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The Iphone Didn't Emerge from Nothing. Here's What Came Before It
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The Iphone Didn't Emerge from Nothing. Here's What Came Before It

On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs stood on the MacWorld stage in his jeans and a black turtleneck.

I Helped Create Facebook's Ad Machine. Here's How I'd Fix It
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I Helped Create Facebook's Ad Machine. Here's How I'd Fix It

This month, two magnificently embarrassing public-relations disasters rocked the Facebook money machine like nothing else in its history.

What I Learned at Gerrymandering Summer Camp
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What I Learned at Gerrymandering Summer Camp

At 6'5", Aaron Dennis towers over the whiteboard beside him.

Everyone Thinks That Automation Will Take Our Jobs. The Evidence Disagrees
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Everyone Thinks That Automation Will Take Our Jobs. The Evidence Disagrees

Last year, the Japanese company SoftBank opened a cell phone store in Tokyo and staffed it entirely with sales associates named Pepper. This wasn't as hard as it...

To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart
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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

The toughest thing to convey to newcomers at the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas this weekend? Just how far they could go with hacking voting machines set up...

The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework
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The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework

This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into...

Who Will Pay For the Future If Not the Robots?
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Who Will Pay For the Future If Not the Robots?

RRobots are taking over the world's workforce—and why shouldn't they?

Can the American Heartland Remake Itself in the Image of Silicon Valley? One Startup Finds Out
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Can the American Heartland Remake Itself in the Image of Silicon Valley? One Startup Finds Out

Ross Diedrich had gone pale and raw-boned. The CEO of a year-old startup in Denver, he'd stay at his office until the middle of the night, go home and sleep for...

The ­S Takes On the World in Nato's Cyber War Games
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The ­S Takes On the World in Nato's Cyber War Games

Last year, Capt. Sean Ruddy and his team of operator-soldiers from the US Cyber Brigade entered a Locked Shields, a NATO-organized cyber-defense war game that pits...

Bill Gates Is Wrong: The Solution to AI Taking Jobs Is Training, Not Taxes
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Bill Gates Is Wrong: The Solution to AI Taking Jobs Is Training, Not Taxes

Let's take a breath: Robots and artificial intelligence systems are nowhere near displacing the human workforce.

Training For the Day a Tweet Dictates Where to Send Swat
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Training For the Day a Tweet Dictates Where to Send Swat

Emergency responders in northern Texas watch as an imaginary crisis takes over their social media feeds.

Trump's Immigration Crackdown Could Spark a Tech Brain Drain
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Trump's Immigration Crackdown Could Spark a Tech Brain Drain

Clément Garnier doesn't know how much time he has left.

Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code
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Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code

At San Quentin State Prison in California, inmates are barred from using the internet, and many have been serving time since before smartphones existed. But a new...

AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element Ai, a Deep-Learning Incubator
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AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element Ai, a Deep-Learning Incubator

Yoshua Bengio, one of the leading figures behind the rise of deep learning, is launching a Silicon Valley-style startup incubator dedicated to this enormously influential...

The Ftc Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals
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The Ftc Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals

In the last five years, open-access journals have cropped up all over the Internet. The looks of these publishers have deceived thousands of young and inexperienced...

No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen Nsa-Linked 'cyberweapons'
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No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen Nsa-Linked 'cyberweapons'

When an anonymous group calling itself Shadow Brokers put up for auction a collection of data it said it stole from the NSA, the group wrote that it would make...

Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law
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Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law

In the age of big data analytics, the proprietary algorithms web sites use to determine what data to display to visitors have the potential to illegally discriminate...

Here's How IBM Is Planning to Use Its Own Blockchain Software
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Here's How IBM Is Planning to Use Its Own Blockchain Software

Bitcoin may still bring to mind images of clandestine drug markets and anarchist hackers bent on liberating finance from financial companies. But some of the world’s...

A Texas Jury's Guilty Verdict Should Worry It Admins
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A Texas Jury's Guilty Verdict Should Worry It Admins

If you're a systems administrator working in the United States, a recent decision from 12 Texan jurors should give you a moment of pause before you next hit the...

Techies Are Trying to Turn the Nba Into the World's Biggest Sports League
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Techies Are Trying to Turn the Nba Into the World's Biggest Sports League

In 2014, the Los Angeles Clippers were just getting used to being a good basketball team.
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