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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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Why Virtual Reality Will Transform a Workplace Near You
A clutch of companies are changing how work gets done---by using virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.
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Technology That Could Revolutionize Banking
The Ripple cryptocurrency is being used by global banks to speed cross-border payments.
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The .s. Goes All-In on Tech Inclusion
A wave of U.S. federal funding aims to make the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields more inclusive.
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AI Contest Aims to Build the Communications Network of the Future
Participants in the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge can win millions of dollars for developing a radio frequency spectrum allocation system powered by artificial...
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Why U.s. Broadband Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
U.S. broadband Internet could be faster—a lot faster. Several companies are trying to make that a reality.
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Smartphone Apps For Social Good
Mobile apps make it easier, faster, and cheaper to create massive impact on social causes ranging from world hunger to domestic violence.
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Drivers, These Robots Have Your Back
Automated safety systems can prevent an accident before the driver is even aware of the possibility.
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What Happens When Big Data Blunders?
Big data is touted as a cure-all for challenges in business, government, and healthcare, but as disease outbreak predictions show, big data often fails.
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How a Supervillain (or a Hacker in His Basement) Could Destroy the Internet
Network experts share their greatest fears about attacks and accidents that could destroy the Internet.
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The Broadband Is Coming
The world's fastest residential Internet may be found in the middle of the English countryside, built by farmers for farmers.
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New News Aggregator Apps
How apps like Inkl and SmartNews are overcoming the challenges of aggregation to win over content publishers and users alike.
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Touching the Virtual
Feeling the way across new frontiers at the interface of people and machines.
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The Potential to Provide More Power For Portables
Graphene may hold the key to creating a power source for portable electronics that charges in seconds.
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Is 'Good Enough' Computing Good Enough?
The energy-accuracy trade-off in approximate computing.
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Online Privacy: Regional Differences
How do the U.S., Europe, and Japan differ in their approaches to data protection — and what are they doing about it?
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Looking and Learning: Image Identification and Enhanced Search
Advances in computer image recognition aspire to provide "a reasonable description in plain English."
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Structural Electronics Come Online
Multifunction components are becoming more common as the world gets "smarter."
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Leap Into the Future?
Whatever Magic Leap is working on, it could revolutionize the fields of augmented and virtual reality.
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Keeping Online Reviews Honest
As online reviews become increasingly important to e-commerce and social media sites, computer scientists work on ways to ensure their authenticity.
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