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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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The Computers Rejecting Your Job Application
While recruiters have been using artificial intelligence for the past decade, the technology has been greatly refined in recent years.
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How Will 'Chipageddon' Affect You?
Like much else wrong with the world, the coronavirus is partly to blame.
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Nuro to Be California's First Driverless Delivery Service
California has approved the operation of R2 driverless delivery vehicles from robotics startup Nuro.
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Cyber Threat to Disrupt Start of U.K. University Term
The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center is warning colleges and universities that increasing numbers of cyberattacks threaten to disrupt the start of the Fall...
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Tesco to Trial Drone Delivery Service
U.K. grocery chain Tesco next month will start trialing a drone delivery service in Ireland's County Galway, using unmanned aerial vehicles from Manna to deliver...
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Microsoft's Underwater Datacenter Resurfaces After Two Years
Microsoft has retrieved an underwater datacenter that it sunk off the coast of Orkney in Scotland two years ago, and is analyzing its performance data.
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Is the U.S. about to Split the Internet?
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a "clean" Internet.
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Raspberry Pi-Powered Ventilator to Be Tested in Colombia
A robotics engineer with no prior experience developed and posted online plans for a ventilator made from a Raspberry Pi computer and easy-to-source parts.
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Robots Use Light Beams to Zap Hospital Viruses
A robotic system uses eight UV-C ultraviolet-light-emitting bulbs to destroy bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microbes.
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Study Finds Quarter of Climate Change Tweets From Bots
Brown University researchers found 25% of 6.5-million Twitter posts about climate change were likely produced by bots, giving the impression of widespread climate...
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Apple, Google, Amazon Decide to 'Play Nice' Over Smart Home Tech
Apple, Google, and Amazon are partnering to improve smart home technology.
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Police to Use Facial Recognition Drones to Help Find the Missing
Police Scotland has launched a new aerial drone system to help search for missing people.
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Google's Smart-City Plans 'Tech for Tech's Sake'
An independent panel criticized a smart-city development planned by Google's Sidewalk Labs unit on Toronto's waterfront, citing innovations as being more about...
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The Robo Racing Cars Accelerating Driverless Tech
The Roborace motorsport competition is a testbed for autonomous vehicle technology, as international teams pit driverless electric racing cars against each other...
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Facial Recognition: School ID Checks Lead to GDPR Fine
The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined the municipality of Skelleftea for using facial recognition to track students in violation of the European Union's General...
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NHS to Set Up National AI Lab
The U.K. National Health Service is launching a national AI laboratory to enhance the care of patients and facilitate research.
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Google Reveals Fistful of Flaws in Apple's iMessage App
Google researchers have disclosed six vulnerabilities in Apple's iMessage app that could make devices using it exploitable.
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Australia to Police Tech Giants' Algorithms
Australian regulators intend to launch the first office committed to policing algorithms used by technology giants like Facebook and Google, to better understand...
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A Simple Online System That Could End Plastic Pollution
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
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