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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Monkey Thoughts Move Virtual Arms—human-Machine Mind-Meld Next?
Rhesus monkeys in a lab are using their brains to move two arms of a virtual primate on a screen, moving researchers one step closer towards outfitting paralyzed...
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Markus 'notch' Persson: The Mind Behind Minecraft
Markus Persson, known also by the online handle "Notch," is an indie game success story like no other.
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The Highs and Hazards of Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the leading online alternative currency, has attracted high-minded entrepreneurs and crooks alike.
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Is Google Autocomplete Evil?
"Women shouldn't have rights." "Women shouldn't vote." "Women shouldn't work."
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NASA Institute to Explore Space – Virtually
Stony Brook is headed to outer space — virtually. The University has been selected as the lead institution for one of NASA's nine new teams that will bring researchers...
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Here's What the Morris Worm Prosecutor Thinks About Aaron Swartz
It was 25 years ago Tuesday that The New York Times first named 23-year-old Cornell graduate student Robert Morris as the culprit behind what became known as the...
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Cyber Report Warns of Threats to Cloud Data Storage, Mobile Devices
Few of the growing number of businesses that find their way into the cloud engage in security measures beyond those provided by the associated cloud storage firm...
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Circle of Life: The Beautiful New Way to Visualize Biological Data
When Martin Krzywinski took a systems administrator job at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Center, he didn’t plan on becoming a pioneer of 21st century biological...
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Should We Believe More in Big Data or in Magic?
One year I spent a lot of time with professional magicians.
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Georgia Tech Launches New Institute For Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The Georgia Institute of Technology has announced the launch of its Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM), the newest of Georgia Tech's ten Interdisciplinary...
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Bitcoin Open to Manipulation, Researchers Say
A major flaw that has gone unrealized until now leaves the $1.5 billion Bitcoin market open to manipulation and a potential takeover, according to a new study...
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Corrective Feedback Improves Blade Handling of Knife-Wielding Robot
Cornell University engineers have taught a robot to work in a mock-supermarket checkout line, modifying a Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics in Boston to "coactively...
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How a Grad Student Trying to Build the First Botnet Brought the Internet to Its Knees
On November 3, 1988, 25 years ago Sunday, people woke up to find the Internet had changed forever.
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Wearable Gadgets Transform How Companies Do Business
Big companies are putting wearables to work.
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Get a Security Boost: Add More Women to Your Cyber Team
A dearth of women in IT and cybersecurity positions may be playing a role in the frequent failure of enterprise cybersecurity strategies and defense, according...
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Will India Get to Mars? A Guide to the Dangers Ahead
With the successful launch just hours ago of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India has passed the first test in its bid to orbit the Red Planet. Next up is a nail...
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Summit Addresses How to Attract Underrepresented-Minority Students to STEM Careers
The United Negro College Fund's HBCU Innovation Summit last week was aimed at finding ways to get more young people, especially underrepresented minorities, to...
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Professor Clifford I. Nass, Expert on Human/computer Interactions, Dead at 55
Clifford I. Nass, a Stanford communication professor known for his research on the way people interact with technology, died Nov. 2 at Stanford Sierra Camp near...
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Computer Model Anticipates Crime Hot Spots
A unique collaboration between a University of California, Riverside sociologist and the Indio Police Department has produced a computer model that predicts where...
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Sportvision Wants to Take You (Home) to the Ball Game
These days, you'd be forgiven if you're more excited about watching the "big game"—whether that's football, basketball, hockey—on TV rather than from inside a sports...
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