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Your home devices could be taking down Twitter“Alexa, what’s weather today?” “Alexa, play some classical music from my library.” “Alexa, order toothpaste.” It’s an ordinary morning scene for some Americans. Many "smart" devices — such as Amazon's Echo, which uses the Alexa Voice Service —… |
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Lecture Series Caters to Over-50 CrowdMESA, Ariz. - Those lifelong learners interested in returning to school without the hassle of tests, homework or grades are invited to explore an introductory lecture series sponsored by the Arizona State University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The… |
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AI may present a different kind of revolutionWant to know what a future with robots and artificial intelligence looks like? Let’s just say that if the "2001: A Space Odyssey" author Arthur C. Clarke were still alive, he… |
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Building resilience in the silicon desertLong before IBM, Apple and Google set up shop in Silicon Valley, the area was home to government-funded research operations that developed electronics and communications devices. While it is now known as a global epicenter of technology, only some of the economic… |
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2 ASU experts join national panel to address security risks from climate changeMillions of farmers and their families — from Central America to Southeast Asia to Africa — have fled their homes amid drought and widespread crop failure. Forced to choose between flight or death, their numbers could swell to as many as 143 million by 2050, a U.S.… |
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Against all odds, high school robotics team makes world competitionThe saga of this high school robotics team is a textbook Cinderella story. Brand new school. No traditions or track records. Smart but inexperienced kids. Hardscrabble desert farm town. In their first year of competition, the team from the Arizona State… |
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US Treasury cyberattack likely orchestrated by foreign actorsA hack of the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments last week, described by The New York Times as one of the most “sophisticated and perhaps largest… |
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ASU's Skysong Innovations startups surpass $1B in external funding |
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Biosecurity conference forges international collaboration, meets needBiosecurity professionals from across the U.S. and Mexico gathered on Arizona State University's Tempe campus Dec. 7 and 8, the first time a biosecurity conference of this scope had taken place in Arizona and one of the largest ever to be held in the U.S. Leaders in the… |
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ASU spots geniuses who later win MacArthur FellowshipsArizona State University knows how to spot talent, as the latest round of “genius grants” helps prove. Lauren Redniss and Josh Kun have each been selected as 2016 MacArthur Foundation fellows, an honor that comes with a $625,000 award that winners can spend however… |