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Facebook, a Big User of Apple Machines, Writes and Open Sources Its Own Mac Os Security Software
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Facebook, a Big User of Apple Machines, Writes and Open Sources Its Own Mac Os Security Software

When Facebook Inc. engineers needed security software to monitor the thousands of Apple Inc. Mac laptops, they couldn't find what they needed.

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Gets a $100-Million Boost
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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Gets a $100-Million Boost

You could say that the silence has been deafening.

Cray Lands Supercomputer Contract from Australia Bureau of Meteorology
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Cray Lands Supercomputer Contract from Australia Bureau of Meteorology

Cray Inc. has received a contract worth up to $53 million to provide the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia with a Cray XC40 supercomputer and Cray Sonexion 2000...

The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'
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The Future, as Told By 'call of Duty: Black Ops 3'

If you've played just one first-person shooter game it was probably in the Call of Duty series.

A Second Degree for Your Tech Career?
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A Second Degree for Your Tech Career?

Think you want another degree? Join the club. Many techies decide to pursue graduate degrees as a way to advance their careers, hone an area of expertise, or switch...

The Tools Inspectors Can Use to Catch Iran's Nuclear Hijinks
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The Tools Inspectors Can Use to Catch Iran's Nuclear Hijinks

After Tuesday's historic agreement between Iran and the "P5+1" group of countries, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will have access to all...

Archiving Tech Scans Mobile Apps For Copyright Infringing Content
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Archiving Tech Scans Mobile Apps For Copyright Infringing Content

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has expanded the capability of its mobile apps archiving technology to track copyright...

Coders Balk at Making Apps Searchable
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Coders Balk at Making Apps Searchable

The giants of the Web have been pressing developers of mobile apps to index their content so it can be parsed by search engines or linked to from other sites.

Wireless Device Delivers Drugs to Brain via Remote Control​​
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Wireless Device Delivers Drugs to Brain via Remote Control​​

Tiny, implantable devices have demonstrated an ability to deliver drugs to specific areas of the brain in mice. Eventually, the devices may be used to treat pain...

Brain-Based Algorithms Make For Better Networks
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Brain-Based Algorithms Make For Better Networks

Researchers have determined the rate at which the developing brain eliminates unneeded connections between neurons during early childhood, providing insight into...

A Team Member's View of All the Work on Earth It Took to Get New Horizons to Pluto
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A Team Member's View of All the Work on Earth It Took to Get New Horizons to Pluto

Science is hard and good science is harder—it takes persistence and tons of patience.

Data Breaches Boost Funding For Cybersecurity Startups
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Data Breaches Boost Funding For Cybersecurity Startups

Before Max Krohn, the OkCupid co-founder, played online matchmaker, he had a far-less-romantic interest in cryptography. But he couldn't see a way to make a living...

Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The 'canadian Mafia' Behind Tech's Latest Craze
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Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The 'canadian Mafia' Behind Tech's Latest Craze

In the late '90s, Tomi Poutanen, a precocious computer whiz from Finland, hoped to do his dissertation on neural networks, a scientific method aimed at teaching...

Here Are Eff's Most Influential Cases from Its First 25 Years
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Here Are Eff's Most Influential Cases from Its First 25 Years

On Friday, July 10, the Electronic Frontier Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Lawrence Livermore Licenses Computer Network Security Tool
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Lawrence Livermore Licenses Computer Network Security Tool

A computer network security tool developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory computer scientists and engineers has been licensed to Cambridge Global Advisors...

U.S. Team Takes First Place at International Mathematical Olympiad
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U.S. Team Takes First Place at International Mathematical Olympiad

A six-person team representing the United States took first place at IMO 2015, the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The Women Who Rule Pluto
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The Women Who Rule Pluto

For all the firsts coming out of the New Horizons mission—color footage of Pluto, photos of all five of its moons, and flowing datastreams about Pluto's composition...

Researcher Devises Method to Untangle, Analyze 'Controlled Chaos'
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Researcher Devises Method to Untangle, Analyze 'Controlled Chaos'

A mathematical framework developed Indiana University researcher Filippo Radicchi could analyze interactions among highly complex systems and help improve their...

Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You
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Robotics and the Law: When Software Can Harm You

It is imperative that the law deal effectively with the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence, says Ryan Calo, assistant professor in the University of Washington...

European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud
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European Labs Set Sights on Continent-Wide Computing Cloud

From astronomy to genomics, scientists are increasingly storing and studying their data sets on shared remote ‘cloud’ computing servers, accessed through the Internet...
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