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Automating Negotiation
Computers are starting to outperform the average human at negotiation.
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How They Did It (and Will Likely Try Again): GRU Hackers vs. US Elections
In a press briefing just two weeks ago, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that the grand jury assembled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller had returned...
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DARPA Seeks Underground Mapping Capability
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in September will host competitions to advance geotechnology's subterranean mapping capabilities.
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Future Electronic Components to Be Printed Like Newspapers
Purdue University researchers have developed a manufacturing technique that can make electronics faster than conventional methods.
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Hubble Researcher Focuses on Blockchain for Space Data Processing
A Space Telescope Science Institute astronomer is testing a decentralized blockchain network for processing massive volumes of data produced by the Hubble Space...
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A Fault-Tolerant System for Stopping 'Leaks' in Quantum Computers
Researchers at Yale University have designed a system to prevent future quantum computers from "leaking" errors in ancillary quantum bits to logical qubits.
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Computing Power Solves Molecular Mystery
Norwegian University of Science and Technology researchers have come up with a new technique for probing molecular behavior.
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One Woman's Math Could Help NASA Put People on Mars
Kathleen Howell never aspired to walk on the moon.
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Wild About Tech, China Even Loves Robot Waiters That Can't Serve
The mind-reading headsets won't read minds.
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Augmented Reality Makes Robots Better Coworkers
Roboticists from the University of Colorado, Boulder are investigating the use of augmented reality to improve human-robot collaboration.
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Arizona Teachers Trained to Integrate Computer Science in Their Classrooms
Grand Canyon University recently hosted more than 80 teachers from across Arizona for a workshop on how to integrate computer science curriculums into their classrooms...
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Japanese Researchers Use AI to Identify Early-Stage Stomach Cancer With High Accuracy
Researchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to identify early-stage stomach cancer with high accuracy.
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Apps Make It Easy for Domestic Abusers to Spy
Cornell University researchers have found thousands of applications enabling domestic abusers to spy on their partners.
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Rethinking Autonomous Vehicles
Consumer fears intensify as self-driving car fatalities dent the driverless dream.
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There's Water on Mars! Signs of Buried Lake Tantalize Scientists
A large saltwater lake seems to lurk under ice near Mars's south pole.
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Hordes of Research Robots Could Be Hijacked for Fun and Sabotage
Many experimental robots that live in research laboratories around the world may be wide open to hackers.
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Who Just Beat the Bay Area in Tech Jobs? Toronto
Toronto's tech scene is so hot the city created more jobs than the San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and Washington, D.C., combined last year, while leapfrogging...
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Using Machine Learning for Music Knowledge Discovery
Researchers collaborated on the use of machine learning algorithms to gain new insights about the history of music.
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Toolkit for Building a Smart City Plan
The Smart Cities Council has rolled out a Web-based portal to help cities gather and organize the data they require for smart city project planning.
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The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech to Troops
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is selecting research teams to develop a neural interface to allow soldiers to link their brains to military...
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