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German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data
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German Professor Develops Method to Secure IoT Smart Device Data

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology professor Martina Zitterbart is developing a way to hide data transmitted on smart devices that will run on the Internet of Things...

Shopping Through the Lens of It
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Shopping Through the Lens of It

Pennsylvania State University researchers are studying how smart cameras could eventually guide visually-impaired shoppers to find the items they need. 

Researchers Determine How the Brain Controls Robotic Grasping Tools
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Researchers Determine How the Brain Controls Robotic Grasping Tools

University of Missouri researchers suggest the cerebellum may play a critical role in controlling assistive robots for the disabled. 

Pursuing Deep Learning
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Pursuing Deep Learning

Startups are trying to take advantage of deep learning techniques to improve search results.

I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence
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I'll Be Back: The Return of Artificial Intelligence

The artificial-intelligence industry, a field that conjures up images of humanoid robots and self-aware computer systems, is making a comeback at Silicon Valley...

China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones
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China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones

China had 649 million Internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's...

Mental Health Monitoring Through 'selfie' Videos and Social Media Tracking
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Mental Health Monitoring Through 'selfie' Videos and Social Media Tracking

University of Rochester researchers have developed an approach to turning computers or smartphones with cameras into personal mental health monitoring devices.

Nasa Has Its Sights Set on Europa
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Nasa Has Its Sights Set on Europa

Yesterday, NASA announced its Fiscal Year 2016 budget request.

Rosetta's Lost Comet Lander Philae Could Wake ­p in May Sunshine
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Rosetta's Lost Comet Lander Philae Could Wake ­p in May Sunshine

Spring is seen as a time of renewal. Flowers bloom. Days get longer. New life emerges. Something similar could happen on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the object...

AI Won't End the World, But It Might Take Your Job
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AI Won't End the World, But It Might Take Your Job

There's been a lot of fear about the future of artificial intelligence.

Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch
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Associated Press Looks to Expand Its Automated Stories Program Following Successful Launch

In the last three months of 2014, the Associated Press published 3,000 articles on the earning reports of U.S. companies. Previously it could publish only 300.

Ibm's Sophisticated Cryptographic Algorithm Protects Your Identity
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Ibm's Sophisticated Cryptographic Algorithm Protects Your Identity

Identity Mixer is a cloud-based technology that uses an algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user. 

Hackers ­se Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government
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Hackers ­se Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government

Hackers working on behalf of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been very successful in stealing crucial battlefield data from rebels.

Parallelizing Common Algorithms
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Parallelizing Common Algorithms

Every undergraduate computer-science major takes a course on data structures, which describes different ways of organizing data in a computer’s memory.

New Rules in China ­pset Western Tech Companies
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New Rules in China ­pset Western Tech Companies

The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...

Shopping Habits Reveal Personal Details in 'anonymized' Data
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Shopping Habits Reveal Personal Details in 'anonymized' Data

Details about where and when you use your credit card could help reveal your identity to data thieves—even if they don't know your name, address and other personal...

Can Drones Hunt With Wolf Pack-Like Success? DARPA Thinks So
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Can Drones Hunt With Wolf Pack-Like Success? DARPA Thinks So

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to enable groups of drones to operate collaboratively under the supervision of a single human commander...

Business Secretary Cable Announces Partners in the Alan Turing Institute
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Business Secretary Cable Announces Partners in the Alan Turing Institute

The U.K.'s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has selected five universities to lead the Alan Turing Institute. 

Csi Computer Science: Your Coding Style Can Give You Away
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Csi Computer Science: Your Coding Style Can Give You Away

Researchers have developed a code stylometry using natural language processing and machine learning to determine the authors of source code based on coding style...

Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows
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Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows

Protoplanet Vesta, visited by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2013, was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures...
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