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Building a Practical Quantum Computer
Quantum computation has a long road ahead.
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IBM's Debating AI Just Got a Lot Closer to Being a Useful Tool
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
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Why the Quantum Internet Should Be Built in Space
Louisiana State University researchers have proposed a satellite array for building a global quantum Internet to broadcast entangled photon pairs to two different...
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A Virtual Version of da Vinci's Mystery Glass Orb Has Helped Explain Its Weirdness
Researchers used computer graphics software to reproduce Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi in order to study how light refracts through glass orbs.
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Baidu Has Trick for Teaching AI the Meaning of Language
Chinese technology company Baidu outperformed Microsoft and Google in the General Language Understanding Evaluation, a benchmark for artificial intelligence comprehension...
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Why The Rise of the App Has Put Thousands of People in the Hospital
People are being distracted by apps on their phones, and getting injured as a result.
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Facebook is Under Fire for Political Ads. Twitter Just Banned Them Completely.
Twitter will ban political ads—both for candidates and for specific issues—starting November 22, according to CEO Jack Dorsey.
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New York City’s first self-driving shuttle service launches today
Six autonomous six-seater shuttles will be offering free rides around a one-mile loop of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Ambient AI is About to Devour the Software Industry
Amazon has casually unveiled what could turn into a fundamentally different way to build software.
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Canada, France Plan an International Panel to Assess AI Dangers
Canada and France recently announced plans for an international panel to assess the dangers of artificial intelligence and formulate appropriate policies.
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Soon Your Doctor Will Be Able to Wirelessly Track Your Health—Even Through Walls
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has created a box that, when placed in a user's home, can track his/her physiological signals, even through walls...
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The Emerging Science of Computational Psychiatry
Machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the study and understanding of mental illness.
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Inspecting Algorithms For Bias
Courts, banks, and other institutions are using automated data analysis systems to make decisions about your life. Let's not leave it up to the algorithm makers...
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Increasingly, Robots of All Sizes Are Human Workmates
Most industrial robots are far less friendly than the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which is safe enough to be a surprisingly popular means of feline transportation...
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014
Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones.
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Jupiter's Radio Emissions Could Reveal the Oceans on Its Icy Moons, Say Planetary Geologists
Among the most exciting destinations in the Solar System are Jupiter's icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
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World Cup Mind-Control Demo Faces Deadlines, Critics
In less than 60 days, Brazil will begin hosting soccer's 2014 World Cup, even though workers are still hurrying to pour concrete at three unfinished stadiums.
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Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages
Researchers recently embarked on an effort to reconstruct deleted social media posts and resources, in part from the clues they leave behind on the web.
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At&t Researchers Set a Long-Haul Data Record
Researchers at AT&T have devised a way to increase the distance that large amounts of data can travel through a fiber-optic connection. The technique should allow...
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