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Google Makes Machine Learning Faster

• Google has a new chip that makes machine learning way faster

Facebook gives 10-year-old Finnish genius $10,000 for finding security flaw

• Facebook pays 10-year-old Finnish genius $10,000 for exposing flaw in Instagram

Police Can Force You to Unlock Your Phone

• Police Can Force You to Use Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone

The Self-Driving Car Industry Goes to Washington

• The Self-Driving Car Industry Goes to Washington

Professor Designs Robotic Diver With Articulated Hands

• Stanford University professor designs robotic humanoid diver with articulated hands

It Costs $5M to Keep Zuckerberg Safe

• It costs $5M to keep Zuckerberg safe, and four more tidbits we learned from Facebook

Climate Change Lulling Americans into False Sense of Security

• Global warming may have improved U.S. weather, but for how long?

Outwitting Poachers with AI

• Outwitting poachers with artificial intelligence

Chromebooks to get Google Play Store

• Chromebooks Look Set To Gain Google Play Store

Oracle Bolsters Computer Science Education

• Oracle bolsters computer science education

Google Chrome to mark all HTTP sites as 'bad'

• Google Chrome gets ready to mark all HTTP sites as "bad"

Google warns 760,000 websites they've been hijacked

• Google warns 760,000 websites: "You've been hijacked" - but many are infected again in days

Youtube to live-stream 360-degree videos

• Youtube to live-stream 360-degree videos, starting with Coachella fest

Stephen Hawkings Plan for Interstellar Travel

• Stephen Hawking's Plan For Interstellar Travel Has Some Earthly Obstacles

Ocean Changes in Antarctic Waters

• Video: Changing ocean chemistry may threaten Antarctic food chain

Facebook Activates Safety Check Feature

• Facebook Safety Check Activated In Wake Of Brussels Airport, Metro Explosions

Google Self-Driving Car Delayed

• Google Self-Driving Car Will Be Ready Soon for Some, in Decades for Others

New Images of Early Planet Formation

• VLA Shows Earliest Stages of Planet Formation

Software that Keeps the World's Clocks in Sync

• Meet the Guy Whose Software Keeps the World's Clocks in Sync

AlphaGo Beats Champion Go Player

• AlphaGo Wins Final Game In Match Against Champion Go Player

Facebook and Google Expand Encryption

• Facebook, Google among the tech giants expanding encryption in wake of Apple battle

Facebook Donates Servers in Effort to Progress AI

• Facebook donates servers to speed up research into AI (Update)

How do we teach teachers to code?

• As Schools Emphasize Computer Science, How Do We Teach Teachers To Code

Facebook is Building the World's Most Detailed Population Map

• Facebook Is Using AI To Build the World's Most Detailed Population Map

Galaxy's missing gas found

• Galaxy's missing gas found in its tail

NASA introduces new telescope

• NASA introduces new wider set of eyes on the universe

Google Translate Now Caters to 99% of Online Population

• Google Translate Now Includes 103 Languages

Gravitational Waves Detected

• Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein's Theory

Women in STEM Majors

• I wish I weren't the only girl in my computer science class

Cryptography and the Internet of Things

• The Secrecy Cryptography Giveth to Criminals, the Internet of Things Taketh Away

Life After Facebook

• Twelve years later, life after Facebook

Microsoft's Hololens Could Project NFL Games on Your Coffee Table

• Microsoft imagines future NFL games played out on your coffee table, via HoloLens

Project Natick

• Project Natick - A Microsoft Underwater Datacenter

Gas Cloud to Collide with Our Galaxy

• Gigantic Gas Cloud on Collision Course With Our Galaxy

Google's Go AI Beats Human Champion

• Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research

Neptune-Sized Planet Lurks Beyond Pluto

• Astronomer's say a Neptune-sized planet lurks beyond Pluto

Drone Explores Ice Caves

• Spectacular Video Shows Flyability's Gimball Drone Exploring Ice Caves

Microsoft Acquires MinecraftEdu

• Microsoft Acquires MinecraftEdu, Tailored for Schools

A New Way to Explore Dark Matter

• Dwarf Galaxy Sends Ripples Through Milky Way's Suburbs: A New Way to Explore Dark Matter

A Renewable Supergrid

• A Renewable Supergrid in Russia

The Ig Nobels

• Laugh, Then Think: The Ig Nobels

Orion Ready for Test

• Orion Spacecraft Ready for Major Test

Wireless Water Meter

• Build a Wireless Water Meter for Your Home

Bitcoin Creating New Words

• Bitcoin Mints New Words

Floating Wind Turbines off California's Coast?

