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    Doctors with Databases

    Oct 02, 2020

    What if accessing medical records was as easy as using an ATM?

    Fifth Street

    October 1, 2020

    Oct 01, 2020
    My Showgirls Theory | Health Information Exchange | Rediscovering Black Literature | Barrick's Transformation | Media Sommelier
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    Las Vegas Takes Steps Towards A Tech Revolution

    Aug 12, 2020

     

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    Why America Is Losing The Toilet Race

    Feb 25, 2020
    Japan rethought the bathroom. Why hasn't America?
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Facebook: The Inside Story</em>, by Steven Levy
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    'Facebook: The Inside Story' Reveals A Company Made In Its Founder's Image

    Feb 25, 2020
    Journalist Steven Levy's rich history of the social network traces Facebook's cascading crises to the worldview and early decisions of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
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    What’s The Buzz At CES 2020?

    Jan 07, 2020

    CES does what it always does best, preview future tech products and reveal the trends that will share the year ahead in technology.

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    Goats and Soda
    Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian c
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    After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

    Oct 03, 2019
    Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.
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    The Energy Department is reversing energy-efficiency standards for lightbulbs that were set to take effect next year.
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    Trump Administration Reverses Standards For Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs

    Sep 04, 2019
    The standards were set to go into effect in January and gradually phase out incandescent and halogen bulbs used for items such as bathroom vanities, recessed lighting and candle-shape lights.
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    St. George, Utah, Looking To Make A Tech Park Out Of A Mountain

    Jul 09, 2019

    n St. George, Utah, civic boosters are looking up.

    A 200-foot mesa that borders downtown is turning into a business park called Tech Ridge. 

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    In this Oct. 31 photo, a man has his face painted to represent efforts to defeat facial recognition. It was during a protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system.
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    San Francisco Considers Ban On Government's Use Of Facial Recognition Technology

    May 14, 2019
    The city is home to some of the world's largest technology companies, but it may ban the use of facial recognition software by police and city agencies.
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    MGM Bets On 'Experience'

    Apr 11, 2019

    Several MGM Resorts International executives have departed recently, taking buyouts as part of a major cost-cutting initiative.

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    A body camera from Taser is seen during a press conference on Sept. 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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    Police Are Investing In New Technology. 'Thin Blue Lie' Asks, 'Does It Work?'

    Apr 07, 2019
    Technology has often been proposed as the solution to controversial policing practices. But reporter Matt Stroud says new innovations embraced by law enforcement can present their own problems.
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    Book Reviews
    <em>Team Huma</em>n by Douglas Rushkoff
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    'Team Human' Stresses That The Future Lies In Connection And Cooperation

    Jan 28, 2019
    Douglas Rushkoff's knowledge of digital technology shines in his new book, horrifying us with the capacities of the machines we've built — and the ways they have been used against us.
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    NHL Tests Puck And Player Tracking In Regular-Season Games

    Jan 11, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — On one screen live video was showing how many feet per second Erik Karlsson was skating.
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    China Unbound
    Chris Nicholson is the CEO of Skymind, a San Francisco-based startup, which makes open-source artificial intelligence tools for businesses and employs about 30 people in the U.S., Canada and Asia. He says the company was fragile at the start — until it
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    China Makes A Big Play In Silicon Valley

    Oct 07, 2018
    "The Chinese figured out that technology is the key to wealth and power, and the source of technology is still the West for China," says one China and tech watcher.
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    Tech Park: If We Build It, Will They Come?

    Jul 31, 2018

    Diversification became the buzz word for Nevada after the Recession, because

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    Air Force Sets Up Innovation Hub In Las Vegas

    Jun 14, 2018

    After the Great Recession devastated the casino industry, there's been a push in Nevada to diversify the economy.

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    Real-time facial recognition has made huge iPhone leaps in accuracy in recent years. This image of NPR's Martin Kaste, is from a Cognitec demonstration at the Connect ID conference.
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    Real-Time Facial Recognition Is Available, But Will U.S. Police Buy It?

    May 10, 2018
    Instant facial recognition is ramping up in China and other places, but will U.S. law enforcement follow suit?
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    The Power Of The Terminal Self In This Hypermodern Moment

    Apr 20, 2018

    Technology is playing an ever-increasing role in our daily lives. We can’t escape it. But should we?

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    Not OK Computer

    Mar 26, 2018

    In an era of fake news, email overload, and cyber-bullying, a UNLV prof’s timely book asks us to resist the techno-flood.

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    Not OK computer

    Mar 13, 2018

    In an era of fake news, Russian bots, and cyber-bullying, a UNLV prof’s timely book asks us to resist the information flow

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    13.7: Cosmos And Culture
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    An Ode To Insignificance: Buttons, Touchscreens, And Other Dangerous Technologies

    Mar 13, 2018
    The most successful technologies are so seductive, user-friendly, and so apparently innocuous that we hardly notice them entering our lives, says Jimena Canales. One such technology? The pushbutton.
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    UNLV's eSports Team To Play In First-Ever Mountain West Conference Showdown

    Mar 08, 2018

    It's a different kind of March Madness.

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    Technology
    The Hicchair, from Tunisia, is supposed to determine if you're sitting with proper posture and then send the findings to a smartphone.
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    'Africa Tech' Is Hard To Find At CES — But Worth Looking For

    Jan 12, 2018
    The entrepreneurs at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas have some interesting ideas. But what about the follow-through?
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    It seems like every kid is online. But a UNICEF director of data Laurence Chandy observes: "It's a huge inequity between those who have access and those who do not."
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    UNICEF Is Unhappy About Lack Of Online Protection For Kids

    Dec 22, 2017
    A new report looks at the dangers that youngsters face on the internet — but also points up the transformative ways in which they benefit from digital access.

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