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How a 16-Year-Old Won a Scholarship to Apple's Wwdc
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How a 16-Year-Old Won a Scholarship to Apple's Wwdc

A 16-year-old programmer named Ash Bhat is attending Apple's WWDC next week for free. How? He created an iOS app that earned him one of 150 scholarships.

In China, an Empire Built By Aping Apple
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In China, an Empire Built By Aping Apple

China is notorious for its knockoffs. But now comes a knockoff of one of the gods of American ingenuity: Steven P. Jobs.

The CIA Invests in Narrative Science and Its Automated Writers
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The CIA Invests in Narrative Science and Its Automated Writers

Narrative Science has already proven that its robot writers can make sentences that are good enough for newspapers and internal company reports. Now they're going...

Fixing America's Patent Problem Means Going Beyond Trolls
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Fixing America's Patent Problem Means Going Beyond Trolls

The so-called patent troll has become one of the tech industry’s favorite monsters in recent years, and on Tuesday the Obama administration announced it would ...

As Facebook Grows ­p, Grand Ambitions Get Reality Check
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As Facebook Grows ­p, Grand Ambitions Get Reality Check

Facebook, which once seemed poised to take over the Internet, is showing its limitations: a host of newer services are gaining ground among trend-setting youth;...

Educators Offer Strategy to Clean Up Cheating in Moocs
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Educators Offer Strategy to Clean Up Cheating in Moocs

Two University of Virginia researchers offer a solution to the potential for widespread cheating in massive open online courses, an obstacle to the courses' widespread...

Spintronics Approach Enables New Quantum Technologies
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Spintronics Approach Enables New Quantum Technologies

Researchers highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two papers recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding
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Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding

The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500...

Indianapolis Speedway and ­niversity Library Put Racing History Online
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Indianapolis Speedway and ­niversity Library Put Racing History Online

A new digital collection made possible by the collaboration of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University...

Facial-Recognition Software Shows Promise Identifying Subjects of Portrait Art
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Facial-Recognition Software Shows Promise Identifying Subjects of Portrait Art

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $60,000 grant to researchers at the University of California, Riverside to continue their development...

Wearable Computing Pioneer Says Google Glass Offers 'killer Existence'
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Wearable Computing Pioneer Says Google Glass Offers 'killer Existence'

Few gadgets have generated as much excitement and hostility as Google Glass, a voice-activated computer-monitor combo worn on eyeglass frames.

Let's Play: Making Travel a Game
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Let's Play: Making Travel a Game

It was a Sunday afternoon in SoHo and while most New Yorkers were having brunch, Makeda Peters and her boyfriend were on a street corner craning their necks at...

How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code
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How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code

Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn.

The Startup Factory Behind the Hit Game 'Dots'
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The Startup Factory Behind the Hit Game 'Dots'

The failed-startup story is familiar by now.

Is Coding the New Second Language?
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Is Coding the New Second Language?

It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.

Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook
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Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook

When Intel worried years ago that its marvelous innovation wasn't being noticed by consumers-at-large, it launched the ubiquitous "Intel Inside" campaign.

Meet the Maker
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Meet the Maker

MIT alumna Limor Fried has become a pioneer of the 'maker movement' with Adafruit Industries, her multimillion-dollar seller of do-it-yourself kits.

Space Invaders: Blast From the Past That Still Inspires
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Space Invaders: Blast From the Past That Still Inspires

It may seem prehistoric nowadays, but the title, which is about to celebrate its 35th birthday, has had a huge influence on gaming and the wider world.

­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
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­ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals

The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.

Charlie Rose Talks to Tumblr's David Karp
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Charlie Rose Talks to Tumblr's David Karp

What made you decide that this was the right time to sell—and that Yahoo! was the right buyer?
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