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Climate Researchers Enlist Big Cloud Providers for Big Data Challenges
Climate science researchers increasingly are turning to the cloud for its ability to manage large amounts of data using machine-learning algorithms.
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Meat Giant Tyson Girds for Virus Surge, Tracking Covid-19 with Algorithms
Tyson Foods CEO Dean Banks said the U.S. meatpacking company is using infection-tracking algorithms and employee testing to protect workers from a Covid-19 surge...
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AI May Help Identify Patients with Early-Stage Dementia
Scientists are exploring whether artificial intelligence can help clinicians better identify patients with early-stage dementia.
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AI Shows Potential to Gauge Voter Sentiment
Some technology experts believe using artificial intelligence to gauge voter sentiment could help to better understand the electorate.
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Big Tech Snags Hollywood Talent to Pursue Enhanced Reality
Silicon Valley companies are scooping up Hollywood digital visual-effects artists and technology to enhance their augmented and virtual reality products with lifelike...
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How AI Can Help Save Forests
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence-driven methods to aid forest conservation by enabling a new level of real-time awareness.
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U.S. Moves to Protect Technologies Considered Critical to National Security
The U.S. National Security Council on Thursday issued guidelines to protect technologies crucial to national security.
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Tax Agency Watchdog Is Investigating IRS Use of Cellphone Location Data
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...
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AI Could Help Find Cheaper, Smarter Ways to Raise Fish
Artificial intelligence researchers at Norwegian telecommunications carrier Telenor's Norwegian Open AI Lab are testing AI models to reduce costs and increase efficiency...
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Augmented Reality Offers Promise of Incision-Free Autopsies
Forensic and digital healthcare experts envision the incorporation of virtual/augmented reality into forensic science.
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Insights Into Dreams and What They Say About Us
Computer scientists are using artificial intelligence and digital databases to examine dreams and potentially identify mental issues.
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Robot Trucks Seek Inroads Into Freight Business
Startups are developing prototype autonomous trucks to haul freight while reducing transportation costs and expediting deliveries.
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Microsoft, Energy Dept. to Develop Disaster-Response AI Tools
The U.S. Department of Energy and Microsoft are partnering to develop artificial intelligence tools to improve first-responders' capabilities with regard to natural...
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Visa Unveils More Powerful AI Tool That Approves or Denies Card Transactions
The deep-learning application makes more accurate decisions on behalf of banks experiencing network disruptions, Visa says.
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Back to School? Look Out for Covid-Tracking Surveillance Tech
Surveillance technology deployed in schools to prevent or contain coronavirus infection raises issues about its effectiveness, as well as its post-pandemic applications...
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Police Requests for Google Users' Location Histories Face New Scrutiny
Police use of "geofence" warrants is being disputed by criminal defendants in Virginia and San Francisco, and could be banned by lawmakers in New York.
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Utah, Georgia Install Tech That Lets Roads Talk
Utah and Georgia are testing vehicle-to-everything technology installed in roads to alert drivers to hazards.
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Manufacturers Use Technology to Stay Running
Venture-backed startups are providing software, sensors, robotics, and artificial intelligence tools to help factories open safely amid the coronavirus pandemic...
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Coronavirus Makes AR's Potential a Reality for Chip Makers
The coronavirus pandemic has spurred the everyday use of augmented reality in semiconductor manufacturing and other industries.
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Pandemic to Jumpstart Spending on Data Tools at Manufacturers
Chief information officers predict manufacturers will spend more on data management and analytics tools following the coronavirus pandemic.12