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Xprize Offers $7m Purse to nlock Mysteries of the Sea
XPRIZE has launched a three-year global competition focused on ocean mapping, featuring a $7-million prize purse.
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Algorithm Set to Save Millions in Energy Costs
Nanyang Technological University researchers have developed an algorithm that could help companies cut their energy bills by as much as 10%.
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports
Machine learning and computer vision are being combined to provide commentary on professional sporting events as they occur.
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What Can—or Should—internet Companies Do to Fight Terrorism?
After the recent attacks in Paris and in San Bernardino, Calif., social media platforms are under pressure from politicians to do more to take down messages and...
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Scientists Discover New Computerized Linguistic Approach to Detect Alzheimer's Disease
University Health Network researchers have discovered how to diagnose Alzheimer's disease with more than 82% accuracy.
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Yahoo's Engineers Move to Coding Without a Net
Software engineering at Yahoo has undergone a transformation resulting in fewer errors and a much faster development cycle.
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Fact-Checking the Debate on Encryption
As politicians and counter-terrorism officials search for lessons from the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, senior officials have called...
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How the Science in 'star Wars’ Is Actually Real
For a story that takes place "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" a great deal of the technology in the "Star Wars" series actually has parallels today on...
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Online Degree Hits Learning Curve
The Georgia Institute of Technology's launch of an inexpensive online computer science master's degree program two years ago has had mixed results.
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Computing With Time Travel
National University of Singapore researchers have shown a quantum computer can solve insoluble problems even if it is traveling along "open time-like curves."
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Silicon Valley Faces Showdown as Lawmakers Fume Over Encryption
A number of lawmakers on Thursday expressed a growing frustration with technology companies and signaled Congress would consider either curbing encrypted communications...
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors
A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...
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Seymour Cray and the Development of Supercomputers
Join us in the Linux Voice time machine once more as we go back to the 1970s and the early Cray supercomputers.
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Paradox at the Heart of Mathematics Makes Physics Problem nanswerable
A logical paradox at the heart of mathematics and computer science turns out to have implications for the real world, making a basic question about matter fundamentally...
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In Belgium, an Encryption Powerhouse Rises
Belgium's University of Leuven has become a stage where privacy and surveillance advocates are fighting over digital encryption.
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This Is How You Count All the Trees on Earth
Researchers have proposed a tree-counting project that combines better algorithms with less costly and faster data processing.
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Tech Breakthroughs Are Giving Animals the Power to Speak
Scientists are developing new technologies to enhance human-animal communication and interaction.
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Backslash: Anti-Surveillance Gadgets For Protesters
When riot police descended on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last year sporting assault rifles and armored vehicles, the images sparked an awareness of the military...
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Americans Attracted to Isis Find an 'echo Chamber' on Social Media
When a lonely Virginia teenager named Ali Amin got curious about the Islamic State last year and went online to learn more, he found a virtual community awaiting...
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