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Chinese Tech Investors Flee Silicon Valley as Trump Tightens Scrutiny
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Chinese Tech Investors Flee Silicon Valley as Trump Tightens Scrutiny

New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China's access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in U.S. technology startups, as...

AI Removes the Drudgery from Legal Due Diligence
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AI Removes the Drudgery from Legal Due Diligence

Software can review contracts, and more, faster and more accurately than lawyers.

'DeepSqueak' Helps Researchers Decode Rodent Chatter
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'DeepSqueak' Helps Researchers Decode Rodent Chatter

Researchers have developed a software program to identify and decode rodent vocalizations.

Can a Set of Equations Keep ­.S. Census Data Private?
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Can a Set of Equations Keep ­.S. Census Data Private?

Protecting confidentiality has been a priority for the Census Bureau for most—but not all—of its existence.

Artificial Intelligence Vs. the Hackers
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Artificial Intelligence Vs. the Hackers

Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators...

Miners Dig AI but the Gold Rush Hasn't Come
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Miners Dig AI but the Gold Rush Hasn't Come

Despite expectations by the mining industry that artificial intelligence would transform operations, some experts consider that promise overhyped and unrealistic...

The ­S and China Are in a Quantum Arms Race that Will Transform Warfare
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The ­S and China Are in a Quantum Arms Race that Will Transform Warfare

In the 1970s, at the height of the Cold War, American military planners began to worry about the threat to US warplanes posed by new, radar-guided missile defenses...

Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge
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Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge

A common belief among tech industry insiders is that Silicon Valley has dominated the internet because much of the worldwide network was designed and built by Americans...

Wireless 'Pacemaker for the Brain' Could Be New Standard Treatment for Neurological Disorders
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Wireless 'Pacemaker for the Brain' Could Be New Standard Treatment for Neurological Disorders

A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine...

New Augmented Reality Technology Could Help Firefighters Save Lives
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New Augmented Reality Technology Could Help Firefighters Save Lives

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur's augmented reality solution could make firefighters more effective in low-visibility situations.

Deep Learning Turns Mono Recordings Into Immersive Sound
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Deep Learning Turns Mono Recordings Into Immersive Sound

Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence system to convert ordinary monaural sounds into nearly three-dimensional sounds.

­niversity in North Carolina Issues Degrees ­sing Blockchain
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­niversity in North Carolina Issues Degrees ­sing Blockchain

East Coast Polytechnic Institute University graduates can now receive and digitally store degrees with blockchain technology, which delivers secure, immediate verification...

China Becomes First Nation to Land on the Moon's Far Side
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China Becomes First Nation to Land on the Moon's Far Side

A Chinese probe has made a historic touch-down on the far side of the Moon, according to the country's state-run media. It is the first time a probe has visited...

NASA’s New Horizons Mission Releases Snowman-like Picture of ­ltima Thule
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NASA’s New Horizons Mission Releases Snowman-like Picture of ­ltima Thule

Ultima Thule, an icy world 4 billion miles from the sun, looks like a big snowman.

Schools in China Track Students With GPS-Enabled 'Smart' ­niforms
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Schools in China Track Students With GPS-Enabled 'Smart' ­niforms

Students at 11 schools in the Chinese province of Guizhou are wearing "smart uniforms" incorporating computer chips to ensure they attend classes and behave properly...

'Virtual Tumor' New Way to See Cancer
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'Virtual Tumor' New Way to See Cancer

Researchers have constructed a three-dimensional virtual reality model of tumor samples, with each individual cell mapped.

Researchers Putting Fish Into AR Tanks
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Researchers Putting Fish Into AR Tanks

New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers have created an augmented reality system to run experiments on the glass knifefish.

Ohio Eyes New Connected Vehicle Test
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Ohio Eyes New Connected Vehicle Test

The Ohio Department of Transportation, in collaboration with Honda, is planning a connected vehicle project in the city of Marysville.

How the Artificial-Intelligence Program AlphaZero Mastered Its Games
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How the Artificial-Intelligence Program AlphaZero Mastered Its Games

A few weeks ago, a group of researchers from Google's artificial-intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, published a paper in the journal Science that described an A...

Rail Passengers to Benefit From New GPS Technology as Early as Next Month
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Rail Passengers to Benefit From New GPS Technology as Early as Next Month

New global positioning system technology will be deployed on rail systems in the U.K. starting in January.
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