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A Deeper Understanding of Deep Learning
Kernel methods clarify why neural networks generalize so well.
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nderwater Drones Are Multiplying Fast
The next army of unmanned drones are scurrying beneath the ocean's surface.
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Phones Leave a Telltale Trail
The April robbery at the Cartier store in Chevy Chase, Md., was brazen and quick.
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A Revolution in the Making
On a dark and stormy night two weeks ago in Schenectady, N.Y., Ken Hislop was relaxing at home when his cellphone suddenly began buzzing in his pocket. It was an...
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Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps
MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
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How Google Transfers Data to Nsa
How does Google hand over data to the government? By old-fashioned secure "file transfer protocol," or FTP. And sometimes even by hand.
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People's Locations Could Be Tracked
Data collected by the National Security Agency's program that monitors Americans' phone calls could be used to track millions of people's locations through their...
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Web Browsers Are Reinvented
Mobile phones, wearable devices, and self-driving cars are generating buzz as the future of technology. But the old Web browser is being reinvented too, in a trend...
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Bitcoin vs. Ben Bernanke
Could a virtual currency created by an anonymous Internet hacker someday replace the U.S. dollar?
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Will Google's Ray Kurzweil Live Forever?
Ray Kurzweil must encounter his share of interviewers whose first question is: What do you hope your obituary will say?
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Coming Soon: A Truly Chinese Internet
Replete with its own thriving news portals, social media, and gaming sites, the Chinese Internet could take a major step toward becoming fully Chinese by the end...
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Feathers Fly as New Rules Loom For Kids' Apps
Kids love Angry Birds, but will Angry Birds love them back?
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Web Money Gets Laundering Rule
The U.S. is applying money-laundering rules to "virtual currencies," amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit...
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At 17, App Builder Rockets to Riches From Yahoo Deal
Seventeen-year-old Nick D'Aloisio is taking some time off from school in London, where he lives with his parents. He will let mom and dad help manage his money.
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Smartphones Are Reinventing—and Ditching—the Keyboard
In the future, your smartphone won't auto-correct your errors. It will correct them before they're even made.
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When 'likes' Can Shed Light
Patterns of "Likes" posted by people on Facebook can unintentionally expose their political and religious views, drug use, divorce, and sexual orientation, researchers...
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Big Data, Big Blunders
Companies are finding that big data doesn't necessarily translate into easy success.
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How Big Data Is Changing the Whole Equation For Business
There's a ton of information out there. And businesses are figuring out how to put it to work.
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Tracking Sensors Invade the Workplace
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...
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U.s. Ups Ante For Spying on Firms
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...
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