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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Children's advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry's practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids...
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When a CIA-backed venture capital fund took an interest in Rana el Kaliouby's face-scanning technology for detecting emotions, the computer scientist and her colleagues...
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Volunteers Work to Save Vintage Train Simulator in Berlin
Hydraulic systems jerk and pull the metal train cab back and forth as the driver pilots it along the tracks of Berlin's commuter rail system, as images of the city...
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Zuckerberg's Congressional Survival Guide: Tips from Experts
Now that Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before Congress, he'll need to seek advice not just from lawyers but also from communications specialists on addressing...
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Autos Overshadow the Small Gadgets at Ces Tech Show in Vegas
The smartphones and other small machines that used to dominate the annual CES gadget show have been overshadowed in recent years by bigger mobile devices: namely...
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College Students Come p with Plug-In to Combat Fake News
A team of college students is getting attention from internet companies and Congress after developing a browser extension that alerts users to fake and biased news...
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Why the Explosive Growth of E-Commerce Could Mean More Jobs
When the robots came to online retailer Boxed, dread came, too: The familiar fear that the machines would take over, leaving a trail of unemployed humans in their...
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New Cars Increasingly Crammed with Distracting Technology
The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel...
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China's Ever-Tighter Web Controls Jolt Companies, Scientists
Frank Chen's e-commerce business has nothing to do with politics but he worries it might be sunk by the Communist Party's latest effort to control what the Chinese...
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In a High-Tech World, Car Designers Still Rely on Clay
Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's...
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Fear of Robots Taking Jobs Spurs a Bold Idea: Guaranteed Pay
Driverless trucks. Factory robots. Delivery drones. Virtual personal assistants.
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Studies: Automated Safety Systems Are Preventing Car Crashes
Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential...
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Reverence For Robots: Japanese Workers Treasure Automation
Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped and washed, wrapped into six-packs, and boxed at dizzying speeds—1,500 a minute, to be exact—on humming...
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Apple Still Strong at 40, But Are Best Years Behind It?
Apple turned 40 on Friday, and it's a very different company from the audacious startup that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched in a Silicon Valley garage in...
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Shadowy Hacking Industry May Be Helping Fbi Crack an Iphone
Turns out there's a shadowy global industry devoted to breaking into smartphones and extracting their information.
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Drone Schools Spread in China to Field Pilots For New Sector
Joysticks at their fingertips, the mostly male students packing the classroom lift their virtual helicopters into the air, part of a new cottage industry that's...
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New California Law Extends Privacy Rights to Electronic Data
California now requires police to get a court order before they can search messages, photos and other digital data stored on phones or company servers in the nation's...
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Why Europe Isn't Creating Any Googles or Facebooks
Micha Benoliel grew up in France and launched his first technology startup there, but he never forgot the atmosphere of adventure and optimism in San Francisco,...
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?
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Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library
The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and...12
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