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New machine learning method predicts future data patterns to optimize data storageResearchers have developed a new machine-learning technique that helps computer systems predict future data patterns and optimize how information gets stored. They found these predictions could provide up to a 40% speed boost on real-world data sets.... Read more
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Ubisoft launches long-awaited 'Skull and Bones' video gameAfter years of production headwinds, Ubisoft's oft-delayed pirate video game "Skull and Bones" is set to launch on Friday.... Read more
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Electronic music with a human rhythmElectronically generated rhythms are often perceived as too artificial. New software now allows producers to make rhythms sound more natural in computer-produced music. Research at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and at Harvard University forms the basis for new and patented methods of electronically generated rhythms according... Read more
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Bringing together real-world sensors and VR to improve building maintenanceA new system that brings together real-world sensing and virtual reality would make it easier for building maintenance personnel to identify and fix issues in commercial buildings that are in operation. The system was developed by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Carnegie Mellon University.... Read more
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App lets Indigenous Brazilians connect in own languagesFor Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, getting online is a challenge. Now, a smartphone app is making it easier to connect by allowing them to use their own native languages.... Read more
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Where are all the women in tech?While working as a software development project manager in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bianca Trinkenreich was always one of few women in the room—and she often wondered why. When she came to NAU as a Ph.D. student, she had the opportunity to search for answers.... Read more
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NASA autonomous flight software successfully used in air taxi stand-insIn late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. Except the ordinary-looking helicopters were flying autonomously—guided by NASA-designed software—and those other aircraft were virtual,... Read more
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Spreadsheet errors can have disastrous consequences, yet we keep making the same mistakesSpreadsheet blunders aren't just frustrating personal inconveniences. They can have serious consequences. And in the last few years alone, there have been a myriad of spreadsheet horror stories.... Read more
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Stellantis acquires startup's AI tech for in-vehicle software platformStellantis NV has acquired artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, intellectual property rights and patents from U.K.-based CloudMade to enhance its in-vehicle experience.... Read more
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Software helps unmanned aerial vehicles break records during Arctic test flightFollowing years of dedicated work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), NPS and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) partners have successfully concluded the ultimate test of a nine-year continuum of research and development in one of the world's most challenging environments: the Arctic Circle.... Read more
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Using AI to empower art therapy patientsResearchers have created a new AI-assisted digital art tool designed to help art therapy patients better express themselves while maintaining the efficacy of the process.... Read more
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Analyzing microscopic images: New open-source software makes AI models lighter, greenerArtificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable component in the analysis of microscopic data. However, while AI models are becoming better and more complex, the computing power and associated energy consumption are also increasing.... Read more
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Dungeons, dragons and environmental justice: Games teach kids climate actionLil Milagro Henriquez recognizes the power of using imagination to create change. As the executive director and founder of the Mycelium Youth Network (MYN), a climate resilience organization in Oakland, California, Henriquez has found a unique way to teach youth about the environment and climate justice through gameplay.... Read more
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How plagiarism-detection programs became an unlikely political weaponThe plagiarism accusations first struck Claudine Gay when a right-wing activist published several examples of unattributed text from the Harvard president's academic writings. Though insufficient attribution wasn't the only controversy swirling around Gay—her response to congressional questions about antisemitism on campus played a much bigger role—it was the tipping point... Read more
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Researchers release solar power data software to increase clean energy generationA lot can happen to solar panels that are mounted on a roof—from tree branches casting shade over them to a neighbor's baseball cracking one.... Read more