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Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous
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Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous

There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.

Researchers Look to Strengthen 'internet of Things' Security
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Researchers Look to Strengthen 'internet of Things' Security

Indiana University researchers have received $1.8 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to ensure that door locks, lightbulbs, cameras, and other common...

The Next Generation of Scholarly Publishing
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The Next Generation of Scholarly Publishing

Concordia University launches the first open-access academic press in Quebec.

Vulnerability Is the Internet's Original Sin
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Vulnerability Is the Internet's Original Sin

On the day (perhaps not long from now) when the entire internet crashes, no one will be able to say that we didn’t see it coming.

The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
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The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own

The small drone, with its six whirring rotors, swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning...

Why It Was So Easy to Hack the Cameras that Took Down the Web
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Why It Was So Easy to Hack the Cameras that Took Down the Web

If you were anywhere near the internet in the US on Friday, you probably noticed a bunch of your favorite websites were down for much of the day. Now experts are...

Silicon Valley Decides It's Just Too Hard to Build a Car
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Silicon Valley Decides It's Just Too Hard to Build a Car

Bill Ford is tired of hearing the future of cars belongs to Silicon Valley.

Women in Tech: Why the Small Victories Matter
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Women in Tech: Why the Small Victories Matter

Published diversity and inclusion reports show that tech companies struggle to get their technical workforces up to even 30 percent women. The way out of this problem...

Mark Zuckerberg's Long March to China
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Mark Zuckerberg's Long March to China

For U.S. Internet businesses, China is the land of moral defeat.

​AI Expert: Super-Smart Cars Are Just a Glorious Beginning
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​AI Expert: Super-Smart Cars Are Just a Glorious Beginning

Prepare for your car to become an intellectual giant—and for you to like it.

The Power of Prediction Markets
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The Power of Prediction Markets

It was a great way to mix science with gambling, says Anna Dreber.

Blockchain Platform Developed By Banks to Be Open-Source
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Blockchain Platform Developed By Banks to Be Open-Source

A blockchain platform developed by a group that includes more than 70 of the world's biggest financial institutions is making its code publicly available, in what...

Cancer's Big Data Problem
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Cancer's Big Data Problem

Cancer researchers don't have tools to efficiently process the mountain of available genetic data to make more precise predictions for therapy. The U.S. Department...

The Gender Ratio In Tech Is Getting Worse, Says New Research
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The Gender Ratio In Tech Is Getting Worse, Says New Research

The share of women in computing jobs is on track to decline from 24% to 22% over the next 10 years, according to a new report.

Why Isn't the U.s. Better at Predicting Extreme Weather?
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Why Isn't the U.s. Better at Predicting Extreme Weather?

At 11 o'clock on the night of Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center in Miami posted an updated prediction for Hurricane Matthew.

CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
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CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia

The Obama administration is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the American presidential...

Leo Beranek, Acoustics Designer and Internet Pioneer, Dies at 102
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Leo Beranek, Acoustics Designer and Internet Pioneer, Dies at 102

Leo L. Beranek, an engineer whose company designed the acoustics for the United Nations and concert halls at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood, then built the direct...

Maths Becomes Biology's Magic Number
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Maths Becomes Biology's Magic Number

"If you want a career in medicine these days you're better off studying mathematics or computing than biology."

Want College to Pay Off? These Are the 50 Majors with the Highest Earnings.
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Want College to Pay Off? These Are the 50 Majors with the Highest Earnings.

Engineering and technology are among the most challenging fields of study in college, but all of that hard work apparently is paying off, as many of the top-earning...

Stepping ­p Security For an Internet-of-Things World
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Stepping ­p Security For an Internet-of-Things World

The vision of the so-called internet of things—giving all sorts of physical things a digital makeover—has been years ahead of reality. But that gap is closing fast...
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