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Walmart Turns to VR to Pick Middle Managers
Virtual reality training is becoming more common in a range of industries.
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Robots Could Take 20 Million Manufacturing Jobs by 2030
A study by Oxford Economics anticipates machines will replace human workers in about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade.
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Stanford Develops 'Autofocals'--Glasses that Track Your Eyes to Focus on What You See
New prototype glasses automatically restore proper vision to people who ordinarily would need multifocal progressive lenses.
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Over 2,000 Fake Android Apps Discovered
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia found 2,040 counterfeit programs among more than 1 million Google Play apps.
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Java, JavaScript Remain Most Popular Programming Languages
Java and JavaScript continue to be the most-used programming languages, with the former the most popular primary coding language, and the latter the most used overall...
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Phones, Wearables Combine to Assess Worker Performance
Dartmouth University researchers have developed a mobile-sensing system that judges employee performance using smartphones, wearable fitness trackers, and a custom...
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California Tests a Digital 'Fire Alarm' for Mental Distress
Mindstrong, a Silicon Valley-based venture co-founded by a former director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, is developing an early-warning system...
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Who Owns Your Face?
Today's facial recognition tools raise new questions about how, where, and when data can be used.
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M2 Computing System Makes Android, iOS Apps Sharable on Multiple Devices
Researchers at Columbia University have developed a new computing system that enables current, unmodified mobile apps to combine and share multiple devices across...
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From One Brain Scan, More Information for Medical AI
Researchers at MIT have developed a system to gather more information from images used to train machine-learning models, including those that can analyze medical...
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Car Companies Sharpen Focus on Curbing Distracted Driving
Automakers are accelerating initiatives to address distracted driving by equipping vehicles with monitoring technology.
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Engine Behind 'Fortnite' Powers Business Technology
Businesses are tapping the gaming-engine software of "Fortnite" and other videogames for applications ranging from car design to drug discovery. \]
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Software pgrade (After 40 Years) Aims to Improve .S. Weather Forecasts
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has significantly upgraded the software that guides its weather prediction capability for the first time...
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'Photo Wake-p' Makes Still Photographs--and Picasso Paintings--Come Eerily Alive
A new software application can bring still images to "life."
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About Faces: Geometric Style of Portrait Artwork
Researchers have developed a technique to automatically analyze portrait artwork, factoring in fine-grained detail, accuracy, and individual artistic style.
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Students Build App That Empowers Teachers in Remote Corners of the World
Students have developed an Android app built specifically for teachers in developing countries that may have limited or no Internet access.
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Image-Recognition Technology May Not Be as Secure as We Think
Evidence is growing that image recognition technology may be more susceptible to deception than previously assumed.
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The Day Computers Can Break All Encryption Is Coming
With quantum computing advancements threatening to expose all encrypted data, technology companies and security agencies are pursuing projects to preserve information...
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Supercomputing Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Models
Researchers have developed physics-based dynamic rupture models that can simulate complex earthquake ruptures using supercomputers.
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