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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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Hackers Release Patient Data Stolen from New Zealand Health Systems
The release comes a week after the health system's information services were shut down by hackers.
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Warehouses Look to Robots to Fill Labor Gaps, Speed Deliveries
Warehouses are deploying robots to offset staff shortages and deliver orders rapidly as online demand for products surges due to the pandemic.
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Regulation of AI Remains Elusive
About 130 jurisdictions globally have implemented data protection laws, often seen as a starting point for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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More Efficient LiDAR Sensing for Self-Driving Cars
A new machine learning system for driverless cars uses an end-to-end mapless driving framework that taps raw Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for autonomous...
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The Army's Latest Night-Vision Tech Looks Like Something Out of a Video Game
The U.S. Army is training on a new night-vision system that generates a videogame-like view of a scene.
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Government Funding Could Help Set Up 'Seven to 10 New Chip Factories'
Government funding is needed to unlock private capital for chip invest, suggests U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
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The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On.
The development of self-driving vehicles has become a goal that only the most well-heeled companies are currently pursuing.
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Fed Takes Closer Look at Creating Digital Money
The U.S. wants to make sure it has a prominent seat at the table as the rules of future cross-border payments are drawn.
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Getting Down to Basics
2020 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman helped develop formal language theory, invented efficient algorithms to drive the tasks of a...
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Jack Minker (1927–2021)
ACM Fellow Jack Minker was a leader in the development of automating logistic reasoning, but he is perhaps best known for his efforts to promote the social responsibility...
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Let the Algorithm Decide?
Algorithms fail their first test to replace student exams.
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Does Correcting Online Falsehoods Make Matters Worse?
A Twitter field experiment found that after corrections to tweeted misinformation, there was an increase in retweeting lower-quality and more partisan news.
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Highly Sensitive LiDAR System Enhances Autonomous Driving Vision
A new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system can enhance weak signals reflected off faraway objects.
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Helping Robots Learn What They Can and Can't Do in New Situations
University of Michigan researchers have developed a method of helping robots to predict when the model on which they were trained is unreliable.
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Novel Approach Identifies Genes Linked to Autism, Predicts Patient IQ
Researchers have identified a novel computational approach for identifying genes most likely associated with autism spectrum disorders.
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U.S. Has Almost 500,000 Job Openings in Cybersecurity
The U.S. Commerce Department's Cyber Seek technology job-tracking database and the trade group CompTIA count about 465,000 current U.S. cybersecurity job openings...
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Google Aims for Commercial-Grade Quantum Computer by 2029
Google intends to invest billions of dollars to build a commercial-grade quantum computer that can perform large-scale, error-free calculations by 2029.
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Shape-Shifting Computer Chip Thwarts Hackers
A secure new computer processor thwarts hackers by randomly changing its underlying structure, making it virtually impossible to hack.
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Microsoft is Retiring Web browser Internet Explorer
Some versions of the Windows operating system will continue to receive support for Internet Explorer.
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