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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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For Steve Ballmer, a Lasting Touch on Microsoft
On the eve of his exit as chief executive officer of Microsoft, after more than a decade on the job, Steve Ballmer is more than ever a CEO whose image does not...
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Computational Linguists Predict Time's 'person of the Year' Using Computer Model
Computational linguists developed a quantitative model that predicted Time's "Person of the Year" for 2013 would be President Barack Obama.
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New App Puts Political Engagement in Your Pocket
The free iCitizen app was designed to offer a quick and easy way for smartphone users to become educated on political issues of concern to them.
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Skin Pigment Could Power Safe, Implantable Battery
A battery made with the skin pigment melanin could one day provide power for electronic devices installed within the human body.
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Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
To avoid surveillance, the first four Americans to visit Edward Snowden in Moscow carried no cell phones or laptops.
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Inside the Effort to Kill a Web Fraud 'botnet'
For months, investigators at Microsoft Corp. hunkered down in front of their computer monitors, patiently stalking the shadowy figures behind what the company says...
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Algorithms Are Watching
New research involves the use of algorithms in data mining and the analysis of social networks to study how information moves within large social graphs.
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Crackdown Successfully Reduces Spam
Two Google security researchers report that a pair of authentication standards designed to help combat spam and phishing attacks are being widely adopted.
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Researchers Compete to Bring Humanoid Robots to Life
During the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge, researchers will compete to enable humanoid robots to collaborate with humans.
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NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have enhanced existing GPS technologies...
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Nsa ses Google Cookies to Pinpoint Targets For Hacking
Documents released by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden indicate the agency uses Internet cookies to hack indivuals' computers.
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Fbi's Search For 'mo,' Suspect in Bomb Threats, Highlights se of Malware For Surveillance
The man who called himself "Mo" had dark hair, a foreign accent and—if the pictures he emailed to federal investigators could be believed—an Iranian military uniform...
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Explained: Matrices
Researchers say they have built one of the first chips to implement the new high-efficiency video-coding standard for ultrahigh-definition TVs.
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Database Tracks Toxic Side Effects of Pharmaceuticals
Updates to an extensive toxicology database should make it easier to track information about the unintentional toxic effects of therapeutic drugs.
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Nasa Curiosity: First Mars Age Measurement and Human Exploration Help
NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.
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Supreme Court to Decide on Patent Protections For Software
The Supreme Court agreed last Friday to rule on the divisive issue of what kinds of software are eligible for patent protection in a case being closely watched...
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World of Spycraft: Nsa and CIA Spied in Online Games
Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting...
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Tech Giants Issue Call For Limits on Government Surveillance of Users
Eight major technology companies on Monday called on the Obama administration and Congress to set limits on government surveillance activities.
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Coding Kids
As the importance of programming as a life skill grows, parents are beginning to seek coding education for their children.
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