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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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niversities FLIP For Diversity
Cornell University's computer science department is leveraging ideas from other departments in pursuit of more diverse academic candidates.
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Blockchain, Once Seen as a Corporate Cure-All, Suffers Slowdown
Corporate America's love affair with all things blockchain may be cooling.
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Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign sing Fake Accounts
Facebook said on Tuesday that it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the midterm elections, with the company ...
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Hubble Researcher Focuses on Blockchain for Space Data Processing
A Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer is testing a decentralized blockchain network for processing massive volumes of data produced by the Hubble Space...
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Augmented Reality Makes Robots Better Coworkers
Roboticists from the University of Colorado, Boulder are investigating the use of augmented reality to improve human-robot collaboration.
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Who Just Beat the Bay Area in Tech Jobs? Toronto
Toronto's tech scene is so hot the city created more jobs than the San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and Washington, D.C., combined last year, while leapfrogging...
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Big Tech is Throwing Money and Talent at Home Robots
Science fiction writers and technologists have been predicting the arrival of robot butlers for the better part of a century. So far domestic robots have been relatively...
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Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Password Guidance
Most of the top 10 English-speaking websites online offer little or no advice on creating passwords that are less likely to be hacked.
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Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
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The Big Problem with Big Data? Without Theory, It's Just Garbage
"The idea that big data will enable more control of behavior may be a lot of hype."
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W Professor Receives Highest .S. Award for STEM Mentors
University of Washington professor Daniel Schwartz recently received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring,. ...
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ACM Affirms Obligation of Computing Professionals to se Skills for Benefit of Society
ACM has completed a two-year process to update its Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct to address advances in computing technology and the growing pervasiveness...
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MIT Researchers Automate Drug Design With Machine Learning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are using machine learning to automate the process of developing and improving drugs.
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Inside Facebook, Twitter and Google's AI Battle Over Your Social Lives
When you sign up for Facebook on your phone, the app isn't just giving you the latest updates and photos from your friends and family.
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Microsoft Calls for Regulation of Facial Recognition, Saying It's Too Risky to Leave to Tech Industry Alone
Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important...
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White House Earmarks Over $1B for Quantum Technology Research
The White House has established an Office of Science and Technology Policy subcommittee to oversee federal backing and investment for quantum technology research...
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How Rare Earths (What?) Could Be Crucial in a .S.-China Trade War
Amanda Lacaze grabbed her iPhone and rattled off the names of the special minerals needed to make it.
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Code Now, Pay Tuition Later
Organizations are offering free coding programs for Web engineers that include job placement; graduates agree to pay the schools a portion of their salaries once...
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Holograms Are Helping Medical Training
San Diego State University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are testing mixed-reality software for the education of nurse trainees.
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