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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey
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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey

When most hackers are infiltrating computer systems, the last thing on their mind is getting caught, according to new data.

Researchers' Model Examines How to Keep Women in IT Profession
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Researchers' Model Examines How to Keep Women in IT Profession

Researchers have proposed a new model they hope will "re-energize the dialogue regarding creating a more diversified IT work environment," their study says.

No Boys Allowed: Girls Who Code Takes on Gender Gap
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No Boys Allowed: Girls Who Code Takes on Gender Gap

The nonprofit Girls Who Code's summer program has grown from 20 girls in one classroom in 2012 to 380 girls in classrooms at 16 companies across the country.

It Jobs: Which States Show Most Growth?
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It Jobs: Which States Show Most Growth?

Dice's August jobs report found Texas leads in technology job growth in 2014 based on new hiring data, followed by Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington...

Hashtags and Selfies Yield College Scholarships
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Hashtags and Selfies Yield College Scholarships

Companies and institutions are offering new scholarships that will help today's college students use social media to help finance college costs.

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics
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As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon, and a host of start-ups, which...

Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style
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Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style

Apple may well be the only tech company on the planet that would dare compare itself to Picasso.

Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'
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Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'

For one weekend every year, thousands of the world’s best—or worst, depending on your point of view—hackers meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defcon.

Artificial Intelligence Will Not Turn Into a Frankenstein's Monster
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Artificial Intelligence Will Not Turn Into a Frankenstein's Monster

The singularity—or, to give it its proper title, the technological singularity. It's an idea that has taken on a life of its own; more of a life, I suspect, than...

Smithsonian Seeks Volunteers for Massive Digitization Project
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Smithsonian Seeks Volunteers for Massive Digitization Project

The Smithsonian has opened its Transcription Center website to the public in an effort to leverage the power of crowds to help it unlock the content inside thousands...

When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats
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When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats

To hack or not to hack?

Here's How the Feds Are Teaming Up With Hackers to Save US All from Robocalls
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Here's How the Feds Are Teaming Up With Hackers to Save US All from Robocalls

The Federal Trade Commission is at one of the world's biggest hacker conferences this weekend, where hackers are competing to help save us all from robocalls.

Meet the Puzzle Mastermind Who Designs Def Con's Hackable Badges
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Meet the Puzzle Mastermind Who Designs Def Con's Hackable Badges

Def Con is one of the world's biggest hacker conventions, an annual gathering of security experts, cryptographers and at least a few people who could surreptitiously...

Alternative STEM Programs Offer Early Career Prep For Students
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Alternative STEM Programs Offer Early Career Prep For Students

The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program's Summer Bridge program included more than 20 high school students who took college-level math courses and interned...

Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley
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Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley

Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots.

Jam Session: ONR Tech Helps Sailors on the Digital Frontier
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Jam Session: ONR Tech Helps Sailors on the Digital Frontier

U.S. Navy sailors demonstrated a new system during international maritime exercises last month that could transform the future of electronic warfare and defense...

Researchers Declare Wireless Devices a Safety Risk for Children

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Researchers Declare Wireless Devices a Safety Risk for Children


New research states that children and fetuses are the most at risk from neurological and biological damage that results from microwave radiation emitted by wireless...

Hacker Says to Show Passenger Jets at Risk of Cyber Attack
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Hacker Says to Show Passenger Jets at Risk of Cyber Attack

Cyber security researcher Ruben Santamarta says he has figured out how to hack the satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and inflight...

Rosetta Spacecraft Set For ­nprecedented Close Study of a Comet
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Rosetta Spacecraft Set For ­nprecedented Close Study of a Comet

After 10 years and four billion miles, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at its destination on Wednesday for the first extended, close...

Can Google Build a Typeface to Support Every Written Language?
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Can Google Build a Typeface to Support Every Written Language?

Google has taken on its fair share of ambitious projects—digitizing millions and millions of books, mapping the whole world, pioneering self-driving cars.
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