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Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms
Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals...
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Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips
China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that...
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China Eyes 'Black Tech' to Boost Security as Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features...
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Operational Limits Played Key Role in Tesla Crash on Autopilot: Ntsb
The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday "operational limitations" in the Tesla Model S played a "major role" in a May...
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kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks
When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password.
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nder Pressure, Western Tech Firms Bow to Russian Demands to Share Cyber Secrets
Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time...
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.s. Weighs Restricting Chinese Investment in Artificial Intelligence
The United States appears poised to heighten scrutiny of Chinese investment in Silicon Valley to better shield sensitive technologies seen as vital to U.S. national...
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Chinese Exam Authorities se Facial Recognition, Drones to Catch Cheats
Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their "gaokao", the annual university entrance exam...
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How Artificial Life Spawned a Billion-Dollar Industry
Scientists are getting closer to building life from scratch and technology pioneers are taking notice, with record sums moving into a field that could deliver novel...
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Paralyzed Patients Communicate Thoughts Via Brain-Computer Interface
A new noninvasive brain-computer interface has enabled researchers in the U.K. to communicate with patients who are totally paralyzed and unable to talk.
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Impact of Job-Stealing Robots a Growing Concern at Davos
Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.
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Elevator Makers Think Outside the Box, and Even Sideways
ThyssenKrupp's new $43 million elevator test tower soars 246 meters (808 ft) above the German town of Rottweil, but the company's lifts chief is not only thinking...
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...
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Blind Athlete Runs Desert Marathon Unassisted Using Smartphone App
IBM researchers have developed an application designed to help visually-impaired runners navigate on their own.
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Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North
In one college major at Seoul's elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.
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Where's the Lane? Self-Driving Cars Confused By Shabby .s. Roadways
Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event...
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Apple Encryption Stand Highlights Mobile Operators' Dilemma
Apple Inc's stance on privacy in the face of a U.S. government demand to unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino attackers has raised awkward questions...
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Biodegradable Bodies For More Eco-Friendly Robots
Scientists in Italy are developing "smart materials" that will enable robots to biodegrade like a human body once they have reached the end of their life span.
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App Differentiates a Baby's Crying Sounds
Researchers at National Taiwan University Hospital have developed the Infant Cries Translator app, which can distinguish four separate crying sounds made by babies...
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