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Google Fiber's 5-gig Internet Service Starts Rolling Out in Three Cities
Google's Fiber home internet service now has a bidirectional 5 Gbps option in Kansas City, West Des Moines, and the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.
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Amazon Deploys AI 'Distance Assistants' to Notify Warehouse Workers if They Get Too Close
Amazon has deployed a new artificial intelligence tool to help employees follow social distancing rules.
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Robot Helping Hospitals Remotely Treat Coronavirus
A robot is being used at Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard University to handle remote triage of patients suspected of having COVID-19.
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It's Harder to Turn Off a Robot When It's Begging for Its Life
Researchers have found that people are very susceptible to social cues from machines, to the point that they will refrain from shutting off a robot that begs for...
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Wi-Fi Security Is Starting to Get its Biggest pgrade in Over a Decade
The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying products that support WPA3, a major security advance over the WPA2 protocol that has been in use since 2004.
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Deepmind's Founder Says to Build Better Computer Brains, We Need to Look at Our Own
After decades in the wilderness, AI has swaggered back onto center stage.
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The Ftc Has Sued D-Link Over nsecure Routers and Webcams
Part of an ongoing effort to secure the Internet of Things.
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Wireless Alerts Sound For Nyc Bombing Suspect
New Yorkers' morning commute was interrupted this morning by a chorus of emergency alerts, part of a manhunt for bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami.
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China's New Satellite Would Create the World's Largest Quantum Network
China's quantum network could soon span two continents, thanks to a satellite launched earlier today. Launched at 1:40PM ET, the Quantum Science Satellite is designed...
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Inventor of Email and Savior of the @ Sign, Ray Tomlinson, Is Dead at 74
The inventor of email suffered an apparent heart attack on Saturday, according to reports. He was 74 years old.
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How Baseball's Tech Team Built the Future of Television
It was the first week of April, 2015, and New York's Chelsea Market, typically packed with hordes of noisy tourists, was quiet. It was close to midnight, but five...
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Engineers of Addiction
You can play a slot machine in Las Vegas before you've even reached baggage claim: there are tiny slots parlors in every terminal of McCarran International Airport...
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How Google Scans Your Gmail For Child Porn
John Henry Skillern was arrested last Thursday for the possession of child pornography.
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Microsoft CEO readies big shakeup, drops devices and services focus
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent an email to all employees today outlining the company’s ambitions for the new financial year.
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The Plot to Kill the Password
Last Friday, Samsung's new Galaxy S5 arrived with an unexpected and underhyped feature.
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The Story of Cortana, Microsoft's Siri Killer
Technically, Cortana isn't supposed to exist for at least another 500 years, but that's not stopping Microsoft from bringing her to life this week.
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Broken News: Struggling to Find Facts in the Twitter Maelstrom
As with Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombings, and countless other major stories, news of the shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport was sometimes...
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Watch Out, Wall Street: Report Says Tech Is Now Nyc's Second-Largest Sector
New York City's economy has traditionally been dominated by finance, real estate, and media.
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Machine Language: How Siri Found Its Voice
GM Voices is nestled on a rolling, leafy road in Alpharetta, Georgia, an affluent suburb of Atlanta.12