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Researchers Develop Soft Robot That Shifts from Land to Sea with Ease
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IT Spending Forecasts Take a Hit as Coronavirus Slams Global Markets
International Data Corp. analysts predict companies will scale back information technology investments as the coronavirus pandemic roils global markets.
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Biotech Companies Tap AI to Speed Path to Coronavirus Treatments
Companies seeking treatments for the coronavirus increasingly are using artificial intelligence to speed up their drug-discovery efforts.
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Smile! Your Boss Is Tracking Your Happiness
More companies are prioritizing employee happiness to enhance retention and productivity, giving rise to a cottage industry for monitoring, analyzing, and improving...
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Startups Pitch Tech Hubs Far From Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurs are looking outside Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, and New York City to establish technology hubs in U.S. states far from its coasts.
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AI is the Next Workplace Disrupter, and It's Coming for High-Skilled Jobs
A Brookings Institution study predicts the next wave of artificial intelligence-driven automation will target white-collar professions like marketing specialists...
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High Performers Show the Way Toward AI Adoption
A McKinsey Global Institute survey offers lessons from high-performing companies on artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, of whom about 3% are realizing outsize...
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Fusion Startups Step in to Realize Decades-Old Clean Power Dream
Startups are trying to make clean fusion-generated electricity a reality by designing systems for squeezing atoms together.
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Seeking Tech Talent, Companies Kickstart Apprenticeship Programs
Companies are launching apprenticeship programs to recruit nontraditional staff for entry-level positions in the midst of a technology talent shortage.
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Amazon Rolls Out Quantum-Computing Service
Amazon Web Services has launched a platform that lets enterprise customers explore how they could benefit from quantum computers by developing and testing quantum...
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Older IT Workers Left Out Despite Tech Talent Shortage
U.S. tech sector skews younger than the workforce as a whole, with the largest gap among employees 35 to 44.
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'Tis the Season for Surge Robots as Holiday Hiring Finds Automation
Retailers and logistics operators are investing in collaborative robots (cobots) to accelerate warehouse operations in the holiday season.
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The Drones Are Coming! How Amazon, Alphabet, Uber Are Taking to the Skies
Companies including Amazon, Alphabet's Wing, and Uber, are launching more advanced trials of drone delivery.
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Researchers Find Racial Bias in Hospital Algorithm
A predictive hospital algorithm was more likely to choose white patients to receive additional medical assistance than black patients.
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UPS Strikes Agreements to Use Drones to Deliver Medical Supplies
United Parcel Service will use drones to deliver medical samples and supplies.
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Oil, Gas Companies Turn to AI to Cut Costs
Oil and gas companies are investing in artificial intelligence to help automate operations, anticipate equipment malfunctions, boost fossil fuel production, and...
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Walmart, Mattel Lease 'Floors' in a Virtual Toy Store
Toy company Mattel and retailer Walmart are "leasing floors" in a virtual store.
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Europe's Old Universities Spin Out New Tech Companies
Across Europe, some of the world's oldest universities are intensifying efforts to get promising technologies out of their labs and into commercial use.
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Military Drones Now Common to Nearly 100 Nations, Report Finds
A report by researchers at Bard College's Center for the Study of the Drone estimated that 95 countries currently own unmanned military drones—up from 60 in 2010...
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U.S. Government Urged to Boost R&D Spending
The nonprofit Information Technology and Innovation Foundation think tank has called on the U.S. government to invest an additional $40 billion annually in technology...
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