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Computer Model Turns Text Into Animation
Scientists have developed a computer model that can directly render text describing physical movements as computer-generated animation, an initial step toward creating...
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The Next Hot Job: Pretending to Be a Robot
Many robotic systems are not fully autonomous and require, at the very least, humans monitoring them from afar.
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How a Zebrafish Model May Hold a Key to Biology
Harvard University reseaerchers used open-source software tools to build a neural network with an architecture different from that of a zebrafish brain, for comparison...
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Avast, French Police Take Over Malware Botnet, Disinfect 850,000 Computers
Antivirus maker Avast and the French National Police neutralized the back-end infrastructure of a malware botnet.
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Making AI Systems Fairer Will Require Time, Guidelines
Director Christoph Lütge on the new Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence at the Technical University of Munich.
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One in Five U.K. Schools Says Students Have Broken Into Computer Systems
A cybersecurity audit found 21% of 430 U.K. schools had their computers, networks, or servers hacked by students.
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COBOL Turns 60: Why It Will Outlive Us All
In the beginning, there was machine languages and assembler. Neither was easy to use, but then along came COBOL, and everything changed.
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The Top Programming Languages 2019
IEEE Spectrum's 2019 roster of leading programming languages once again ranks Python in the top slot.
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Schools Pushed for Tech in Every Classroom. Now Parents Are Pushing Back.
U.S. schools have made huge technology investments in the last 10 years, but now parents and educators question whether the effect of technology on education has...
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Get Ready for More Humanlike Bots, Better Deep-Fake Videos, Wall-to-Wall Disinformation in 2020 Race
Two new studies anticipate that foreign and domestic actors will ramp up efforts to disseminate disinformation and fake news in order to manipulate voters in the...
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Why Mastercard Is Betting on Middle School Girls to Detect Cyberthreats
Mastercard's Girls4Tech program aims to inspire middle school girls worldwide to pursue careers in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, with the goal of recruiting...
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Robot Pilot That Can Grab the Controls Gets Its License
The ROBOpilot Unmanned Aircraft Conversion System passed the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Practical Test for piloting light aircraft and completed...
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Coming Soon to a Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill
Tomorrow's wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare.
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An AI First: Voice-Mimicking Software Reportedly Used in a Major Theft
A French insurance company said one of its clients had been victimized by thieves using voice-mimicking software to imitate a company executive and dupe an employee...
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MIT's Fleet of Autonomous Boats Can Now Shapeshift
Scientists have upgraded a fleet of autonomous boats to autonomously disconnect and reassemble into different forms of floating platforms, in the canals of Amsterdam...
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How America's First Digitally Operated Reactor Could Push Nuclear Technology Forward
The Purdue University Reactor Number One nuclear plant has switched over from analog to all-digital operation as a testbed for the technology.
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British Farm Moo-ves into New Tech with 5G Collars on Cows
Researchers at the Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Center in the U.K. are testing next-generation 5G mobile technology aimed at helping make dairy...
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Amazon Tests Tool That Scans Your Hand to Let You Pay at Whole Foods
Amazon is reportedly testing a hand-scanning payments system to enable shoppers to pay for groceries at Whole Foods markets.
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Google Wants to Help Tech Companies Know Less About You
By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides.
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