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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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Why We're Building a 1-Billion Euro Model of a Human Brain
A 1-billion euro research prize will be dedicated to the Human Brain Project, aimed at recreating the human brain in a supercomputer to advance neuroscience.
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Robot Inquisition Keeps Witnesses on the Right Track
Researchers are developing robots to help solve the misinformation effect, remembering events differently depending on how one is asked.
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Mapping Malware's Genome to Fight Future Attacks
Every year a computer worm emerges to stalk the Internet, each one seemingly bigger and badder than the last (see diagram).
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Warning, Speedsters: You Can't Fool Quantum Radar
Is it a bird, a plane, or a speeding car?
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'biology Is a Manufacturing Capability'
Soon we'll be able to engineer living things with mechanical precision, says Tom Knight, father of synthetic biology.
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How Metadata Brought Down CIA Boss David Petraeus
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director David Petraeus was brought down by metadata, which is not covered by the Stored Communications Act.
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Ok, App, What Should I Wear to This Wedding?
New software could help people decide what to wear for weddings, job interviews, or first dates.
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First Evidence For Iran's Parallel Halal Internet
Iranian officials have long discussed developing a religiously acceptable internal network, known as the "halal" Internet, which is isolated from the World Wide...
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Reality Checker: How to Cut Nonsense From the Net
Several organizations are developing technologies that can prevent falsehoods from spreading on the Internet.
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Cameras Know You By Your Walk
Everyone knows how easy it is to recognize a friend or family member from their walk—even from a distance.
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Wired Is the New Wireless: Spreading the Web in China
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...
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Fbi Launches $1 Billion Face Recognition Project
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is using facial-recognition technology to identify criminals and the system will be rolled out nationwide by 2014.
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Watson Turns Medic: Supercomputer to Diagnose Disease
IBM's supercomputer Watson is learning to use its language skills to help doctors diagnose patients.
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Watson Turns Medic: Supercomputer to Diagnose Disease
It is more than a year since Watson, IBM's famous supercomputer, opened a new frontier for artificial intelligence by beating human champions of the quiz show Jeopardy...
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Micro-Drones: The New Face of Cutting-Edge Warfare
Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs) with uncanny navigation and real-time mapping capabilities could soon be zipping through indoor and outdoor spaces, running reconnaissance...
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Snow Snaps Give You a Better Weather Picture
Photos taken of snowfall and posted online could help fill holes in satellite weather data caused by cloud cover, says Indiana University Ph.D. student Haipeng...
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Network Your Stuff: Amateurs Inventing a New Internet
A growing number of computer hobbyists are merging the online and physical worlds in new ways.
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Software Helps Spot Groups of Fake Online Reviews
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Google have developed software that can identify groups of fraudulent online reviews that attempt to...
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Driverless Cars Ready to Hit Our Roads
Driverless cars are moving closer to becoming a reality, as politicians in several U.S. states rush to get such cars on the roads.
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