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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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IBM Making Plans to Commercialize Its Brain-Inspired Chip
In August last year, IBM unveiled a chip designed to operate something like the neurons and synapses of the brain (see "IBM Chip Process Data Similar to the Way...
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Sensors May Soon Give Prosthetics a Lifelike Sense of Touch
Prosthetic limbs may work wonders for restoring lost function in some amputees, but one thing they can't do is restore an accurate sense of touch.
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Closing Cybersecurity's Race Gap
During an event on Capitol Hill, experts discussed the U.S. government cybersecurity labor shortage and the underrepresentation of women and minorities in the field...
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White House National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop
The White House National Strategic Computing Initiative Workshop will be held on Oct. 20-21.
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Looking For Answers
Oxford University researchers Christoffer Nellaker and Andrew Zisserman want to make dysmorphology work better by using face-recognition technology.
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Data Is the New Currency
Digital technologies are driving new business models and changing the ways society views products and services.
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An Algorithm Helps Robots Fall Safely
At a major robotics competition held in June, several multi-million-dollar robots struggled to perform even simple tasks like climbing a flight of stairs; someimpeccable...
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Hackers Can Silently Control Siri From 16 Feet Away
Siri may be your personal assistant. But your voice is not the only one she listens to.
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New Tool: How to Get Meaningful Information Out of Big Data
ClustEval is a new tool designed to aid researchers in their efforts to retrieve meaningful knowledge from big data.
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If You're Not Paranoid, You're Crazy
I knew we'd bought walnuts at the store that week, and I wanted to add some to my oatmeal.
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How Perfect Is Too Perfect? Research Reveals Robot Flaws Are Key to Interacting With Humans
University of Lincoln researchers have found humans have more successful interactions with robots when they exhibit some of the same foibles as humans.
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Cyber Insurance Premiums Rocket After High-Profile Attacks
A rash of hacking attacks on U.S. companies over the past two years has prompted insurers to massively increase cyber premiums for some companies, leaving firms...
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Her Code Got Humans on the Moon—and Invented Software Itself
Margaret Hamilton wasn't supposed to invent the modern concept of software and land men on the moon.
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Researchers Aim to Refocus Wandering Minds
University of Notre Dame researchers say they have developed a prototype system that can detect when the mind of a student is wandering.
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Obama Won't Seek Access to Encrypted User Data
The Obama administration will not compel U.S. technology companies to give law enforcement and intelligence agencies access to user data encrypted on digital devices...
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Robots and US
The dream of full automation is outdated and does not lead to the best outcomes, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell.
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An Algorithm Might Save Your Life: How the Amazon and Netflix Method Might Someday Cure Cancer
Machine-learning algorithms underlying Amazon and Netflix recommendation engines might one day have a transformative effect on humanity.
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Cops Don't Need a Crypto Backdoor to Get Into Your Iphone
Late last week, the privacy community scored a victory in a year-long battle over the future of encryption: In internal discussions, the White House quietly overruled...
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How Soviets sed IBM Selectric Keyloggers to Spy on S Diplomats
A National Security Agency memo that recently resurfaced a few years after it was first published contains a detailed analysis of what very possibly was the world's...
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