Tipped Over: New Clues From Pluto's Past

Sputnik Planitia, a 1,000-kilometer-wide basin within the iconic heart-shaped region observed on Pluto's surface, could be in its present location because accumulation...

Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
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Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior

Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what's in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, researchers using...

Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
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Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You

Cautious computer users put a piece of tape over their webcam.

Fire ­p the Atom Forge
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Fire ­p the Atom Forge

Electron microscopy is on the brink of a transition.

Artificial Intelligence Robots: Why Human Baby Brains Are Smarter Than AI
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Artificial Intelligence Robots: Why Human Baby Brains Are Smarter Than AI

Machines are capable of understanding speech, recognizing faces and driving cars safely, making recent technological advancements seem impressively powerful.

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Are Remaking Themselves Around AI
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Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Are Remaking Themselves Around AI

Fei-Fei Li is a big deal in the world of AI. As the director of the Artificial Intelligence and Vision labs at Stanford University, she oversaw the creation of...

China's Driverless Trucks Are Revving Their Engines
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China's Driverless Trucks Are Revving Their Engines

China is gearing up to overhaul its road delivery with fleets of self-driving long-haul trucks.

World's First Photonic Neural Network ­nveiled
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World's First Photonic Neural Network ­nveiled

Neural networks are taking the world of computing by storm.

New Ceres Views as Dawn Moves Higher
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New Ceres Views as Dawn Moves Higher

The brightest area on Ceres stands out amid shadowy, cratered terrain in a dramatic new view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken as it looked off to the side of...
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