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Machines May Never Master the Distinctly Human Elements of Language
Artificial intelligence might never be able to completely understand human language.
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Future Internet Voting Faces Security Hurdles, CMU Students Find
A team of Carnegie Mellon University students says strong encryption will be a necessity for any future online or Internet-based U.S. voting system.
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Big Data Shows People's Collective Behavior Follows Strong Periodic Patterns
Big data-based analysis of datasets of modern and historical news, social media, and Wikipedia page views can reveal periodic patterns in collective population...
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The Real-Time Technicolour Living Brain
Rosa Cossart thinks she knows what a memory looks like.
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Why You Don't Have Much Neanderthal Dna in Your Genome
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor about half a million years ago.
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Will Computer Vision Help France Take a Lead in Ai?
A key factor for France emerging as a leader for research and development in artificial intelligence is overcoming public concerns and outdated government regulations...
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The Ocean's Robots May Soon Enjoy High-Speed Internet
A wireless communications network could soon enable autonomous underwater instruments to collect information, communicate, and transfer data at Internet speeds,
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...
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Watching Summer Clouds on Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched clouds of methane moving across the far northern regions of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, on Oct. 29 and 30, 2016.
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Why Light Bulbs May Be the Next Hacker Target
The Internet of Things could prove highly vulnerable to cyberattackers, according to a new study.
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Robots With Warm Skin Know What They're Touching
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new kind of robotic skin that incorporates active heating.
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Internet-Based and Open Source: How E-Voting Works Around the Globe
Although electronic voting in various forms has become more prevalent outside the U.S., its primary difficulties include its inability to verify source code and...
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Face Electrodes Let You Taste and Chew in Virtual Reality
You're having dinner in a virtual reality game. The banquet scene in front of you looks so real that your mouth is watering.
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Five Possible Hacks to Worry About Before Election Day
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia dismisses the idea that he has the power to interfere with Tuesday's election.
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Thanks For the Memory: How Cheap Ram Changes Computing
RAM (random access memory) is a component of every computer system, from tiny embedded controllers to enterprise servers.
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New Automatic Forest Fire Detection System By sing Surveillance Drones
Researchers from the Technical University of Madrid in Spain are developing the Forest Fire Detection Index to detect forest fires.
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How to Block the Ultrasonic Signals You Didn't Know Were Tracking You
Dystopian corporte surveillance threats today come at us from all directions. Companies offer "always-on" devices that listen for our voice commands, and marketers...
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Why Light Bulbs May Be the Next Hacker Target
The so-called Internet of Things, its proponents argue, offers many benefits: energy efficiency, technology so convenient it can anticipate what you want, even...
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Schiaparelli Impact Site on Mars, in Color
On Nov. 1, 2016, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed the impact site of Europe's Schiaparelli...
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