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Taskmaster Robots Watch While You Work in Case You Miss a Step
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step.
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How Drones May Avoid Collisions By Sharing Knowledge
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working with more then 130 research teams to determine how to manage drone traffic.
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Nasa Suspends 2016 Launch of Insight Mission to Mars
After thorough examination, NASA managers have decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy...
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Nobody Knew How Big a Deal the Cloud Would Be—they Do Now
Ten years ago, Amazon unleashed a technology that we now call, for better or for worse, cloud computing.
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Tech Companies Are Slamming a Proposed k Terrorism Law. Here's Why.
The world's biggest tech firms—including Apple, Microsoft, and Yahoo—are pressing for changes to a proposed British law aimed at expanding the government's electronic...
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Gene Amdahl, 1922-2015
Gene Amdahl, who formulated Amdahl's Law and worked with IBM and others on developments related to mainframe computing, died recently from complications of pneumonia...
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Xprize Offers $7m Purse to nlock Mysteries of the Sea
XPRIZE has launched a three-year global competition focused on ocean mapping, featuring a $7-million prize purse.
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What Can—or Should—internet Companies Do to Fight Terrorism?
After the recent attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., social media platforms are under pressure from politicians to do more to take down messages and...
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Yahoo's Engineers Move to Coding Without a Net
Software engineering at Yahoo has undergone a transformation resulting in fewer errors and a much faster development cycle.
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Silicon Valley Faces Showdown as Lawmakers Fume Over Encryption
A number of lawmakers on Thursday expressed a growing frustration with technology companies and signaled Congress would consider either curbing encrypted communications...
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors
A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...
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Growth in Computer Science Driven By Student Interest, Societal Need
In response to growing enrollment and increasing interest from other disciplines, Princeton University is expanding its computer science faculty by more than 30...
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Army to Stop Putting Social Security Numbers on Dog Tags
Soldiers' Social Security numbers will no longer be part of their dog tags, the Army announced Tuesday.
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China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots
China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.
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When Your Boss Is an ber Algorithm
Researchers say Uber and Lyft's automated management systems establish new dynamics between workers and their bosses that should garner regulatory attention.
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Statisticians' Plea: Please Pick Up the Phone
In the era of big data, when demand for statistics is higher than ever, a shadow of danger looms over the numbers revolution: People are increasingly refusing to...
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w Researchers Estimate Poverty and Wealth From Cellphone Metadata
Researchers have developed a method for estimating the distribution of wealth and poverty in an area by studying metadata from calls and texts made on cellphones...
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Speeding Delivery By 3D-Printing Products
Online mega-retailer Amazon appears to be exploring the use of 3D printing to get products to consumers faster.
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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