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If You Go Near the Super Bowl, You Will Be Surveilled Hard
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If You Go Near the Super Bowl, You Will Be Surveilled Hard

Super Bowl 50 will be big in every way.

Cynthia Breazeal's Robotic Quest
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Cynthia Breazeal's Robotic Quest

Cynthia Breazeal has committed herself to the development of socially intelligent robots. 

How to Make Your Own Nsa Bulk Surveillance System
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How to Make Your Own Nsa Bulk Surveillance System

A network surveillance and security issues expert built a miniature bulk surveillance system like the one used by the U.S. National Security Agency.

With STEM Degrees, It's Not the School That Matters
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With STEM Degrees, It's Not the School That Matters

The prestige of a school offering science, technology, engineering, or math degrees may have little impact on how much its graduates earn.

5 Futuristic Oddities From the Weird World of Wearable Tech
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5 Futuristic Oddities From the Weird World of Wearable Tech

Concepts of human-machine interaction are undergoing a transformation thanks to advances in wearable technology. 

At Berkeley, a New Digital Privacy Protest
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At Berkeley, a New Digital Privacy Protest

After hackers breached the computer network of the U.C.L.A. medical center last summer, Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, and her office...

Usda Announces Open Data Challenge Winners
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Usda Announces Open Data Challenge Winners

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the winners of the USDA-Microsoft Innovation Challenge. 

Solving a Problem With Data: Researchers Build System to Protect Roads in the Spring
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Solving a Problem With Data: Researchers Build System to Protect Roads in the Spring

Researchers are using near-real-time data collection to demonstrate how states can improve their ability to protect brittle roads from heavy vehicles at the end...

Scientists Build a Neural Network Using Plastic Memristors
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Scientists Build a Neural Network Using Plastic Memristors

A group of Russian and Italian scientists have used plastic memristors to create a neural network. 

Techiest Super Bowl Ever: Silicon Valley's Stadium Girds For the Big Game
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Techiest Super Bowl Ever: Silicon Valley's Stadium Girds For the Big Game

Levi's Stadium has been in beta since it opened a year and a half ago.

Computational Learning Techniques Becoming Mainstream
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Computational Learning Techniques Becoming Mainstream

Applying support vector machines to predictive analytics.

Deciphering the Language of the Brain
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Deciphering the Language of the Brain

Understanding how brains work is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our times, but despite the impression sometimes given in the popular press, researchers...

Researchers Discover Malicious Computer Code
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Researchers Discover Malicious Computer Code

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers say they have discovered and traced six botnets by analyzing data collected from past cyberattacks. 

­k Scientists Gain Licence to Edit Genes in Human Embryos
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­k Scientists Gain Licence to Edit Genes in Human Embryos

Scientists in London have been granted permission to edit the genomes of human embryos for research, UK fertility regulators announced. The 1 February approval...

New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds
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New Technologies Give Government Ample Means to Track Suspects, Study Finds

U.S. intelligence agencies' persistent warning that encrypted communications will prevent them from tracking criminals is greatly distorted.

Searching For a Fix to ­nreliable Nutritional Research
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Searching For a Fix to ­nreliable Nutritional Research

A $1-million U.S. National Science Foundation grant aims to improve the accuracy of food intake recording by using Google Glass to record what participants eat. ...

Graduate Students Work to Help Make Voting Process Easier
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Graduate Students Work to Help Make Voting Process Easier

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are working to enable anyone to rapidly fact-check politicians' claims. 

To Make AI More Human, Teach It to Chitchat
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To Make AI More Human, Teach It to Chitchat

The future of artificial intelligence and its acceptance by people may lie in giving it the ability to master small talk, as embodied by Microsoft's XiaoIce chatbot...

Microsoft Plumbs Ocean's Depths to Test ­nderwater Data Center
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Microsoft Plumbs Ocean's Depths to Test ­nderwater Data Center

A solution to the expensive requirement of cooling data-center servers could be found underwater.

The Tech Giving People Power to Deal with Disability
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The Tech Giving People Power to Deal with Disability

In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less likely to be in work, their poverty rate is about twice as high.
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