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Looking to Big Data, AI for COVID-19 Shutdown Exit Strategies
Crowdsourced data, artificial intelligence, and cryptography are emerging as vital tools for controlling transmission of COVID-19 as countries look for exit strategies...
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App Shows Promise in Tracking New Coronavirus Cases, Study Finds
The app, which allows people to record their symptoms, was remarkably effective in predicting infections. The most reliable indicators, researchers found, were...
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Global Firms Push U.S. to Research 5G Tech That Would Minimize Chinese Influence
A coalition of global companies is urging U.S. lawmakers to fund research into next-generation technology.
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Coronavirus Has Upended Election Security Training with Just Months Before November
The University of Southern California Election Security Initiative is scrambling to virtually train campaign and election officials across the U.S. before the November...
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This Was Supposed to Be the Year Driverless Cars Went Mainstream
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted technology companies' plans to bring autonomous vehicles into the mainstream this year.
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Scientists Make Artificial Skin for Robots
Scientists worldwide are developing robotic skin to imbue machines with tactile perception, and even allow them to feel pain in some cases.
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A Pandemic Benefit: The Expansion of Telemedicine
Medical practice over the Internet can result in faster diagnoses and treatments, increase the efficiency of care, and reduce patient stress.
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New ACM Award to Recognize Research using HPC to Combat COVID-19
Nominations are now open for the Gordon Bell Special Prize for high-performance-computing-based COVID-19 research.
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Singapore Deploys Robot 'Dog' to Encourage Social Distancing
Singapore's government will deploy a robot from Boston Dynamics at a local park as part of a pilot project to encourage social distancing.
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VR Concert in Helsinki Attracts Over 1 Million Spectators
A virtual reality Vappu (May Day) concert in Helsinki, Finland, drew 1.4 million spectators.
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Artificial Intelligence Is Energy-Hungry – Solution: New AI Hardware Made of Quantum Material
Quantum material could offset energy demand of artificial intelligence.
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Australians Urged to Take Up Mental Health Telehealth, Put On 'Digital Sunscreen'
Since the Australian government announced it would fast-track digital alternatives to in-person medical care, a million mental health telehealth consultations have...
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Twitter Opens Up Data for Researchers to Study COVID-19 Tweets
Twitter will provide researchers and software developers access to a real-time dataset of daily public tweets about COVID-19, to study the virus' spread and track...
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Print Your Own Laboratory-Grade Microscope for £15
Researchers have developed an open-source design that allows labs around the world to three-dimensionally print their own precision microscopes.
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Data Visualization's Breakthrough Moment in the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has spurred data visualization researchers and professionals to apply their expertise to combat the pandemic.
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'This is Certainly Different': Astronauts on Controlling the Dragon Spacecraft Via Touchscreen
The astronauts manning SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month will control the capsule using a touchscreen...
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Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio: Self-Supervised Learning is Key to Human-Level Intelligence
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio say self-supervised learning could lead to artificial intelligence programs more humanlike in their...
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IT is Essential. Furlough Elsewhere
IT is central to continuity and recovery and job cuts should be avoided, but there are plenty of other places savings can be made.
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