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Security Experts Warn Congress That the Internet of Things Could Kill People
A growing mass of poorly secured devices on the Internet of things represents a serious risk to life and property, and the government must intervene to mitigate...
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Cassini Makes First Ring-Grazing Plunge
NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft has made its first close dive past the outer edges of Saturn's rings since beginning its penultimate mission phase on...
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AI Learns to Predict the Future By Watching 2 Million Videos
An artificial intelligence system can predict how a scene will unfold and dream up a vision of the immediate future.
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Team Finds New Method to Improve Predictions
Researchers at Princeton, Columbia, and Harvard universities have developed a new method to analyze big data that better predicts outcomes in healthcare, politics...
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The Army's Looking Into Putting Bacteria Into Its Electronics
If you're not familiar with the terms "synthetic biology" or "biohybrid systems," you may want to add them to your vocabulary.
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Creating Videos of the Future
Researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that can take a still image of a scene and model a video simulating the future of that scene.
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Stanford Engineers Create Prototype Chip Just Three Atoms Thick
A team of Stanford University engineers has demonstrated the possibility of mass-producing a three-atom-thick semiconductor of molybdenum disulfide as an alternative...
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Big Data Analytics--Nostradamus of the 21st Century
Researchers from Australia's Griffith University accurately predicted who would win 49 of the 50 states in the U.S. presidential election using social media comments...
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How Artificial Intelligence and Robots Will Radically Transform the Economy
Next time you stop for gas at a self-serve pump, say hello to the robot in front of you.
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Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto's Icy Heart
Scientists are offering several new scenarios to explain the formation of Pluto's frozen heart-shaped feature, first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in...
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Facebook Developing Artificial Intelligence to Flag Offensive Live Videos
Facebook Inc is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor...
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Containers Push Toward the Mayfly Server
The container revolution represents a large-scale shift in thinking about multitasking systems.
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Rescue Robot 'sees' With Drone Eyes
Researchers in Japan have developed a prototype construction robot that can be used for disaster relief.
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The New Intel: How Nvidia Went From Powering Video Games To Revolutionizing Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky is eating a sausage omelet and sipping burnt coffee in a Denny's off the Berryessa overpass in San Jose.
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Hacker Lexicon: What Is Perfect Forward Secrecy?
Encryption keeps your secrets, until it doesn't.
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Theory Challenging Einstein's View on Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested
The newborn universe may have glowed with light beams moving much faster than they do today, according to a theory that overturns Einstein's century-old claim that...
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Driverless Cars to Hit the Road in Ontario Early Next Year
The University of Waterloo's Center for Automotive Research in Canada will begin testing an autonomous vehicle on Ontario's public roads early next year.
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Europe Is Leading the Way in AI and Machine Learning (and Even Silicon Valley Wants In)
Europe is either ahead of or on equal footing with the U.S. in terms of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies.
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China Turns Big Data Into Big Brother
It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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