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Machine Learning Innovation Reduces Computer Power Usage
A new machine learning framework can manage power usage to reduce energy consumption in multi-core computer processors.
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Amazon Adapts Cashierless Tech for Clothing Stores
A new version of retail giant Amazon's Just Walk Out cashierless shopping technology for clothing vendors keeps track of apparel via radio-frequency identification...
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Driverless Car Company Using Chatbots to Make Its Vehicles Smarter
U.K.-based driverless car company Wayve has tapped chatbot technology to question its vehicles about their driving decisions.
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How Scientists Are Cracking Historical Codes to Reveal Lost Secrets
The DECRYPT project, a collaboration of linguists and computer scientists, aims to automate the process of cracking historical ciphers.
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Asian Games Landmark for eSports Fires Olympic Dreams
At the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, eSports players will have the opportunity to medal for the first time. The event, which begins Sept. 23, will see eSports...
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How to Tell if Your A.I. Is Conscious
In a new report, scientists offer a list of measurable qualities that might indicate the presence of some presence in a machine.
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Breakthrough Way to Train Neuromorphic Chips
A research team has developed a neuromorphic chip that does not require training via external software.
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See-Through Sensors Hide Eye-Tracking in Plain Sight
Semi-transparent image sensors could be incorporated into eyeglasses or curved windshields in front of a user's eyes, with their readout electronics positioned...
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Israel Builds Airspace Network of Drones
Autonomous air taxis were demonstrated in Jerusalem, Israel, last week, taking off from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and flying over the city before landing back...
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Japan's SLIM Moon Lander Is Carrying a Transforming Ball Robot
Last week, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Smart Lander for Investigation Moon probe with a small, spherical lunar explorer aboard.
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Drones Tackle Shark Safety on New York's Beaches
Safety officials at New York's Jones Beach are using drones to monitor for potential human-shark interactions.
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Private Equity Recruits Data-Science Talent as Industry Tackles Machine Learning
Private equity firms integrating machine learning and data analytics into their investment processes increasingly are turning to data-science experts to interpret...
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Study Explains Role of Certain Types of Oxide in Structure, Development of Specialty Glass
Researchers used nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and computational modeling to demonstrate silica network polymerization.
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The U.S. Challenges Google's Search Dominance
Google's search dominance is going on trial in the biggest U.S. antitrust case since a crackdown on Big Tech that started in 2019.
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A Case That Rhymes With Microsoft
The prevailing lesson of the Microsoft case, antitrust lawyers say, is that scrutiny from Washington can slow down a company, even when there are no grievous penalties...
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Researchers Discover Thousands of Transformable Knots
Researchers discovered thousands of new transformable knots via a computational pipeline combining randomized spatial sampling and physics modeling.
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AI Project Imagines Adult Faces of Children Who Disappeared During Argentina's Military Dictatorship
Argentine publicist Santiago Barros uses an app to produce images of what children taken from their parents during Argentina's military dictatorship might look...
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3D-Printed 'Living Material' Could Clean Up Contaminated Water
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego created an "engineered living material" for clearing water of contaminants.
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