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Found in Space
Using deep learning to identify and classify astronomically distant objects.
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How Quantum Computing Could npick Encryption to Reveal Decades of Online Secrets
The advent of a universal quantum computer could herald the end of effective data encryption.
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Blockchain Could Bring Electronic Voting to Australia By 2017
Australia intends to employ blockchain technology to let citizens vote online.
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Toyota Teaches Cars to Drive By Studying Human Drivers
The development of autonomous-driving capabilities and home-care robots are areas the recently created Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is exploring.
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No Place For the Old? Is Software Development a Young Person's Game?
Statistics and anecdotal evidence suggest software developers tend to be under 30.
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Computer Science Teachers Need Cybersecurity Education, Says CSTA Industry Group
ACM's Computer Science Teachers Association is crafting a cybersecurity certification program for computer science teachers.
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IBM Watson Machine Learns the Art of Writing a Good Headline
The latest milestone for IBM researchers in their development of the Watson platform is the creation of a system for automatically abstracting documents.
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nited Nations Cito: Artificial Intelligence Will Be Humanity's Final Innovation
United Nations chief information technology officer Atefeh Riazi emphasizes artificial-intelligence innovation as the next nexus of human technological advancement...
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Online Tracking By News Organizations Is Excessive, Say Researchers
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that news organizations permit far more use of third-party tracking than the average website.
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Angelica Lim: Flutist. Global Roboticist. Proud Master of a Robot Dalmatian Named Sparky.
Angelica Lim, a "developer on emotion recognition" on the Pepper robot at Aldebaran Robotics in Paris, specializes in building robots that can express emotions. ...
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Alan Turing: The Man Behind the Myth
Famed mathematician and codebreaking pioneer Alan Turing's nephew, Sir Dermot Turing, is seeking to debunk myths about his uncle.
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Women Leaders Cite Two Major Reasons For Issues Facing Women in Tech
During its recent 2015 Dreamforce conference, Salesforce launched its first Women's Leadership Summit.
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Wozniak Talks: Self-Driving Cars, Apple Watch, and How AI Will Benefit Humanity
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he envisions artificial intelligence eventually controlling the world for the betterment of humanity.
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Cynthia Breazeal: Social Robotics Pioneer. MIT Lab Leader. Proud Mom
In an interview, Cynthia Breazeal, director of the robotics lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and creator of the Jibo family robot, explores her...
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Web Inventor Berners-Lee: The Hidden Cost of Mass Surveillance
Sir Tim Berners-Lee this week discussed the need for governments to end mass online surveillance.
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Kentucky ses Ideafestival to Push Students Toward Hour of Code Movement
Kentucky Coders hopes to register 1 million Hour of Code coding events before December, starting at the 2014 IdeaFestival, an international event held in Louisville...
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How an Algorithm Detected the Ebola Outbreak a Week Early, and What It Could Do Next
HealthMap, an international mapping tool that detects and tracks diseases, identified the Ebola virus just over a week before it spread.12