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Viewpoint: How 18F transformed government technology, and why its elimination matters
Healthcare.gov, the government health insurance marketplace website, launched in October 2013 only to buckle under the weight of just 2,000 simultaneous users. As millions of Americans stared at error messages and frozen ...
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Angry Birds, Frogger and others are finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame
This year's finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame include trailblazers in esports, electronic pets and portable gaming, as well as the arcade favorite brought to life in a 1998 episode of "Seinfeld."
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Open-source software that models soft materials expands engineering solutions
When mechanical and structural engineers design machines, bridges, and buildings, they calculate loads, stresses, and deformation of metal, steel, concrete, glass, wood, and plastic to find the optimal geometry that bears ...
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Mar 5, 2025
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Are the Oscars going bananas? An animator explains why digital apes are the real winners of the 2025 awards
Hollywood's biggest night, the Academy Awards, arrives this weekend, but this year there's some monkey business going on. It's easy to focus on the race for best picture, best actor and best actress, but look a little closer ...
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Mar 3, 2025
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New software will help combat deep fake image threats to personal security
Realistic images created by artificial intelligence (AI), including those generated from a text description and those used in video, pose a genuine threat to personal security. From identity theft to misuse of a personal ...
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Mar 3, 2025
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Next top model: Competition-based AI study aims to lower data center costs
Who, or rather what, will be the next top model? Data scientists and developers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are trying to find out, exploring some of the latest artificial ...
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Feb 28, 2025
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'Monster Hunter' on prowl for new audiences as latest game drops
With "Monster Hunter Wilds" pitting intrepid players against a menagerie of rampaging beasts on PC and consoles from Friday, the game's creators tell AFP they hope the 20-year-old franchise can still find new audiences.
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Feb 24, 2025
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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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Feb 20, 2025
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Neuro-inspired AI framework uses reverse-order learning to enhance code generation
Large language models (LLMs), such as the model behind OpenAI's popular platform ChatGPT, have been found to successfully tackle a wide range of language processing and text generation tasks. Some of these models have also ...

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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Feb 14, 2025
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Software empowers users to select quantum program transpilers without being tied to a specific vendor
A research team at Osaka University and TIS Inc. has developed software "Tranqu" that allows users to select a transpiler that converts and optimizes quantum programs for execution on quantum chips. This enables users to ...
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Feb 4, 2025
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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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Feb 3, 2025
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User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models
The neural network artificial intelligence models used in applications like medical image processing and speech recognition perform operations on hugely complex data structures that require an enormous amount of computation ...
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Feb 3, 2025
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Artificial imagination with the 'exocortex:' Researcher proposes software to aid scientific inspiration and imagination
Artificial intelligence (AI) once seemed like a fantastical construct of science fiction, enabling characters to deploy spacecraft to neighboring galaxies with a casual command. Humanoid AIs even served as companions to otherwise ...
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Jan 16, 2025
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Red hot: key facts about Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app taking the US by storm
In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu.
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Jan 15, 2025
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How hard is it to prevent recurring blackouts in Puerto Rico? A novel framework for grid resiliency
Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making software and dynamic monitoring of weather and energy use can significantly improve resiliency in the face ...
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Jan 8, 2025
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Simulation tool advances climate-friendly district heating management
District heating networks are growing increasingly complex as a result of feeding in renewable energy and the trend toward decentralization. In the AD Net Heat project, Fraunhofer researchers are simulating heat flows throughout ...
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Jan 2, 2025
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PV2DOC: New tool summarizes presentation videos into searchable, structured PDF documents
You have likely encountered presentation-style videos that combine slides, figures, tables, and spoken explanations. These videos have become a widely used medium of delivering information, particularly after the COVID-19 ...
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Dec 30, 2024
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Pokemon is back with a hit new gaming app
With over 60 million downloads and an estimated $180 million in revenue since late October, a new Pokemon mobile game app is enjoying worldwide success as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise.
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Dec 18, 2024
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Novel antenna tech enables multi-signal transmission for 6G networks
A breakthrough in antenna technology that could revolutionize the future of wireless communications, particularly for the upcoming 6th generation (6G) networks, has been announced by a research team led by Professor Chan ...
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Dec 15, 2024
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