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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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Taking Advantage of Workers With Experience
An escalating number of available workers over 50 means lots of opportunity for training and engagement in computer occupations.
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Apple Ceo Defends Encryption, Opposes Government Back Door
Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and the director of the National Security Agency squared off on Monday in a debate over how much access technology companies...
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Closing Cybersecurity's Race Gap
During an event on Capitol Hill, experts discussed the U.S. government cybersecurity labor shortage and the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the field...
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Smith’s STEM Education Act Signed Into Law
The STEM Education Act of 2015 strengthens U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math education efforts.
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These Computer Scientists Are Making a 'global Map of Sexism'
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute are building a "map of sexism" by analyzing data from the Everyday Sexism Project.
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Cyber Insurance Premiums Rocket After High-Profile Attacks
A rash of hacking attacks on U.S. companies over the past two years has prompted insurers to massively increase cyber premiums for some companies, leaving firms...
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Smaller U.s. Businesses Fear Freeze from Eu Privacy Ruling
U.S. businesses from online coupon company RetailMeNot Inc to security software company Symantec Corp said a European change to rules governing transatlantic personal...
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New Report Puts Numbers on Data Scientist Trend
Data scientist–a job that barely existed a decade ago–has become one of the hottest and best-paid professions in the U.S.
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The Battle Over Genome Editing Gets Science All Wrong
Nobel Prize speculation, gossip, and betting pools kick off every fall around the time Thomson Reuters releases its predictions for science's most prestigious prize...
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Court Reaffirms Ftc Authority to Prosecute Cybersecurity Breaches
The ruling underscores corporate responsibility to protect consumer data.
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The Jocks of Computer Code Do It For the Job Offers
At 21, Gennady Vladimirovich Korotkevich is already a legend. Tourist, as he's known online, is now the world's top sport programmer.
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Researchers Tout Technology to Make Electronics Out of Old Tires
Discarded tires could be used to create electrodes for supercapacitors.
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Providing Support Networks For Women in STEM
Women are developing networks to help themselves and other women succeed in technology jobs.
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w, Nvidia Join to Create Faster Supercomputers
The National Center for Atmospheric Research-Wyoming Supercomputing Center at the University of Wyoming and Nvidia are collaborating on a new supercomputer.
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Cyber Policies on the Rise
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
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Smaller, Faster, Cheaper, Over: The Future of Computer Chips
At the inaugural International Solid-State Circuits Conference held on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1960, a young computer engineer...
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Vw Could Fool the Epa, But It Couldn't Trick Chemistry
For decades, automakers have been caught between building an engine that squeezes a lot of energy out of the fuel it burns and one that has low emissions.
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Women Leaders Cite Two Major Reasons For Issues Facing Women in Tech
During its recent 2015 Dreamforce conference, Salesforce launched its first Women's Leadership Summit.
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