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Self-Driving Cars Risk 'Future Errors' Due to Difficulty Detecting Darker Skin Tones
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that state-of-the-art object-detection systems are better at detecting people with lighter skin tones...
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India Fights Diabetic Blindness With Help From AI
The Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, is working with Google artificial intelligence scientists to automate the identification of diabetic retinopathy.
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Technology Brings Rugged Iditarod Race to Global Audience
Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race uses technology so organizers and fans worldwide can monitor the race in real time.
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Huawei Suit Against .S. Tries to Go Where Russian Firm Failed
Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecom giant facing multiple criminal indictments in the U.S., is expanding on a Russian company's failed legal argument to...
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New Zealand Farmers Have New Tool for Herding Sheep: Drones That Bark Like Dogs
New Zealand farmers are using drones to herd livestock.
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Scientists Put Ichthyosaurs in Virtual Water Tanks
Researchers have used computer simulations and three-dimensional models to learn more about how Mesozoic-era ichthyosaurs swam.
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Ocean Life in 3D: Mapping Phytoplankton With a Smart AV
Norwegian University of Science and Technology scientists are using autonomous underwater vehicles to map out phytoplankton distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean...
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Jerry Merryman, Co-Inventor of the Pocket Calculator, Dies at 86
Jerry Merryman, a self-taught electrical engineer who helped design the first pocket calculator, died on Feb. 27 in Dallas. He was 86.
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Machine Learning Can se Tweets to Spot Critical Security Flaws
At the endless booths of this week's RSA security trade show in San Francisco, an overflowing industry of vendors will offer any visitor an ad nauseam array of...
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Triton Is the World's Most Murderous Malware, and It's Spreading
As an experienced cyber first responder, Julian Gutmanis had been called plenty of times before to help companies deal with the fallout from cyberattacks.
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Huawei Sues .S. Over Equipment Ban, Escalating Legal Clash
Huawei Technologies Co. sued the U.S. government for barring its equipment from certain networks, delivering a legal riposte to American accusations it aids China...
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Know-It-All Bot Shuts Down Dubious Family Texts
Taiwanese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence bot that interjects in real time to identify factual errors and alternative interpretations in news...
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Galactic Wind Provides Clues to Evolution of Galaxies
The Cigar Galaxy (also known as M82) is famous for its extraordinary speed in making new stars, with stars being born 10 times faster than in the Milky Way.
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FBI Head Christopher Wray: We Can't Let Criminals Hide Behind Encryption
Encryption should have limits. That's the message FBI Director Christopher Wray had for cybersecurity experts Tuesday.
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Big Issues on the Table at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver listened to a question on stage Friday at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, paused for a moment, and delivered a surprising...
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How Georgia Tech is sing GPS Technology to Improve Performance
The Georgia Institute of Technology football team is using wearable GPS devices to measure a host of actions by each player.
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Weather-Responsive Intersections Could Ease Traffic Congestion
Researchers have found that adjusting traffic signals at intersections during snowstorms could reduce traffic delays by as much as 20%.
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McMaster Engineers Create a Fireproof Sensor to Track Workers in High-Risk Situations
Researchers have developed a motion-powered, fireproof sensor that can track the movements of those who work in high-risk environments where they cannot always...
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Animal-AI Olympics Will Test AI on Intelligence Tasks Designed for Crows, Chimps
The University of Cambridge's Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence and the Czech Republic's GoodAI are partnering to launch the Animal-AI Olympics. ...
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