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How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Warn ­S of Another Dallas
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Warn ­S of Another Dallas

As the country reels from the spasm of gun violence that killed two black men and five police officers this week, a prominent digital vigilante is using an online...

Why Companies Can't Spam You with Robo-Calls, but the Government Can
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Why Companies Can't Spam You with Robo-Calls, but the Government Can

Be ready: Your phone might soon start ringing with a few more unsolicited robo-calls.

Whom Are You Voting For? This Guy Can Read Your Mind.
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Whom Are You Voting For? This Guy Can Read Your Mind.

Neuroscientist Ryan McGarry swabbed a brain activity headset with saline solution and lowered it onto Brian Hazel's head, connecting circular prongs gingerly to...

This Is Where the Real Action in Artificial Intelligence Takes Place
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This Is Where the Real Action in Artificial Intelligence Takes Place

Swarms of journalists lined the halls of a Southern California oceanfront resort recently to see tech luminaries like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk discuss the Gawker...

The Real Reason America Controls Its Nukes with Ancient Floppy Disks
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The Real Reason America Controls Its Nukes with Ancient Floppy Disks

America's nuclear arsenal depends on a surprising relic of the 1970s that few of us may recall: the humble floppy disk.

Schrödinger's Cat Just Got Even Weirder (and Even More Confusing)
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Schrödinger's Cat Just Got Even Weirder (and Even More Confusing)

Everyone's heard of Schrödinger's cat, and if you're not a physicist or a liar, you can probably admit that you don't really get it. Well, hold onto your hats:...

What's Driving Silicon Valley to Become 'radicalized'
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What's Driving Silicon Valley to Become 'radicalized'

Like many Silicon Valley start-ups, Larry Gadea's company collects heaps of sensitive data from his customers.

Surprise! People Will Actually Read Long News Stories on Their Smartphones.
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Surprise! People Will Actually Read Long News Stories on Their Smartphones.

Those fretting over the effect that small screens have on big news stories may be able to breathe a little easier.

Researchers Explain How Stereotypes Keep Girls Out of Computer Science Classes
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Researchers Explain How Stereotypes Keep Girls Out of Computer Science Classes

Stereotypes are a powerful force driving girls away from STEM fields. Even though stereotypes are often inaccurate, children absorb them at an early age and are...

Universities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs
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Universities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs

The threat of hacking seems to lurk around every corner, but American universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.

Lots of Coders Are Self-Taught, According to Developer Survey
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Lots of Coders Are Self-Taught, According to Developer Survey

More computer programmers are self-taught rather than graduates of coding "boot camps" or industry certification programs run by big tech companies, according to...

Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program That Won't Give Them a College Degree
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Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program That Won't Give Them a College Degree

Computer-coding "boot camps" are surging in popularity, but these non-accredited programs do not offer a college degree, so graduates who invest a lot of money...

Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree
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Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree

Brian O'Neill has been trying to hire a developer at Philly-based tech company Monetate.

Why Naval Academy Students Are Learning to Sail By the Stars For the First Time in a Decade
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Why Naval Academy Students Are Learning to Sail By the Stars For the First Time in a Decade

Peter Hogan was surprised at how heavy the sextant felt in his hand when he squinted through its eyeglass this week, the first time he had ever held one.

National Security Agency Plans Major Reorganization
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National Security Agency Plans Major Reorganization

The National Security Agency, the largest electronic spy agency in the world, is undertaking a major reorganization, merging its offensive and defensive organizations...

The Cloud Wars Are Seriously Heating ­p
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The Cloud Wars Are Seriously Heating ­p

Most consumers may not realize it, but there's a furious battle playing out right behind the products they use every day.  

How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports

Computers have already been trained how to write up quick summaries of sporting events after studying the box score, putting the jobs of sports journalists at risk...

The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly
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The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly

Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."

The Significance of an MIT Drone Weaving Around Tree Branches at 30 Mph
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The Significance of an MIT Drone Weaving Around Tree Branches at 30 Mph

To get his Ph.D., MIT grad student Andy Barry packed up a car with a drone and a catapult to launch it. Then he headed west.

Inside the Economics of Hacking
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Inside the Economics of Hacking

Imagine getting $1 million for finding a security weakness in a mobile operating system.
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