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Israel's Military-Entrepreneurial Complex Owns Big Data

Two years ago, a half-dozen programmers and entrepreneurs started working together in a Tel Aviv basement to create one of Israel's 5,000 high-tech companies.

The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?
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The ­niverse or the Brain: Where Does Math Originate?

Four scientists debate whether math is an inherent part of the universe, or merely a way the human brain copes with and explains the environment.

Researchers Find Bug Bounty Programs Pay Economic Rewards
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Researchers Find Bug Bounty Programs Pay Economic Rewards

Bug bounty programs can be as much as 100 times more cost-effective for finding security vulnerabilities than hiring full-time security researchers to do the same...

Global Study Stresses Importance of Public Internet Access
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Global Study Stresses Importance of Public Internet Access

Millions of people in low-income countries still depend on public computer and Internet access venues despite the global proliferation of mobile phones and home...

Daydreaming Simulated By Computer Model
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Daydreaming Simulated By Computer Model

Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do.

Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation
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Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation

The way we use digital devices has become big news.

Writing Programs ­sing Ordinary Language
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Writing Programs ­sing Ordinary Language

Systems that can convert written specifications into working code in a few narrow cases could be generalized to other tasks.

India to Overtake ­.s. on Number of Developers By 2017
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India to Overtake ­.s. on Number of Developers By 2017

India will exceed the United States in the number of software developers by 2017, according to a new Evans Data Corp. study.

Tech Hiring Accounts For 10% of ­.s. Employment Gains
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Tech Hiring Accounts For 10% of ­.s. Employment Gains

New information technology hires accounted for about 10 percent of all the job growth in the United States in June 2013. And total tech employment increased 0.51...

Cooling System Gets Zero-Gravity Test
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Cooling System Gets Zero-Gravity Test

Engineers from the University of Illinois at Chicago tested a microelectronic cooling system in zero gravity on board the Novespace Airbus.

In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal
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In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal

Q. How is Big Data being used more in the leadership and management field? 

The Hut Where the Internet Began
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The Hut Where the Internet Began

Let's start at the end point: what you're doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication...

Finding Harmony with Big Data
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Finding Harmony with Big Data

Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.

Professor Jack Dongarra Announces New Supercomputer Benchmark
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Professor Jack Dongarra Announces New Supercomputer Benchmark

The way the power of supercomputers is measured is about to change.

Bag Your Dream Job With a Little Help From an Avatar
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Bag Your Dream Job With a Little Help From an Avatar

Nervous about that job interview? You'd better have a chat with Mach: an avatar designed to help people succeed in nerve-wracking social situations.

What Your Metadata Says About You
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What Your Metadata Says About You

As recently as a few weeks ago, "metadata" was an obscure term known mainly to techies and academics.

Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West
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Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West

East London's technology hub is established well beyond start-up status: Thousands of new Web firms now work in the offices around Old Street and on any given day...

This Is the Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds
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This Is the Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds

There was a time when Melody Meckfessel juggled two wardrobes: one for one Google, and one for the rest of her life.

Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps
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Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps

Samsung Electronics and Intel are banking that a little bit of cash will jump-start interest in Tizen, their upstart operating system.

Scientists Spy on Lithium Ions to Design the Next Big Battery
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Scientists Spy on Lithium Ions to Design the Next Big Battery

A Michigan Technological University scientist has developed a device that lets researchers spy on the actions of lithium ions inside a nanobattery — and use that...
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