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Can Your Boss Read Your Email?
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Can Your Boss Read Your Email?

Harvard faculty members responded with shock after the Boston Globe revealed that theuniversity’s administration had searched 16 faculty deans’ email accounts to...

Computer Scientists Use Music to Lure Students to STEM Majors
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Computer Scientists Use Music to Lure Students to STEM Majors

Making music is the main objective of students in Professor Jennifer Burg's computer science classes. But Burg's goal is to get them to understand the underlying...

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Computer Coding: It's Not Just For Boys

At 16, Isabelle Aleksander spends hours writing computer code and plans a career in engineering. Her latest passion is the Raspberry Pi, a low-cost, credit-card...

Disney Turns Away from Hand-Drawn Animation
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Disney Turns Away from Hand-Drawn Animation

Disney, the Hollywood titan which brought the world classics such as Fantasia, Bambi, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has admitted it has no current plans...

New Center for Open Science Designed to Increase Research Transparency
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New Center for Open Science Designed to Increase Research Transparency

A new Center for Open Science, based at the University of Virginia, will encourage openness, accessibility and reproducibility of research across all scientific...

Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started
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Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started

Mobile computers are spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history.

Carly Fiorina on Marissa, Sheryl, and Women in Tech
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Carly Fiorina on Marissa, Sheryl, and Women in Tech

Before Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg became the faces of female leadership in Silicon Valley, there was Carly Fiorina.

STEM Tops Education Agenda in Chicago
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STEM Tops Education Agenda in Chicago

Chicago is partnering with the U.S. Navy to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer camps, enrichment programs, and more dual-enrollment...

Computational Center Will Study The Past and Future of Knowledge
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Computational Center Will Study The Past and Future of Knowledge

A new research initiative will use computational tools to scrutinize how knowledge is created. Such understanding could transform the process of research, calling...

Gender Gap Disappears in School Math Competitions
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Gender Gap Disappears in School Math Competitions

The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time, and now we know why: Nobody bothered to schedule the rematch.

For Ibm, Africa Is Risky and Rife With Opportunity
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For Ibm, Africa Is Risky and Rife With Opportunity

Tony Mwai moved back to his homeland of Kenya in 2009 to run IBM's East Africa operations, about 20 years after joining the company in New York.

A Genetic Code For Genius?
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A Genetic Code For Genius?

At a former paper-printing factory in Hong Kong, a 20-year-old wunderkind named Zhao Bowen has embarked on a challenging and potentially controversial quest: uncovering...

Working From Home: The End of Productivity or the Future of Work?
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Working From Home: The End of Productivity or the Future of Work?

In its bid to reshape itself for the future, Yahoo is returning to a workplace culture of the tech industry's past.

Twice As Many Moocs
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Twice As Many Moocs

Coursera and edX both recently announced they are doubling the number of universities offering classes through their open online education sites.  

The Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself for the Future
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The Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself for the Future

Tesco—the company that runs a chain of grocery stores across Great Britain—uses digital armbands to track the performance of its warehouse staff.

Private ­.s. Firms Take Major Role Vs. Cyberattacks
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Private ­.s. Firms Take Major Role Vs. Cyberattacks

When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to U.S. computer networks, he didn't have to consult...

Can Obama Convince High Schools To Teach Kids To Code?
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Can Obama Convince High Schools To Teach Kids To Code?

With President Obama making time in his latest State of the Union Address to address the national deficit in STEM education, there is now more momentum than ever...

Other Countries Court Skilled Immigrants Frustrated by U.S. Visa Laws
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Other Countries Court Skilled Immigrants Frustrated by U.S. Visa Laws

Business and academic leaders are concerned that U.S. immigration laws are forcing the departure of highly skilled foreigners educated in U.S. universities.  

PAEMST Awards Now Include Computer Science
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PAEMST Awards Now Include Computer Science

For the first time ever, the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) will specifically name computer science...

Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address Touts His Efforts on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Schooling
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Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address Touts His Efforts on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Schooling

Glittering, high-tech schools of the future are fast becoming reality thanks to massive investments in education, Mayor Bloomberg said Thursday.
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