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Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare
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Pressure Building for Rules of Engagement for Cyberwarfare

The call for an international legal framework governing cyberwarfare is gaining momentum.

DevOps, Machine Learning Dominate Technology Opportunities This Year
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DevOps, Machine Learning Dominate Technology Opportunities This Year

Programming languages and frameworks associated with DevOps and machine learning are on the rise, and developers working in these areas garner the highest salaries...

The Next NSA Chief Is More ­sed to Cyberwar Than Spy Games
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The Next NSA Chief Is More ­sed to Cyberwar Than Spy Games

After sailing through two friendly Senate hearings—one so uncontroversial that only six senators tops bothered to even show up at any given point in the hour—Lieutenant...

Tech Thinks It Has a Fix for the Problems It Created: Blockchain
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Tech Thinks It Has a Fix for the Problems It Created: Blockchain

Entrepreneurs, companies, and governments look to use databases like Blockchain—often independent of Bitcoin—to solve some of the most intractable issues facing...

Robots Augment Surgeons
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Robots Augment Surgeons

Automation that helps doctors perform surgery also will help them learn to be better surgeons.

Emmanuel Macron Talks About France's AI Strategy
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Emmanuel Macron Talks About France's AI Strategy

The French government will spend €1.5 billion ($1.85 billion) over five years to support research in artificial intelligence, encourage startups, and collect data...

Companies Seek Ways to Hold On to Customer Data ­nder New E­ Privacy Law
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Companies Seek Ways to Hold On to Customer Data ­nder New E­ Privacy Law

Nicholas Oliver gathers reams of personal information about users of his mobile app: age, sex, location, profession, relationship status, and more—and uses it to...

Princeton Senior ­ses Big Data to Examine Global Digital Gender Gap
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Princeton Senior ­ses Big Data to Examine Global Digital Gender Gap

A Princeton University student used Facebook's advertising audience estimates to reveal insights on the global digital gender gap.

What Lies Beneath: The Things Facebook Knows Go Beyond ­ser Data
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What Lies Beneath: The Things Facebook Knows Go Beyond ­ser Data

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations regarding the exposure of profile data for millions of users, Facebook is now facing an investigation into its...

DevOps Momentum in the Enterprise
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DevOps Momentum in the Enterprise

The notion of unifying software development and software operation is catching on.

Vint Cerf on the Prospect of a "Digital Dark Age"
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Vint Cerf on the Prospect of a "Digital Dark Age"

Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf talks about the frailty and impermanence of digitally-stored information.

Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted ­sers
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Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted ­sers

Facebook Inc.'s handling of user data has upset lawmakers and regulators in multiple countries. But the biggest risk to its business could come from angry users...

Europe's New Privacy Law Will Change the Web, and More
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Europe's New Privacy Law Will Change the Web, and More

Consumers have long wondered just what Google and Facebook know about them, and who else can access their personal data. But internet giants have little incentive...

Expert Says Graduates in AI Should Take Oath: 'I Must Not Play at God nor Let My Technology Do So'
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Expert Says Graduates in AI Should Take Oath: 'I Must Not Play at God nor Let My Technology Do So'

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence CEO Oren Etzioni suggests artificial intelligence should be "developed from a higher moral ground today."

AI Assistants Say Dumb Things, and We're About to Find Out Why
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AI Assistants Say Dumb Things, and We're About to Find Out Why

A new test will pose elementary-school-level multiple-choice science questions to artificial intelligence systems.

Demand for Blockchain Experts Surges Amid Skills Shortage
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Demand for Blockchain Experts Surges Amid Skills Shortage

China's need for blockchain technology experts is soaring.

­ of R Researchers Developing Automated Pain Detection System for Dementia Patients
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­ of R Researchers Developing Automated Pain Detection System for Dementia Patients

University of Regina researchers have developed a system that can recognize when non-verbal adults with dementia are in pain.

Behind the Broadcom Deal Block: Rising Telecom Tensions
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Behind the Broadcom Deal Block: Rising Telecom Tensions

Behind the U.S. move to block Singapore-based Broadcom's hostile bid for U.S. chip maker Qualcomm lies a new global struggle for influence over next-generation...

Computing Gets Foggy
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Computing Gets Foggy

Fog computing offers a more effective way to address the challenges of distributed systems and Internet of Things devices.

Demand for Programmers Hits Full Boil as ­.S. Job Market Simmers
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Demand for Programmers Hits Full Boil as ­.S. Job Market Simmers

Ouliana Trofimenko and Annie Rihn, who work for different technology companies on the West Coast, are both on the front lines of one of the biggest challenges to...
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