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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade
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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade

We all know that the technology industry has a gender problem. But how do you move the needle from awareness to action? Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Girls Who...

With H-1b Visas For the Highly Skilled in Doubt, Tech World's Anxious
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With H-1b Visas For the Highly Skilled in Doubt, Tech World's Anxious

As President Trump seeks to clamp down on immigration, the status of white-collar international workers has become a political live wire. That has left many small...

No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream
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No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream

Defenders of globalization are on solid ground when they criticize President Trump's threats of punitive tariffs and border walls.

International Science Collaboration Growing At Astonishing Rate
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International Science Collaboration Growing At Astonishing Rate

The number of multiple-author scientific papers with collaborators from more than one country more than doubled from 1990 to 2015, indicating the increasingly global...

Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero
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Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero

One, zero, zero, one, zero, one. Zero, one, one…

New Resource For Optical Chips
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New Resource For Optical Chips

MIT researchers have developed a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearities into silicon photonics, which could enable a new class of complex integrated...

The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare
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The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare

To an engineer in Silicon Valley, the Defense Department can look a little old, a little slow, and a little fat.

Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds
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Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds

OSLS Linus Torvalds believes the technology industry's celebration of innovation is smug, self-congratulatory, and self-serving.

Turning Back Ddos Attacks
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Turning Back Ddos Attacks

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is funding several research projects that will help defenders turn away distributed...

2016 Tech Cut Report: 66,821 Computer Jobs
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2016 Tech Cut Report: 66,821 Computer Jobs

Layoffs at U.S. computer, electronics, and telecommunications companies were up 21% to 96,017 jobs in 2016, compared to 79,315 the prior year, according to the...

Army Lab Integrates Future Soldier Technology
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Army Lab Integrates Future Soldier Technology

Lighter weight protective body armor and undergarments, newer uniform fabrics, conformal wearable computers, and integrated sensors are all part of the U.S. Army's...

It Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree on Cyber Security Responsibility
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It Decisions Makers and Executives Don't Agree on Cyber Security Responsibility

There's a severe disconnect between IT decision makers and C-suite executives when it comes to handling cyber attacks. Namely, both believe the other one is responsible...

Hacker Knows Best: Privacy Tips from Kevin Mitnick
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Hacker Knows Best: Privacy Tips from Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick knows all the ways your privacy could be violated through your phone, computer and tablet.

Voice Control Everywhere
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Voice Control Everywhere

In anticipation of the age of voice-controlled electronics, MIT researchers have built a special-purpose chip which could make speech recognition ubiquitous in...

Is A Stretchable Smart Tablet In Our Future?
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Is A Stretchable Smart Tablet In Our Future?

Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed a stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the...

What Is the Point of Learning C?
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What Is the Point of Learning C?

The Internet of Things could lead to a huge revival in the need for small footprint codebases and run-times, creating a resurgence in demand for C skills, says...

Nyu Creates Pathway to Master's Degree For Non Computer Science Students
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Nyu Creates Pathway to Master's Degree For Non Computer Science Students

New York University's Tandon School of Engineering has launched a new online program that gives students lacking a background in CS the opportunity to switch fields...

New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk
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New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk

About a year ago, in a widely reported story, journalists at British newspaper the Telegraph found little black boxes installed under their desks.

Simulated Ransomware Attack Shows Vulnerability of Industrial Controls
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Simulated Ransomware Attack Shows Vulnerability of Industrial Controls

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a form of ransomware that was able to take control of a simulated water treatment plant. The simulated...

Bay Area tech Job Growth Has Rapidly Decelerated
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Bay Area tech Job Growth Has Rapidly Decelerated

Tech's annual job growth in the Bay Area throttled back to 3.5 percent, or 26,700 new jobs, in 2016. That's much slower than the 6 percent annual gain of 42,300...
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