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In Memoriam: Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker: 1943-2017
Thacker was awarded the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award in recognition of his pioneering design and realization of the first modern personal computer, and for his contributions...
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Brain Architecture: Scientists Discover 11 Dimensional Structures That Could Help Us Understand How the Brain Works
Scientists studying the brain have discovered that the organ operates on up to 11 different dimensions, creating multiverse-like structures that are "a world we...
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U.S. Cyberweapons, Used Against Iran and North Korea, Are a Disappointment Against ISIS
America's fast-growing ranks of secret cyberwarriors have in recent years blown up nuclear centrifuges in Iran and turned to computer code and electronic warfare ...
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New System Allows Optical 'Deep Learning'
Researchers have developed a new approach to deep-learning computer systems that uses light instead of electricity.
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Smiling During Victory Could Hurt Your Future Chances of Cooperation
People who smile when they are victorious in contests raise the odds of opponents being non-cooperative in subsequent competitions, according to a new study.
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UTSA Professor Wins $450,000 NSF Grant to Develop Artificial Intelligence That Can Detect Computer System Faults
A University of Texas at San Antonio professor has received a $450,000 grant to develop a hardware-based AI system for detecting software bugs and security attacks...
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Embattled German Industrials Pursue the Factory of the Future
The clanking, hulking factory in a rural patch of northwest Germany that produces 22-ton combine harvesters has lately been turning out machines with a technical...
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Israel's Quantum Leap
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Quantum Information Science Center has received a $2.1-million government contract to construct a national quantum communications...
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How Big Data Mines Personal Info to Craft Fake News and Manipulate Voters
The opening chords of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" rocked a hotel ballroom in New York City as a nattily dressed British man strode onstage...
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Discoveries Fuel Fight Over Universe's First Light
Not long after the Big Bang, all went dark.
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Researchers Land $3 Million to Build Cyberattack Defenses
Researchers at Clemson University are part of a team of computer experts from five universities to develop new defenses to protect data from computer hacking.
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How the Brain Recognizes What the Eye Sees
Salk Institute researchers have analyzed how neurons in the V2 section of the brain respond to natural scenes.
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3 Principles for Creating Safer AI
How can we harness the power of superintelligent AI while also preventing the catastrophe of robotic takeover?
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Researchers Image Quasiparticles That Could Lead to Faster Circuits, Higher Bandwidths
Researchers used spectroscopic studies to record exciton-polaritons as resonance peaks or dips in optical spectra at room temperature.
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DeepMind Shows AI Has Trouble Seeing Homer Simpson's Actions
DeepMind has created a YouTube dataset of 300,000 video clips and 400 human action classes to train its deep-learning algorithms to better identify human activities...
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Self-Learning Robot Hands
Researchers at Bielefeld University in Germany have developed robot hands that can learn to grasp objects without knowing their characteristics.
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Inspecting Algorithms for Bias
Courts, banks, and other institutions are using automated data analysis systems to make decisions about your life. Let's not leave it up to the algorithm makers...
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The Billion Dollar War Over Maps
During a test drive near Ford's Michigan headquarters, the team noticed something strange with its self-driving cars.
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Everything We Know About Russia's Election-Hacking Playbook
Just when the cybersecurity world thinks it's found the limits of how far Russian hackers will go to meddle in foreign elections, a new clue emerges that suggests...
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