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Are Computer Chips the New Security Threat?
Security researchers have identified a technique for installing a backdoor on computer chips, a security flaw that could profoundly change the computing industry...
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It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data
In risk assessment and predictive policing, biased data can yield biased results.
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What Better Way For the Marines to Prepare For Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi?
Lance Cpl. Steven West steps into a remote enemy hideout clad in a 350-pound exoskeleton, sensors piercing the darkness and displaying digital info on his helmet...
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Impact of Job-Stealing Robots a Growing Concern at Davos
Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.
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DARPA Wants to Simulate How Social Media Spreads Info Like Wildfire
A new program from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to better understand the spread and evolution of information online.
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In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI
This year, China looks set to make larger waves than ever in artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
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Back to the Future: Silicon May Work For Quantum Computing
Although I write a lot about quantum computing, I've not really paid much attention to performing quantum computations with silicon-based qubits. Luckily Stephanie...
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Research Led By Clemson niversity Could Help Revolutionize Transportation
Researchers at Clemson University's new Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility aim to improve the mobility of people and goods and explore how the emerging Internet...
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4g Network Infrastructure Could Mean Fewer Accidents By Drivers
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have found a preexisting 4G network infrastructure could help drivers make safe decisions in or near accidents...
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Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse By Making Chat a Game
Microsoft is buying a deep learning startup based in Montreal, a global hub for deep learning research.
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Nasa Is Making New Robots That Can Control Themselves
NASA wants humans and robots to work together as teams.
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New Fingerprinting Techniques Identify sers Across Different Browsers on the Same Pc
A U.S.-based multi-university research effort has yielded distinct fingerprinting methods to track users when they use different browsers installed on the same...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks
Scientists used NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as cracks in drying...
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Hans Berliner, Master Chess Player and Programmer, Dies at 87
A former world champion of correspondence chess who later helped develop game-playing computers, Hans Berliner died on Friday in Riviera Beach, FL, at the age of 87...
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Darpa's Off-Roaders Ditch Windows For a Digital World View
Autonomous warriors may dominate the battlefield of tomorrow, but even those that still require human flesh will take on a robotic sheen. That shift could start...
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11 Predictions For the Future of Programming
Among the expected trends for computer programming in 2017 and beyond is the cloud overtaking Moore's Law, which will require coders to find algorithms that can...
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Give Robots 'personhood' Status, Eu Committee Argues
The European parliament has urged the drafting of a set of regulations to govern the use and creation of robots and artificial intelligence, including a form of...
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