Ex-Google AI skeptic Timnit Gebru starts anew
When she co-led Google's Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru was a prominent insider voice questioning the tech industry's approach to artificial intelligence.
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Energy & Green Tech
Pilot study to test energy codes that result in more efficient buildings
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is lending its expertise to support big building efficiency and decarbonization improvements in the Big Apple.
Mar 23, 2022
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Qualcomm bets on the metaverse with a new $100 million investment fund
Qualcomm has set up a $100 million fund to invest in virtual and augmented reality technologies in a bid to help jumpstart the metaverse.
Mar 22, 2022
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Making bug-checking in software and hardware design cheaper and more efficient
The development of complex hardware and software is error-prone and costly. Testing can detect the presence of bugs in these designs, but it cannot prove their absence. One technique that can provide worthful feedback on ...
Mar 15, 2022
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AI core software 'Deep Learning Compiler' developed
A Korean research team has unveiled a core technology which reduces the time and cost invested in developing artificial intelligence (AI) chips in small and medium-sized enterprises and startups. Thanks to the development ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms
Computer engineers at Duke University have developed virtual eyes that simulate how humans look at the world accurately enough for companies to train virtual reality and augmented reality programs. Called EyeSyn for short, ...
Mar 7, 2022
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CT analysis of concrete beams
Concrete's properties as a material have made it an essential part of today's construction methods. Alongside its many advantages, however, this universal favorite has its share of drawbacks—the most prominent being that ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Lab's best friend: 3D-printed dog treat dispenser outperforms predecessors
A fair amount of dog-related research, including some conducted at Nebraska's Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab, involves automatically dispensing treats that reinforce behaviors and help test a dog's ability to learn.
Feb 24, 2022
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'Don't be Google': The rise of privacy focused startups
Google once used the slogan "don't be evil" to distinguish itself from its competitors, but now a growing number of pro-privacy startups are rallying to the mantra "don't be Google".
Feb 15, 2022
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Apple, Google, Microsoft making their Triangle presence felt on company job boards
In the past few weeks, Apple has posted a flurry of jobs for its planned outpost in North Carolina's Research Triangle, a review of the company's jobs board shows.
Feb 10, 2022
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Computer software
Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system.
The term includes:
Software includes things such as websites, programs or video games, that are coded by programming languages like C or C++.
"Software" is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records.
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