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First Completely 3D-Printed Working Loudspeaker Built
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First Completely 3D-Printed Working Loudspeaker Built

Researchers for the first time have used 3D printing to make a consumer electronic device, a loudspeaker ready for use almost as soon as it comes off the printer...

Calxeda, Chipmaker That Sought to Bring ARM Chips to Servers, Has Shut Down
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Calxeda, Chipmaker That Sought to Bring ARM Chips to Servers, Has Shut Down

Depending on whom you ask, the coming year is supposed to be the one during which server chips based on the ARM architecture that is now so popular in smartphones...

The Geeks on the Front Lines
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The Geeks on the Front Lines

Inside a darkened conference room in the Miami Beach Holiday Inn, America's most badass hackers are going to war—working their laptops between swigs of Bawls energy...

An Nsa Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'a Genius Among Geniuses'
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An Nsa Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: 'a Genius Among Geniuses'

Perhaps Edward Snowden's hoodie should have raised suspicions.

Officials Say ­.s. May Never Know Extent of Snowden's Leaks
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Officials Say ­.s. May Never Know Extent of Snowden's Leaks

American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor...

Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots
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Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots

BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat, and Atlas have joined Google's growing robot menagerie.

Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's A Robot
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Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's A Robot

The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer.

When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win
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When Apple and Samsung Fight, the Lawyers Win

Pity the lawyers—except for those who practice intellectual property law.

Doom's Creator Looks Back on 20 Years of Demonic Mayhem
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Doom's Creator Looks Back on 20 Years of Demonic Mayhem

At the stroke of midnight on December 10, 1993, an executive at id Software uploaded a file to an FTP site on the University of Washington's network.

Behind Samsung's Push to Rule the World
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Behind Samsung's Push to Rule the World

"It sounded like a toilet."

The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead
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The Brilliant Hack That Brought Foursquare Back From the Dead

Dennis Crowley thought his 13-year dream might never come true. 

Nest Labs Ceo Advice: Startup? More Like Lawyer ­p
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Nest Labs Ceo Advice: Startup? More Like Lawyer ­p

Startups whose products challenge the incumbents need to prepare not just for competition but for dirty tricks.

The Rise and Fall of Blackberry: An Oral History
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The Rise and Fall of Blackberry: An Oral History

In 1984, Mike Lazaridis, an engineering student at the University of Waterloo, and Douglas Fregin, an engineering student at the University of Windsor, founded...

World of Spycraft: Nsa and CIA Spied in Online Games
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World of Spycraft: Nsa and CIA Spied in Online Games

Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting...

Saving the Net from the Surveillance State: Glenn Greenwald Speaks ­p
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Saving the Net from the Surveillance State: Glenn Greenwald Speaks ­p

Big Brother may be watching you. But Glenn Greenwald is watching Big Brother.

China Bars Banks from Bitcoin Transactions
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China Bars Banks from Bitcoin Transactions

China's government banned financial institutions from trading in bitcoin on Thursday, in what analysts said was a restrained first step towards regulating the digital...

7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison
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7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison

Almost everyone can name the man that invented the light bulb.

Imagine Your Face As Your Future Iphone Password
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Imagine Your Face As Your Future Iphone Password

You may one day be able to unlock your iPhone based just on your good looks.

Pilot ­se of Automation Eyed in Air Crashes
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Pilot ­se of Automation Eyed in Air Crashes

Pilots are becoming so reliant on the computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're...

Diagnosis For Healthcare.gov: ­nrealistic Technology Expectations
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Diagnosis For Healthcare.gov: ­nrealistic Technology Expectations

The fiasco with the $600 million federal health insurance website wasn't all bureaucratic.
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