• Putting California Wind Power Out to Sea

Space Telescopes Will Find the Next Earth

• How Space Telescopes Will Find Earth 2.0

The Future of Bitcoin

• The Clock is Ticking on Bitcoin's Future

Wal-Mart Wants to Use Delivery Drones

• Wal-Mart Wants to Use Delivery Drones, Our Skepticism Reaches New High

The Future of Encryption

• The Future of Encryption

Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Human Data Scientists

• Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Human Data Scientists

Tesla Model S Autopilot Beta Released

• Watch This Tesla Drive Itself

Research Team Collects Data on Hackers

• When hackers talk, this research team listens

The Lunar Race is On

• The Google Lunar XPrize Race Is Officially On

Path to 5G

• Telecom Experts Plot a Path to 5G

Cybersecurity System IDs Malware

• Cybersecurity System IDs Malware Hidden in Short Twitter Links

Mars Shows Signs of Having Flowing Water

• Mars Hows Signs of Having Flowing Water, Possible Niches for Life, NASA says

Can Machine Learning Techniques Predict Epidemics?

• The Algorithm That's Hunting Ebola

3-D Printing Model Hearts

• 3-D Printing Software Turns Heart Scans into Surgical Models

Fuzzy Logic of Crowd Evacuations

• The Fuzzy Logic of Fleeing for Your Life: Computer models are becoming more attuned to human fear during crowd evacuations

Controlling a Robot on Earth From the ISS Using Haptic Feedback

• Astronaut Aboard the ISS Controls a Robot on Earth Using Haptic Feedback

Tips for a More Efficient Software Engineer

• Twitter's Tips for Making Software Engineers More Efficient

A Terahertz Multiplexer

• Researchers Demonstrate A Terahertz Multiplexer

New System Could Enable Huge Multi-Core Computer Chips

• "Tardis" Memory Could Enable Huge Multi-Core Computer Chips

NSF Supports Development of New Arctic Maps

• NSF, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency support development of new Arctic maps

Robots Destined to Tumble Across Asteroids

• Robotic Space Hedgehogs Destined to Tumble Across Asteroids

Lasers Can Despin Asteroids

• Experiments Show How Lasers Can Despin Asteroids by Turning Them Into Rockets

The First Open Source Graphics Processor

• Say Hello to MIAOW, the First Open Source Graphics Processor

Researcher Hacks Self-Driving Car

• Researcher Hacks Self-driving Car Sensors

Robot Submarine Assassinates Sea Stars

• Poison-Injecting Robot Submarine Assassinates Sea Stars to Save Coral Reefs

A Driving App to Crowdsource the Weather

• A Driving App That Crowdsources the Weather

New Horizons Gets Next Target

• New Horizons Probe Gets Its Next Target Flyby Target After Pluto

Synchronization Controls Could Help Smooth Microgrids

• Synchronization Controls Could Help Smooth Microgrids

Computer Scientists Find Bias in Algorithms

• Computer Scientists Find Bias in Algorithms

Electric Cars Recharged on the Highway

• British Highway Will Recharge Your Batteries as You Drive

Observation of Cosmic Neutrinos Confirmed

• Antarctic detector confirms observation of cosmic neutrinos

First Week of College Classes: Get a Good Start

• The Crucial First Week of College Classes: Get a Good Start

Low Self-Control is a Threat to Security

• Is Low Self-Control a Threat to Security?

Analysis of Website Interaction

• Are Websites That Slide, Zoom, and Flip Too Fancy?

STEM Gender Gap is Overblown

• Why the STEM gender gap is overblown

Teaching Children to Program Robots

• Teaching tykes to program robots

Teacher's Biases Discourage Girls From Math and Science

• How Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls From Math and Science

800,000 Microinverters Reprogrammed in One Day

• 800,000 Microinverters Remotely Retrofitted on Oahu in One Day

HTTP/2 Coming Soon to Browsers

• HTTP/2 Coming Soon

Scientists Reprogram Plants for Drought Tolerance

• Scientists reprogram plants for drought tolerance

Care-O-Bot 4 Is the Robot Servant We All Want

• Care-O-bot 4 Is the Robot Servant We All Want but Probably Can't Afford

TED Talks

Humans could evolve to survive in space

• How humans could evolve to survive in space

Computer Grows Food

• This computer will grow your food in the future

To the North Pole

• Parker Liautaud - Step by Step to the North Pole

Optical Illusions

• Optical illusions show how we see

Math Magic

• A performance of "Mathemagic"

Glow-in-the-dark sea creatures

• Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures

Controlling Someone Else's Arm With Your Brain

• How to control someone else's arm with your brain

Robots to the Rescue

• Robin Murphy: These robots come to the rescue after a disaster

The Man Who Cracked Wall Street

• Jim Simons: A rare interview with the mathematician who cracked Wall Street

Small Robots of the Future

• Why I Make Robots the Size of a Grain of Rice

Human-Computer Cooperation

• The Rise of Human-Computer Cooperation