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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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In Battle Against Hackers, Companies Try to Deceive the Deceivers
Companies are attempting to trap hackers by enticing them with deception technology.
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MIT ML Models Find Gaps in Coverage by Moderna, Pfizer, Other Warp Speed Covid-19 Vaccines
Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and others in Phase III clinical trials may not be as effective in people of Black or Asian genetic ancestry...
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Study Outlines What Creates Racial Bias in Facial Recognition Technology
A study has identified the underlying factors that engender racial bias in facial recognition technology.
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Army Computer Models Unveil Secret to Quieter Small Drones
Researchers demonstrated how aviation specialists can use computational fluid dynamics to facilitate development of quieter unmanned aerial drones.
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Computing Empowers Immune Cells to Kill Cancer
A team of computer scientists and bioengineers has developed a method of engineering T cells to recognize a specific combination of cancer markers.
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Does AI in Healthcare Need More Emotion?
Emotion artificial intelligence applications in healthcare are rare, with many scientists skeptical of the technology's utility.
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Do You Have a Conflict of Interest? This Robotic Assistant May Find It First
A Swiss publisher of open-access journals has rolled out a robotic review assistant to check for potential conflicts of interest.
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A Neural Network Learns When It Should Not Be Trusted
Researchers have enabled a neural network to rapidly process data, yielding both predictions and confidence levels based on the quality of the available data.
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China's Xi Jinping Pushing for Global Covid QR Code
Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for a uniform set of policies and standards to ensure the "smooth functioning" of the global economy during the pandemic...
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Rethinking Public Broadband
U.S. infrastructure shortcomings re-ignite public/private debate over broadband.
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Job Interviews Without Interviewers, Products of the Pandemic
Video responses to set questions, online games that measure a person's traits and skills: The future of interviews is coming to a wider variety of professions in...
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The Few, the Tired, the Open Source Coders
The open source movement runs on the heroic efforts of not enough people doing too much work. They need help.
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Cloud Computing Is Grabbing More of Your IT Spending
Cloud-based corporate information technology spending should expand in the coming years, as businesses transition more applications and services, says Gartner. ...
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IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later
You've likely never heard of 82-year-old computer scientist Lynn Conway, but her discoveries power your smartphones and computers.
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Meet The Army’s Future Family Of Robot Tanks: RCV
The U.S. Army has outlined draft objectives for a range of Robotic Combat Vehicles.
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Don't Fear the Robots, and Other Lessons From a Study of the Digital Economy
A task force assembled by MIT examined how technology has changed, and will change, the work force.
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1 in 5 Consumers Has Avoided Buying a Brand Over Its Data Practices
Survey finds widespread skepticism over how companies collect and use personal data.
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Massachusetts Earns Top Marks for Technology-Focused Economy
The Milken Institute's biennial State Technology and Science Index names Massachusetts, Colorado, and California as having the greatest science and technology capabilities...
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Study Outlines Steps Higher Education Should Take to Prepare Quantum Workforce
Researchers interviewed managers at quantum technology companies to determine how U.S. colleges and universities could help prepare the workforce for quantum technology...
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