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Blinding the Watchman
Internet constellations could thwart killer asteroid discovery algorithms.
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Australians Urged to Take Up Mental Health Telehealth, Put On 'Digital Sunscreen'
Since the Australian government announced it would fast-track digital alternatives to in-person medical care, a million mental health telehealth consultations have...
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Canberra Gives AU$32m for Autonomous Decision-Making Research
The Australian government is allocating AU$31.8 million (about US$21.5 million) to the Australian Research Council to study responsible, ethical, and inclusive...
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La Trobe University Swaps Textbooks for VR, AR
La Trobe University will swap out textbooks for augmented reality and virtual reality to teach anatomy as part of a 12-week pilot program.
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Google Lookout ses AI to Describe Surroundings for Visually Impaired
A new Google app uses artificial intelligence to help visually impaired users better perceive their surroundings by providing verbal feedback via smartphones.
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Playing With Molecules in Virtual Reality
A growing number of companies are using virtual reality to enable scientists to view, design, and manipulate molecular structures.
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What is Cyberwar?
At its core, cyberwarfare refers the use of digital attacks by one country or nation to disrupt the computer systems of another with the aim of create significant...
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Tech Giants Hit by NSA Spying Slam Encryption Backdoors
A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access...
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Google's AI Can Now Spot Shoulder-Surfers Peeking at Your Screen
Google researchers have developed an "electronic screen protector" application that can immediately spot people glancing at a user's handheld screen.
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There's a Huge Opportunity in Robotics For Early-Career Computer Scientists and Serious Software Engineers
University of Washington professor Maya Cakmak discusses the role of programming by demonstration in her work on human-machine interaction.
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Before Heading to Mars, Nasa's Valkyrie Humanoid Lands at MIT
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has delivered a humanoid robot to the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
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South Korean Researchers Develop ser-Friendly, 3D Printing Tech
South Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute researchers say they have developed a handheld three-dimensional scanner.
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Survey Indicates Four Out of Five Developers Now se Open Source
Four out of five programmers now use, or recently have used, open source development tools, says a new survey.
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China Develops Facial Recognition Payment System With Near-Perfect Accuracy
The Chinese Academy of Science plans to unveil a face-recognition payment application with near-perfect accuracy next year.
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Norway Internet Voting Experiment Fails
Norway has ended a pilot online voting program.
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Google Algorithm Busts Captcha With 99.8 Percent Accuracy
The algorithm used by Google's Street View team to improve Google Maps also can beat CAPTCHAs with 99.8-percent accuracy.
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W3c Boss Jeff Jaffe Explains How the Web Will Beat Smartphone Apps and Keep Growing
World Wide Web Consortium CEO Jeff Jaffe discusses how the Web will evolve to meet the challenge of smartphone users moving to closed apps.
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Google's Coder Tool Turns Raspberry Pi Into a Mini Web Server
A new open source development tool from Google is designed to make it easier to use Raspberry Pi computers to build Web applications.
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Vote Early, Vote Often: Inside Norway's Pioneering Open Source E-Voting Trials
Norway recently held its second e-voting pilot, following an initial trial that took place during the local government elections in 2011.
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Html5 Now Neck and Neck With Native Apps For Developer Love
More developers will trade a superior native experience for the lower cost of maintaining a common code base using HTML5 code in a native app container.
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