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Fighting Impersonation by AI
Finding ways to determine whether a voice message is real or generated by an artificial intelligence.
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Battling Botnets With An Awesome Os
Two University of Illinois at Chicago computer scientists have won a $1.15 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a new kind of computer operating...
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How Good Is Tiger? Mathematician Knows By Number
Just how much does Tiger Woods dominate professional golf? Mathematician Roland Minton can put a number on it.
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Robotc2.0 Gives Students Cross-Platform Robot Programming
Robot programming is many students' first exposure to the world of computer programming. As with so much of the computing world, however, different robot platforms...
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Engineers Design Antenna Pill That Signals It Has Been Swallowed
University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule that automatically alerts doctors or...
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U.s. One Step Closer to Cyber Guards For Nation's Electric Grid
The bidding for a National Electric Sector Cyber Security Organization that would shield the U.S. electrical grid from cyberattacks was officially opened up by...
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Diamond Chips to Make Meaner, Greener Electronics
Researchers at Japan's AIST have developed synthetic diamonds that could be used to make microchips capable of processing high-powered signals without requiring...
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Comcast Ruling Raises Questions on FCC Regulation
At first glance, Tuesday's federal court ruling on Comcast looked like a clean win for the cable giant and for competitors including Time Warner and AT&T. The court...
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niversities Perpetuate the Digital Divide, Study Finds
A new study by has found that students have unequal opportunities to learn about technology in high school and at home, which can affect their choice of major, ...
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Science Center Receives $15 Million For Health It Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has received a $15 million stimulus grant to establish the National Center for Cognitive Informatics and...
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A Grand Unified Theory of AI
MIT research scientist Noah Goodman has developed Church, a programming language that combines a rules-based artificial intelligence system with probabilistic inference...
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H.p. Says New Device Could Revolutionize Computer Chips
Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing...
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Can We Make a Conscious Machine?
Challenges don't get much bigger than trying to create artificial consciousness. Some doubt if it can be done--or if it ever should. Bolder researchers are notAntonio...
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Silicon Cockroaches, 'dirty' Ipv4 Addresses and Other Internet Oddities
A few surprising Internet trends were detailed at the recent IETF conference, including an expected flood of silicon cockroaches—Internet-linked devices that run...
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Computer-Enhanced Vision Adds a 'sixth Sense'
Engineers and scientists at the inaugural Augmented Human International Conference in France unveiled cutting-edge research on improving human perception with information...
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After Google-China Dust-p, Cyberwar Emerges as a Threat
Recent cyberattacks against Google and other tech firms highlight concerns about adversaries' ability to launch a full-fledged cyberwar against the United States...
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CM Student ses Skin as Input For Mobile Devices
A Carnegie Mellon student and Microsoft researchers have developed Skinput, technology that combines bio-acoustic sensors and machine-learning programs to enable...
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Daksh Is Cynosure of All Eyes
Scientists from India's Research and Development Establishment have developed Daksh, a robot designed to detect and dispose of hazardous objects.
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In the Search For a Hot Job Title, Enter the Ninja
Nicole Sullivan's job used to involve promoting the latest technology, so her résumé described her as an "evangelist." But after starting her own company, she needed...
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Look, No Hands: Cars That Drive Better Than You
With his jeans, white trainers and stripy top, Bob is every inch the well-dressed 6-year-old. He's standing in the middle of a hotel car park and, scarily, I'm...
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