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Slow Internet Connection? The Web Might Have a Bigger Problem
Slow Internet connection frustrated users on Tuesday, but the slowdown wasn't caused by cable problems or data center issues.
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Computer Eyesight Gets a Lot More Accurate
For the second time in its four-year history, the Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge saw dramatic improvements in the quality of machine-vision technology...
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ltra Pure Silicon Could Pave Way For More Quantum Computing Research
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a much less expensive and easier way of producing ultra-pure silicon.
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Researchers Roll Out Free Software to Advance Computer Chip Design
Researchers have developed software to facilitate chip design, and are making it freely available to cultivate new research on pushing the envelope of computer...
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Diamonds Are a Quantum Computer's Best Friend
Researchers have proposed a new architecture for quantum computing based on microscopic defects in diamond.
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Harvard nleashes a Swarm of Self-Organizing Robots
Harvard University researchers have developed a method enabling thousands of robots to coordinate their actions so they can complete a single task.
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Proof Confirmed of 400-Year-Old Fruit-Stacking Problem
A computer-verified proof of a 400-year-old problem could pave the way for a new era of mathematics.
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Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
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Tall Boulder Rolls Down Martian Hill, Lands Upright
A track about one-third of a mile (500 meters) long on Mars shows where an irregularly shaped boulder careened downhill to its current upright position, seen in...
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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey
When most hackers are infiltrating computer systems, the last thing on their mind is getting caught, according to new data.
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The Best 'low-Tech' Spycraft Tricks
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations about the US National Security Agency’s activities around the globe, authorities in Russia and Germany declared they...
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Multiple avs Perform Autonomous Formation Flight
Research conducted at the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute could help improve the capabilities of autonomous systems collaborating as teams, thereby...
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The Most Wanted Man in the World
The message arrives on my "clean machine," a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package.
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Do Quantum Computers Threaten Global Encryption Systems?
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in.
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Energy Harvested From Body, Environment Could Power Wearables, IoT Devices
Low-power wearable devices may soon stop using batteries and start drawing energy generated by body heat and movement, as well as ambient energy from the environment...
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As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics
Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon, and a host of start-ups, which...
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Siri's Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask
When Apple announced the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011, the headlines were not about its speedy A5 chip or improved camera.
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Can an Armadillo Paper Airplane Fly? Autodesk Says Yes
We've all made the standard paper airplane, that elongated triangle made up of six simple folds.
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When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats
To hack or not to hack?
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