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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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Fewer International Grad Students Seeking .S. Computer Science Degrees
The U.S. National Science Board says the number of international students enrolling in U.S. universities is falling for the first time in years.
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Hail Technology: Deep Learning May Help Predict When People Need Rides
Researchers have found computers may be better at forecasting demand for taxi and ride-sharing services.
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AI's Dirty Little Secret: It's Powered by People
There's a dirty little secret about artificial intelligence: It's powered by hundreds of thousands of real people.
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The 5 Most Popular Programming Languages Among Female Developers
More women are majoring in computer science than in the past, according to HackerRank's 2018 Women in Tech Report.
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Tribal Broadband
Some Native American nations are betting their futures on the construction of broadband networks.
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Edible Electronics Are Here Thanks to Researchers at Rice niversity
Researchers at Rice University say they have produced edible graphene.
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Justices Struggle with .S. Demands for Overseas Data
The Supreme Court appeared to be divided Tuesday as it struggled to interpret whether a three-decade-old federal law gives the U.S. government the right to access...
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Researchers Creating an App to Track, Analyze Dangerous Chronic Wounds
Researchers will use a U.S. National Institutes of Health grant to develop a smartphone application to help patients and caregivers track and assess potentially...
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Microsoft's Supreme Court Case Has Big Implications For Data
Five years ago, US law enforcement served Microsoft a search warrant for emails as part of a US drug trafficking investigation. In response, Microsoft handed over...
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Michigan's 'Marshall Plan for Talent' Aims to Become Model for Tech Education Nationwide
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder recently unveiled a five-year, $100-million "Marshall Plan for Talent" to better prepare students for technology fields with the most...
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Apple Moves to Store iCloud Keys in China, Raising Human Rights Fears
When Apple Inc begins hosting Chinese users' iCloud accounts in a new Chinese data center at the end of this month to comply with new laws there, Chinese authorities...
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niversity Researcher nveils 'Creeper' Business Tool
Creeper is a new software program designed to protect businesses against a cybersecurity threat known as "permissions creep."
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Real-Time Captcha Technique Improves Biometric Authentication
The Real-Time Captcha is a new login authentication approach designed to enhance the security of current biometric methods that rely on video or images of users'...
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Scientists Pave the Way for Resilient Robot Swarms
Researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. say they are developing fault-tolerant robotic swarms using bio-inspired algorithms and machine learning...
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The State of Fakery
How digital media could be authenticated, from computational, legal, and ethical points of view.
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The Construction Industry in the 21st Century
Three-dimensional printing and other new technologies are revitalizing the business of building buildings.
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Are Bots a Danger for Political Election Campaigns?
Researchers in Germany have probed the extent to which autonomous social bots were used on Twitter during Japan's general elections in 2014.
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ISTE and Code.org Partner to Advance Computer Science Education
The International Society for Technology in Education and Code.org have formed a partnership to create more opportunities for educators interested in teaching computer...
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