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Researchers Try to Teach Computers to Forecast Traffic Like the Weather
Netherlands-based location/transportation data supplier Here Technologies has pushed researchers to apply big-data techniques to films of traffic in Berlin, Istanbul...
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Fordham Business Students Have New Tool to Prepare Them for Boardrooms: VR
Fordham University students are using virtual reality technology to build their business skills in simulated environments.
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What Self-driving Cars Can’t Recognize May be a Matter of Life and Death
Engineers are racing to program artificial intelligence to recognize different scenarios that human drivers know inherently.
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Tired of Long Lines? Canadian Grocery Chain Debuts Smart Carts with Self-Checkout
Nova Scotia, Canada-based grocery chain Sobeys has launched a pilot program using intelligent shopping carts that scan and weigh items, and allowing customers to...
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Autonomous Shuttles in Northern Virginia Suburb Show Why Future of Robot Cars Might Be Slow
Two companies have partnered on an autonomous shuttle service to transport commuters between a Metro station and locations in Reston, VA.
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Lawmakers Warn About Threat of Political Deepfakes by Creating One
Two U.S. congressmen created an artificial intelligence-doctored political video to demonstrate the threat such disinformation presents.
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An AI First: Voice-Mimicking Software Reportedly Used in a Major Theft
A French insurance company said one of its clients had been victimized by thieves using voice-mimicking software to imitate a company executive and dupe an employee...
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Hurricane Forecasters Turn to New Tools to Predict When Storms Will Rapidly Intensify
Scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are working to gain a better understanding of what happens within a hurricane during periods...
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Hackers Told to Break into U.S. Voting Machines Didn't Have Much Trouble
Hackers at this year's Def Con hacker conference successfully exploited weaknesses in U.S. voting systems, demonstrating that many machines could be hijacked and...
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Baseball's Robot mpires Are Here. You Might Not Notice the Difference.
The Atlantic League was the first U.S. professional baseball league to use a "robot" umpire, at its recent All-Star Game.
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Major League Baseball 'Robot mp' Calls 1st Professional Baseball Game with 1 Hitch, No Controversy
A computer in the press box communicated to the umpire whether each pitch was in or out of the strike zone, and the umpire relayed the calls to the field as usual...
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How Do You Read Ancient Scrolls Too Brittle to nfurl? American Scientist May Have Answer
Ancient papyrus scrolls too fragile to unwrap are being scanned with the hope of "digitally unwrapping" and reading them.
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Florida's Latest Oddity: Semi Trucks With Nobody Inside
Startup Starsky Robotics is testing unmanned semi trucks on public roads in Florida.
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Drones in Aisle 5? Grocery Stores Becoming nusual Hotbeds of Innovation
Texas-based data subscription service Pensa has created a drone and its underlying artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance grocery operations.
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Oregon's a Testing Ground for Amazon's Facial Recognition Policing, But What if Rekognition Gets it Wrong?
Police in Washington County, OR, have used a facial-recognition algorithm from Amazon to publicly test new surveillance techniques for more than a year.
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How WhatsApp, FaceTime and Other Encryption Apps Shaped the Outcome of the Mueller Report
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III detailed multiple contacts among Russian operatives and associates of President Trump in the report made public Thursday....
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Craftsmen Built Notre Dame Eight Centuries Ago. Now It May Be Up to Robots to Save It.
As the first images of charred wreckage inside the Notre Dame cathedral appeared online Tuesday, engineers around the world said one observation was already clear...
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How China's Huawei Took the Lead Over .S. Companies in 5G Technology
As U.S. officials have pressured allies not to use networking gear from Chinese technology giant Huawei over spying concerns, President Trump has urged American...
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WhatsApp's New Tip Line is a Testing Ground for Fighting Fake News on Encrypted Messaging
WhatsApp's new tip line for misinformation in India could be a precursor for how parent company Facebook tries to address fake news.
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