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Taking the Robot Dog For a Walk
It's a video which is bound to go viral. Spot sets off down an office corridor, and then out into the open air.
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Facebook, Linkedin Join to Help Women in Tech
Facebook and LinkedIn have launched a collaborative initiative to boost the shrinking numbers of women studying engineering and computer science.
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The Invisible Network That Keeps the World Running
It’s been just over 45 years since the Apollo Moon landings, and some would have it that we are failing to build big anymore; that we've since become too fascinated...
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In Japan, Dog Owners Feel Abandoned as Sony Stops Supporting 'aibo'
Yahui and Tatsuo Matsui met because of their dogs, Ai and Doggy.
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Software Engineers with Autism Add Value to the Corporate Workplace
Companies are training workers with autism spectrum disorders for software testing, quality assurance
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J. Craig Venter on Dna and Life's Mysteries
J. Craig Venter is in the life business.
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Society's View of It Workers As 'unwashed Nerds' Stops Women Entering Industry
Society needs to change the way it presents and views information technology careers if more women are to be encouraged to join the industry.
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ber and CM Collaborating on Robotically Driven Cars in Lawrenceville
Uber and Carnegie Mellon University are jointly creating a robotics research lab and technology center at the RIDC Chocolate Factory in Pittsburgh.
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Don't Call Them 'utility' Rules: The Fcc's Net Neutrality Regime, Explained
Within a few weeks we’ll have a huge document full of legalese on the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, to replace the near-200-page ...
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Could a Robot Have Written This Story? The Rise of the Robo-Journalist
At large news agencies where speed is crucial, template-style stories have long been used for company results, allowing journalists to simply key in the relevant...
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'if We Want to Out Compete, We Have to Out Compute,' Witnesses Tell Congressional Science Committee
Experts in high-performance computing and science policy called for more funding for supercomputing resources and research.
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Google Brain's Co-Inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks
To chat with Andrew Ng I almost have to tackle him.
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School Leaders Mostly Mystified by Computer Science Education
A disparity exists in the type of computer science education available to students in higher- versus lower-income schools, according to a new survey of U.S. teachers...
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I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence
The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...
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AI Won't End the World, But It Might Take Your Job
There's been a lot of fear about the future of artificial intelligence.
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Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch
In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.
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A Robot to Help Improve Agriculture and Wine Production
A group of European researchers is developing an autonomous robot to help manage vineyards.
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New Rules in China pset Western Tech Companies
The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...
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Can Drones Hunt With Wolf Pack-Like Success? DARPA Thinks So
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to enable groups of drones to operate collaboratively under the supervision of a single human commander...
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