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Science Aug 26

Computer pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven Spielberg’s dad, dies at 103

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Science Aug 13

Computer scientist, pixel inventor Russell Kirsch dead at 91

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world's first digital photograph, died Aug. 11 at his home in Portland, Oregon, The Oregonian reported.

By Associated Press

Science Feb 20

Most viruses that cause colds and flus remain contagious on non-porous surfaces like computer keyboards longer than porous surfaces like fabric and Kleenex. Photo by strixcode/Adobe Stock
Computer scientist who pioneered ‘cut,’ ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died

The Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste” has died. Larry Tesler was 74. He made using computers easier for generations as a proponent of what he called “modeless editing."…

By Associated Press

Science Apr 11

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman watching the first reconstructed image of a black hole emerge from the Event Horizon Telescope data. Image courtesy of Katie Bouman
Katie Bouman ‘hardly knew what a black hole was.’ Her algorithm helped us see one

Imaging scientist Katie Bouman chats with the PBS NewsHour about how she crafted an algorithm that constructed the first ever photo of a black hole.

By Vicky Stein

Science Jan 24

In the lead-up to the 2016 election, 80 percent of links from sources known to produce fake news were shared by just 1 percent of Twitter users. Image courtesy of Getty
How conservative ‘supersharers’ drove fake news in the 2016 election

Silver lining: That means most people were not being inundated with fake news.

By Vicky Stein

May 31

Smartphone tracking data reveals that the 2016 election season spoiled Thanksgiving

By Nsikan Akpan

Americans gave up 74 million hours of Thanksgiving in 2016 due to fears of political strife, according to a study published Thursday in Science Magazine.

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Feb 28

Inside the study showing conservatives retweeted Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals

By Rashmi Shivni

Computational social scientists found that 40,000 American Twitter users retweeted Russian trolls more than 80,000 times in a single month before the 2016 election.

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Feb 10

A short history of AI schooling humans at their own games

By Andrew Wagner

Through chess, Jeopardy, poker and checkers, Deep Blue, Watson, Libratus and Chinook changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence.

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Oct 26

Watch 7:38
Cracking the stealth political influence of bots

By Miles O'Brien

Among the millions of real people tweeting about the presidential race, there are also a lot accounts operated by fake people, or “bots.” Politicians and regular users alike use these accounts to increase their follower bases and push messages. Science…

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Jun 16

This computer algorithm might be able to predict the next ISIS attack

By Nsikan Akpan

Want to stop an ISIS attack? Don’t start with lone wolves, according to new computer analysis of pro-ISIS groups on social media.

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