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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google's Logica Language Addresses SQL's Flaws
Open source logic programming language compiles to SQL and runs on Google BigQuery, with experimental support for PostgreSQL and SQLite.
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Computer Trouble Hits Hubble Space Telescope, Science Halted
Launched in 1990, Hubble is showing more and more signs of aging, despite a series of repairs and updates by spacewalking astronauts during NASA's shuttle era. ...
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Most Firms Face 2nd Ransomware Attack after Paying Off 1st
Some 80% of businesses that pay to regain access to encrypted systems experience a subsequent ransomware attack.
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WWW Code That Changed the World Up for Auction as NFT
Tim Berners-Lee's original source code for what would become the World Wide Web is part of a non-fungible token soon to be auctioned off.
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Computers Predict People's Tastes in Art
Researchers have come up with a program to predict people's art preferences.
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A Big Step Towards Cybersecurity's Holy Grail
Scientists have unveiled a provably secure computing environment that employs users' device communications to grant them immunity from compromised components.
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UW Researchers Can Turn a Single Photo into a Video
A new deep learning method can convert a single photo of any flowing material into an animated video running in a seamless loop.
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Creating 'Digital Twins' at Scale
Researchers have designed a model for generating digital twins—precise computer simulations—at scale.
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Forget Wearables: Future Washable Smart Clothes Powered by Wi-Fi Will Monitor Your Health
Purdue University engineers have developed a technique to turn apparel into washable smart clothes that operate without batteries.
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Drone Refuels U.S. Navy Fighter Jet in Midair for the First Time
U.S. Navy officials said an aerial drone successfully refueled a fighter jet in midair for the first time during a June 4 test flight.
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DeepMind AI Taught Digital People to Play Football from Scratch
An artificial intelligence-trained computer learned to play football from scratch, using digital players.
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Computer System Can Help Inform Future Therapies for Patients with Inherited Heart Disease
A computer system trained on clinical data can support medical and surgical decisions on the treatment of patients with inherited heart disease.
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Honoring the Ties Between Computer Science and Mathematics
László Lovász and Avi Wigderson were awarded the 2021 Abel Prize.
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The Global Chip Shortage is Creating a New Problem: More Fake Components
Industry analysts believe that the global chip shortage is creating the perfect environment for counterfeit semiconductors to enter the market.
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Cybersecurity Executive Order 2021: What It Means for Cloud and SaaS Security
Understanding the fundamentals of the White House Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity.
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Here are 5 Ways the U.S. Government is Taking On Big Tech
Five proposed bills from U.S. lawmakers will take on Big Tech by making it harder for them to acquire new businesses and forcing them to even the playing field....
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AI Spots Coronal Holes to Automate Space Weather Prediction
Automated space weather prediction came a step closer to reality via a neural network that can identify coronal holes in space-based observations.
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Tech Firms Use Remote Monitoring to Help Honey Bees
Technology companies are monitoring honey bee colonies remotely to investigate hive die-offs, in efforts to improve their survival.
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How Do We Improve the Virtual Classroom?
Researchers investigated virtual learning's shortcomings and proposed approaches for improving the experience.
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