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Can a Free Internet Survive?
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For Google's Self-Driving Cars, It's a Bumpy Trip
The future of Google's pursuit of fully autonomous vehicles is being put into question by new California rules that forbid such vehicles from driving on public...
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the nited Nations
The United Nations on Tuesday began its first-ever multinational convention on "lethal autonomous weapons systems."
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the nited Nations
Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?
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The Future of Brain Implants
What would you give for a retinal chip that let you see in the dark or for a next-generation cochlear implant that let you hear any conversation in a noisy restaurant...
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Attempting to Code the Human Brain
Somewhere, in a glass building several miles outside of San Francisco, a computer is imagining what a cow looks like.
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How Real Is Spike Jonze's 'her'? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In
In Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated, futuristic film 'Her,' computers compose music, carry on seamless conversations with humans, organize emails instantaneously,...
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Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
Amazon.com knows you so well it wants to ship your next package before you order it.
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Robotics Expert Warns Future 'is Coming Much Faster Than We Think'
Robotic technology itself may not be as challenging as the emerging social, ethical, and economic issues, says one robotics expert.
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A Peek nder the Hood at the Brains of Self-Driving Cars
What car maker today doesn't seem to have an autonomous car bumbling around its test lot?
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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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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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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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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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Liability Issues Create Potholes on the Road to Driverless Cars
Although widespread commercial use of driverless cars is still years away, Google and others are already testing the technology on roads and automakers have raised...
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An Explosion in Innovation
Innovation in eight emerging areas of science and technology is poised to skyrocket as the number of people online grows from 2 billion in 2010 to 5 billion by...
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Who's Behind the Wheel? Nobody.
The Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca is a 2.2-mile asphalt roller coaster plunging and soaring across California's tawny Monterey highlands.
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My Life as a Telecommuting Robot
I was strolling down the hall to a meeting on a Wednesday afternoon when I suddenly blacked out, coming to a halt.
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Autopilots Take to the Ground
For decades, autopilots have controlled how planes climb, cruise and descend in the air.
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The Eyes Have It: Marketers Now Track Shoppers' Retinas
Consumer-products companies are turning to new technology to overcome the biggest obstacle to learning what shoppers really think: what the shoppers say.
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