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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Icann Endorses Plan to Cede Internet Oversight
The U.S. government has endorsed a plan to cede its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to the broader online community.
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sing Computers to Better nderstand Art
Visual stylometry is a new field designed to measure artistic style via computational and statistical methods, to uncover unique insights about artists and artworks...
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Haptic Taco Helps You Navigate By Feel
Yale University researchers are developing small haptic peripherals to help drivers navigate using just their sense of touch.
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A Russian Cybersleuth Battles the 'dark Ages' of the Internet
A sense of menace stirs right off the elevator on the fifth floor of Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters, where a small television screen displays cyberthreatsa...
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Google Moves Closer to a niversal Quantum Computer
An experimental prototype of a universal quantum computer can solve a wide range of problems and has the potential to be scaled up to larger systems, researchers...
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Flight of the Robobee
Researchers recently demonstrated their "RoboBees" aerial microrobots now can perch during flight to save energy, in the same way as bats, birds, and butterflies...
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First Demonstration of 10-Photon Quantum Entanglement Sets New Record
Entanglement is the strange phenomenon in which quantum particles become so deeply linked that they share the same existence.
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Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—but Also Take Them
If you follow the ongoing creation of self-driving cars, then you probably know about the classic thought experiment called the Trolley Problem.
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Why the World Hates Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is the new Rome. As in the time of Caesar, the world is grappling with an advanced city-state dominating much of the planet, injecting its technology...
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Google's AI Software Is Moving Into Your Iphone
Google's artificial intelligence software, smart enough to help vanquish the world's top Go player and answer your email, is coming to your iPhone.
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Computing's Search For Quantum Questions
Scientists are plotting out benchmark problems, classes of problems that are specifically appropriate to hybrid quantum computers.
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Silicon Fingerprint on Chips Could Make Any Gadget Unhackable
Has your bank recently sent you a credit or debit card with a chip in it? If so, you may now be in possession of a little piece of tech that is quietly helping...
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'we Hardly Understand Anything': Rodney Brooks On Artificial Intelligence
If you’re going to talk about robots, there’s no better person to talk with than Rodney Brooks.
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More Low-Cost Pcs Are Aimed at Students
BBC’s micro:bit is the latest low-cost computer for education.
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Google Moves Closer to a niversal Quantum Computer
For 30 years, researchers have pursued the universal quantum computer, a device that could solve any computational problem, with varying degrees of success.
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New Genetic Engineering Method Called Promising — And Perilous
A powerful new technique for changing genes in insects, animals and plants holds great promise, according to a report from an influential panel of scientists released...
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How New Technology Is Illuminating a Classic Ethical Dilemma
On a pleaant Friday afternoon in April, the grassy quadrangle at the center of the Carnegie Mellon University campus is buzzing with activity.
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Lisa Pathfinder Mission Paves Way For Space-Based Detection of Gravitational Waves
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from NASA, has successfully tested a key technology needed to build a space...
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For Driverless Cars, City-Like Test Sites Offer the npredictable
Automakers are turning to city-like test sites as they race to create the perfect self-driving car.
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