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National Labs Collaborate on Next-Generation Supercomputer Development
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National Labs Collaborate on Next-Generation Supercomputer Development

Three U.S. national laboratories are working together to solve some of the world's most challenging problems by ensuring that the U.S. scientific community has...

How to Get Students to Stop ­sing Their Cellphones in Class
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How to Get Students to Stop ­sing Their Cellphones in Class

Almost all college students have a cellphone. They use them an average of eight to 10 hours a day and check them an average of every 15 to 20 minutes while they're...

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."

Fury and Fear in Ohio as It Jobs Go to India
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Fury and Fear in Ohio as It Jobs Go to India

The IT workers at Cengage Learning in the company's Mason, Ohio, offices learned of their fates game-show style.

Relax: You Won't Be Replaced by a Robot
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Relax: You Won't Be Replaced by a Robot

Don't think a robot could take your job?

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.
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Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in ­.s.

Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would...

From Army of One to Band of Tweeters
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From Army of One to Band of Tweeters

It was the end of a long combat patrol near a district called Adhamiyah, in northwest Baghdad, in the fall of 2008.

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.

Troubled Billion-Euro Brain Project Secures Another Three Years' Funding
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Troubled Billion-Euro Brain Project Secures Another Three Years' Funding

Europe's troubled Human Brain Project (HBP) has secured guarantees of European Commission financing until at least 2019—but some scientists are still not sure that...

Signal, the Snowden-Approved Crypto App, Comes to Android
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Signal, the Snowden-Approved Crypto App, Comes to Android

Since it first appeared in Apple's App Store last year, the free encrypted calling and texting app Signal has become the darling of the privacy community, recommended—and...

Synthetic Biology Lures Silicon Valley Investors
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Synthetic Biology Lures Silicon Valley Investors

In 2012, Emily Leproust was trying to raise money to start Twist Bioscience, a company that aimed to synthesize DNA more quickly and more cheaply than existing...

The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant
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The Hot New Job in Silicon Valley Is Being a Robot's Assistant

"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords." So goes the joke every time artificial intelligence threatens to supersede humans in another job.

What Excites Ceo Larry Page About Alphabet? Wi-Fi Beaming Balloons
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What Excites Ceo Larry Page About Alphabet? Wi-Fi Beaming Balloons

Alphabet, formerly Google, is a Wonka factory of tech projects.

The Room Where the Internet Was Born
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The Room Where the Internet Was Born

Starting a cross-country drive to New York in Los Angeles is pretty inconvenient, unless your cross-country drive is also a vision quest to see the Internet.

Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor-Shrinking Molecules
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Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor-Shrinking Molecules

University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a computational strategy to search for molecules that could be developed into glioblastoma drugs.

Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?
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Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?

"I like to drive cars," says Mark Reuss, product development chief at General Motors, "so this is a little funny."

On the Road to Ang Vehicles
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On the Road to Ang Vehicles

Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to store natural gas as a transportation fuel, which could help make the driving range of an adsorbed-natural-gas (ANG)...

How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption
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How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption

A petition calling for President Obama to support strong encryption and "reject any law, policy or mandate" that would undermine digital security reached 100,000...

The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve
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The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve

Scott Walker's withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race last month was tough on staffers like Matt Oczkowski—as it turns out, tougher than he thought.

Do Women Place Less Importance on Their Careers Than Men? Professor Rebuts Misconceptions
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Do Women Place Less Importance on Their Careers Than Men? Professor Rebuts Misconceptions

There is a pre-existing assumption that women place less importance on their careers than men. A new study by an Ithaca College professor challenges this assumption...
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