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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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How Close Is Ordinary Light to Doing Quantum Computing?
Researchers say it is possible to use mirrors to generate a light beam with multiple classical entanglements.
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How Data Is Changing the Way Offices Are Run
Building owners are using data collection and artificial intelligence to help control systems like heating, lighting, air quality, and even the flow of workers....
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Cobots Act Like Puppies to Better Communicate with Humans
Zoomorphic gestures inspired by dogs makes understanding cobots intuitive for anyone.
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AI Agent Helps Identify Material Properties Faster
Researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence can speed up X-ray diffraction data analysis and improve accuracy in searches for new materials.
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Google Play Apps Steal Texts, Pepper You With Unauthorized Purchases
McAfee mobile researchers have discovered malware hidden in eight Google Play apps that steals users' text messages and makes unauthorized purchases.
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Coding to Hide Health Prices From Web Searches Is Barred by Regulators
Federal regulators now require hospitals and insurers to disclose long-confidential pricing data, including rates that insurers pay for services.
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Still Getting Your Head Around Digital Currency? So Are Central Bankers.
If you are trying to grasp Bitcoin and understand what China's digital yuan means, America's Federal Reserve is right there with you.
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Chemical Code Used to Store Jane Austen Quote in Plastic Molecules
University of Texas at Austin researchers encoded a quote from Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park in software-readable plastic molecules.
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Quantum Sensing Takes Shape
Opening up the world around us by detecting changes in quantum states.
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Newer Planes Providing Airlines a Trove of Useful Data
The retirement of older aircraft during the pandemic has resulted in a fleet increasingly equipped with digital technologies.
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AI's Carbon Footprint Is Big, But Easy to Reduce, Google Researchers Say
Researchers have released the most accurate estimates to date for the carbon footprint of large artificial intelligence systems.
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Robot Taught Table Etiquette Can Explain Why It Won't Follow the Rules
Researchers programmed a humanoid robot with software that models human cognitive processes.
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Catching the Fakes
Applying neural networks to images helps identify counterfeit goods.
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A Traffic Cop for Low Earth Orbit
Who will be the space traffic controller for orbiting objects?
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Computer Modeling Suggests That T. Rex Was Slow Walker
Computer models created by researchers suggest the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex had a slow walking speed.
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Amazon Bringing Palm-Scanning Payment System to Whole Foods Stores
Amazon's palm-scanning payment system will be rolled out to a Whole Foods store in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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New Rules Allowing Small Drones to Fly Over People in U.S. Take Effect
Final rules from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration that permit small drones to fly over people and to fly at night took effect April 21.
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AI Shows 2 Scribes Wrote One of the Dead Sea Scrolls
One of the Dead Sea Scrolls was written by two scribes with very similar handwriting, according to researchers at the Netherlands' University of Groningen.
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Facebook's Ad Algorithms Still Excluding Women from Seeing Jobs
Its ad-delivery system is excluding women from opportunities without regard to their qualifications. That would be illegal under U.S. employment law.
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