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What does the 2024 bitcoin ‘halving’ event mean for miners, investors?
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What does the 2024 bitcoin ‘halving’ event mean for miners, investors?

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Wheelchair sensors can cost $10,000. Here’s how Northeastern engineering students built a better version — for $87
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Wheelchair sensors can cost $10,000. Here’s how Northeastern engineering students built a better version — for $87

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Teaching elementary schoolchildren the rights and wrongs of AI is just as important as sex and drug education, Northeastern expert says
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Teaching elementary schoolchildren the rights and wrongs of AI is just as important as sex and drug education, Northeastern expert says

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Buttons, pizza trucks and robot cars. Northeastern engineering students design and build toys that teach STEM to school children in Oakland
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Buttons, pizza trucks and robot cars. Northeastern engineering students design and build toys that teach STEM to school children in Oakland

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How can humans and machines work in harmony? Through the power of collaboration,  supply chain expert says in book
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How can humans and machines work in harmony? Through the power of collaboration,  supply chain expert says in book

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 How can we use AI to build more democratic societies? The key lies in transparency, Taiwan’s digital affairs minister says
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 How can we use AI to build more democratic societies? The key lies in transparency, Taiwan’s digital affairs minister says

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Northeastern scientists propose AI framework for mass-manufacturing of ​stem cells for regenerative medicine
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Northeastern scientists propose AI framework for mass-manufacturing of ​stem cells for regenerative medicine

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You’ve heard of a leap year, but what about a leap second? A physicist explains what is messing with the Earth’s rotation
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You’ve heard of a leap year, but what about a leap second? A physicist explains what is messing with the Earth’s rotation

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European regulators are cracking down on Alphabet, Apple and Meta. Will that have an impact on how their products work around the world?
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European regulators are cracking down on Alphabet, Apple and Meta. Will that have an impact on how their products work around the world?

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Shooting victims are ‘calling’ members of Congress. Is it OK to use AI to clone your child’s voice to deliver a political message?
Graphic from theshotline.org depicting a young boy next to the text "GUNS SILENCE THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT LIVES EVERY YEAR. USING AI TECHNOLOGY, WE RE-CREATED THE VOICES OF THOSE SHOT AND KILLED BY GUNS SO THEY CAN CALL OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN HOPES OF CHANGING OUR COUNTRY'S GUN LAWS."

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Shooting victims are ‘calling’ members of Congress. Is it OK to use AI to clone your child’s voice to deliver a political message?

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Could supersonic flights be the next big thing in air travel? This flight expert isn’t so sure
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Could supersonic flights be the next big thing in air travel? This flight expert isn’t so sure

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Forced labor in the clothing industry is rampant and hidden. This AI-powered search platform can expose it.
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Forced labor in the clothing industry is rampant and hidden. This AI-powered search platform can expose it.

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