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Companies Proactively Seek Out Internal Threats
Organizations must balance their concerns with the protection of employee privacy.
John Henry Holland, a pioneer in the study of complex adaptive systems and of what became known as genetic algorithms, died in August at the age of 86.
Brain Science Helps Computers Separate Speakers in a Crowded Room
People can listen to a single voice amid the hubbub of a cocktail party; algorithms can help computers do it, too.
Natural Language Generation software begins delivering on the promise of automated prose.
Designing Interactive Memory Joggers
Texts, photos, and videos are the fodder of memories, which require appropriate cues to materialize those memories from custom-designed hardware, says one researcher.
New systems can help you not only learn to understand a second language, but how to pronounce it correctly.
How Iceland Is Reeling in its Newest Catch: Global Data Centers
Think "electricity," green and cheap; no chilling required.
Digital technologies are driving new business models and changing the ways society views products and services.
Artificial Precognition ses Data to See the Future
Using large data sets and machine learning to recognize unseen patterns.
Court Reaffirms Ftc Authority to Prosecute Cybersecurity Breaches
The ruling underscores corporate responsibility to protect consumer data.
A growing number of companies are taking out cybersecurity insurance policies to protect themselves from the costs of data breaches.
Automotive Systems Get Smarter
Automotive infotainment systems are driving changes to automobiles, and to driver behavior.
Supercomputing’s Super Energy Needs, and What to Do About Them
The power it takes to drive petaflop machines could supply a small city with electricity.
Mental Health Apps Listen and Guide
Developments in portable devices and affective computing could help detect mental health issues earlier.
Glasses Foil Facial Recognition
The PrivacyVisor prevents facial detection/identification programs based on Haar-like feature recognition.
The world's fastest residential Internet may be found in the middle of the English countryside, built by farmers for farmers.
Digital Receipts Help Solve a Growing Paper Problem
Retailers explore alternatives to the increasingly lengthy paper receipt.
How apps like Inkl and SmartNews are overcoming the challenges of aggregation to win over content publishers and users alike.
The issue of whether to add a "leap second" to square the clock with the Earth's orbit pits time specialists against IT.
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