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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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Neuroscience Misses the Meaning
Examining each transistor in a microprocessor using techniques for analyzing how the human brain works did not yield anticipated understanding.
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Financing the Dark Web
Cryptocurrencies are enabling illegal or immoral transactions in the dark corners of the Internet.
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ACM Recognizes New Fellows
ACM has recognized 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, cryptography, computer architecture, high...
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Breakthrough Wireless Sensing System Attracts Industry and Government Agency Interest
Waggle, a wireless environmental sensing platform that combines environmental sensors with hardware and software for edge computing within a portable node or device...
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Liar, Liar, Brain on Fire
Brain scans appear to be better at discerning lies than polygraphs are.
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Broad Institute Wins Bitter Battle Over Crispr Patents
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has upheld a series of patents granted for the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to the Broad Institute of MIT and...
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The Need For a Digital Geneva Convention
Responding to the rise in nation-state cybersecurity attacks.
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Apple vs. Fbi One Year Later: Still Stuck in Limbo
It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.
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A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections For Millions of Devices
The VUSec team at the Free University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands has demonstrated an exploit that undercuts a basic safeguard used in all modern operating...
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S Science Advisers Outline Path to Genetically Modified Babies
Scientists should be permitted to modify human embryos destined for implantation in the womb to eliminate devastating genetic diseases such as sickle-cell anaemia...
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Fixing the Fake News Problem
Unsubstantiated information can spread like wildfire through social media; new tools aim to make it easy to track down sources of misinformation, no matter where...
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Sensors Embedded in Sports Equipment Could Provide Real-Time Analytics to Your Smartphone
Researchers are experimenting with Internet of Things devices that can be embedded into sports equipment, as well as in wearable devices, to make data analytics...
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Automated Rescue
The Texas A&M University Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue builds robots that can work with first responders in search-and-rescue operations.
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Code-Dependent: Pros and Cons of the Algorithm Age
Algorithms are aimed at optimizing everything. They can save lives, make things easier and conquer chaos. Still, experts worry they can also put too much control...
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Being Black in Tech Can Cost You $10k a Year
African-American technology workers receive an average $10,000 less annually than whites in New York and San Francisco, according to a survey from the Hired online...
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Kingston niversity to Explore How Drones, Smart Wristbands, and Cameras Could Transform Future of Concert Security
Researchers will investigate how networked drones, smart wristbands, and body-mounted video cameras could enhance concert security.
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Mathematically Optimizing Traffic Lights in Road Intersections
A team of researchers is addressing the challenge of computing optimal traffic light settings for city road intersections by applying traffic flow conservation...
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Tech vs. Trump War Over Immigration Intensifies
Shortly after his election victory, Donald Trump assembled executives from tech giants including Amazon, Apple and Google for a meeting at Trump Tower meant to...
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Volunteers Archive Government Data, Worry Trump Administration Could Cut Access
Volunteers are working to archive public databases hosted by U.S. government agencies because they are worried access to the data could be cut off by the Trump...
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