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Five memorable Microsoft legacies in computer culture

Providing ubiquitous desktop software for decades, Microsoft has come in for jibes, mockery and even loathing even as it has helped millions of people get things done.

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How AI is 'saving the Mona Lisa': A paradigm shift in digital forensics

In the digital age, the recovery of deleted data is a key challenge in digital forensics. With the constant increase in data volumes and storage methods, conventional methods are reaching their limits. This is where the Carve-DL ...

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A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers

Bar graphs and other charts provide a simple way to communicate data, but are, by definition, difficult to translate for readers who are blind or low-vision. Designers have developed methods for converting these visuals into ...

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How NASA's 'autonomy choreography' will impact advanced technologies

Imagine your car is in conversation with other traffic and road signals as you travel. Those conversations help your car anticipate actions you can't see: the sudden slowing of a truck as it begins to turn ahead of you, or ...

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AI-driven software is 96% accurate at diagnosing Parkinson's

Existing research indicates that the accuracy of a Parkinson's disease diagnosis hovers between 55% and 78% in the first five years of assessment. That's partly because Parkinson's sibling movement disorders share similarities, ...

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Historic fantasy 'Assassin's Creed' sparks bitter battles

The "Assassin's Creed" series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with heavy use of artistic license—most recently with a black samurai in the latest installment, "Shadows".

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Five things to know about 'Assassin's Creed'

Claiming more than 230 million players worldwide and with a star-studded spin-off movie and Grammy Award under its belt, "Assassin's Creed" has become a video game juggernaut since its 2007 launch.

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New platform helps evaluate AI for complex computer use

Imagine asking AI to plan your trip itinerary, book and pay for all your flights, and arrange your airport transport—all within a single click. Fortunately, an international research team is making this vision a reality.

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Contextual analysis for recommending code reviewers

Code review is essential in software development, playing a vital role in enhancing product quality by catching mistakes early on. An integral part of this procedure is choosing the right reviewers to examine modifications ...

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Next round for strategy game lineage in 'Civilization VII'

Fans have waited more than eight years for the new installment in heavyweight strategy game Civilization, with the release of the seventh installment on February 11 promising to get budding philosopher-kings thinking more ...

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Quantum algorithm adopted by Google and IBM

An algorithm developed by Prakash Vedula, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has been incorporated into advanced computing software developed by Google and IBM. ...

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Usable data hacked from air-gapped computer

A team of software and information systems engineers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has demonstrated an ability to extract useful data from an air-gapped computer. The group has posted a paper to the arXiv ...

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New low-cost technology to prevent drone collision

Using only on-board sensors and cameras, researcher Julián Estévez, from the Computational Intelligence Group (GIC) of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has developed low-cost, autonomous, navigation technology ...

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Swedish game studio channels fandom in 'Star Wars Outlaw'

From Yoda figurines to Lego stormtrooper helmets, Star Wars is everywhere around the Massive Entertainment video game studio that's about to unveil a hotly anticipated title drawn from George Lucas's iconic franchise.

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Redesigning videoconferencing for, and by, people who stutter

As a former tech lead at Meta, Shaomei Wu, Ph.D. '12, found she had to work extra hard to get her points across in large online meetings. She stutters, which combined with her gender and racial identity, made it challenging ...