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The robot tank is moving rapidly through the scrub on its caterpillar tracks.
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Tinkerers Refine Technologies at Internet of Things Lab
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In the early 1960s, Fernando Corbató helped deploy the first known computer password.
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Secrets, Lies and Snowden's Email: Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit
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A dormant spacecraft will swing past Earth in August, and private space flight enthusiasts have plans to put it back to work.
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The Age of Quantum Computing Has (almost) Arrived
Google owns a lot of computers—perhaps a million servers stitched together into the fastest, most powerful artificial intelligence on the planet.
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Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander
NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander, after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review...
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New Lithium Battery Created in Japan
A team of researchers at Tohoku University has created a new type of lithium ion conductor for future batteries that could be the basis for a new generation of...
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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Hires Man Behind the 'google Brain'
Baidu has long been referred to as "China’s Google" because it dominates Web search in the country.
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Forging a Qubit to Rule Them All
Peering into his cabinet of curiosities on a recent spring day, Bob Willett, a scientist at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., nimbly plucked a tiny black crystal...
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Liberating Devices From Their Power Cords
Structrual supercapacitors open the door to a whole new world of energy storage.
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.
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Who Watches the Watchers? Big Data Goes nchecked
The National Security Agency might be tracking your phone calls. But private industry is prying far more deeply into your life.
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Gchq-Backed Competition Seeks New Recruits
Dubbed the Cyber Security Challenge, contestants will participate in various cyber-battles.
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Should Young Children Learn Coding?
Re "Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Now Coding" (front page, May 11): Schools and parents are really off the mark in introducing coding (and technology in general)...
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