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U.s. to Establish New Cybersecurity Agency
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U.s. to Establish New Cybersecurity Agency

The U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of risks, a senior Obama administration...

The Attention Machine
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The Attention Machine

Human attention isn't stable, ever, and it costs us: lives lost when drivers space out, billions of dollars wasted on inefficient work, and mental disorders that...

Autonomous Vehicles: No Drivers Required
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Autonomous Vehicles: No Drivers Required

This summer, people will cruise through the streets of Greenwich, U.K., in electric shuttles with no one's hands on the steering wheel—or any steering wheel at...

Cyber Security Experts Make Virtual Lab Available For Classrooms, Competitions
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Cyber Security Experts Make Virtual Lab Available For Classrooms, Competitions

With NSF support, Iowa State University is making a version of ISEAGE (the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment) software technology available...

British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors
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British Army Creates Team of Facebook Warriors

The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare...

Intellectual Privacy Vital to Life in the Digital Age
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Intellectual Privacy Vital to Life in the Digital Age

Privacy law expert Neil M. Richards argues in a new book that digital technologies should give more attention to the important human values that required hard fights...

China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones
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China's Internet Population Hits 649 Million, 86 Percent on Phones

China had 649 million Internet users by the end of 2014, with 557 million of those using handsets to go online, said a government report on Tuesday, as the world's...

Google Sweetens the Bug Bounty
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Google Sweetens the Bug Bounty

Google's security team has a problem.

The '90s Startup That Terrified Microsoft and Got Americans to Go Online
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The '90s Startup That Terrified Microsoft and Got Americans to Go Online

Nineteen ninety-five was the inaugural year of the 21st century, a clear starting point for contemporary life.

Privacy Challenges
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Privacy Challenges

Just four pieces of information are enough to identify 90 percent of the people in a data set recording three months of credit-card transactions by 1.1 million...

Profitable Email Phishing Scams Feign Authenticity
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Profitable Email Phishing Scams Feign Authenticity

Researchers have found evidence that profitable email phishing scams may benefit from phishers' use of "information-rich" emails that include graphics, logos, and...

As Cyber Threats Soar, So Do Ciso Salaries
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As Cyber Threats Soar, So Do Ciso Salaries

The search for chief information security officers has become a seller’s market as companies rush to hire security experts in the wake of several high-profile cyberattacks...

Internet of Things Frenzy Drives Chipmaker Land Grab
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Internet of Things Frenzy Drives Chipmaker Land Grab

Well before the Internet of Things becomes an actual thing, chipmakers are jockeying to get a piece of the potentially huge new market.

Microsoft in the Age of Satya Nadella
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Microsoft in the Age of Satya Nadella

On a campus notable for tight security and secret offices, Building 92 is a rare beacon of openness. Guests can enter without a Microsoft ID and browse corporate...

A Retreat For Google Glass and a Case Study in the Perils of Making Hardware
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A Retreat For Google Glass and a Case Study in the Perils of Making Hardware

You won't have Glass to kick around anymore. At least not for a while.

Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online
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Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online

A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.

First Responders Get Mobile App For Biodetection
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First Responders Get Mobile App For Biodetection

A mobile version of a guide designed to help first responders browse and search for information on biodetection technologies is now available from the iTunes store...

Death By Robot
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Death By Robot

Imagine it's a Sunday in the not-too-distant future.

New Research Indicates Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Will Be a Big Problem in 2015
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New Research Indicates Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Will Be a Big Problem in 2015

The lack of enough cybersecurity professionals could be a major problem for many organizations in 2015, according to new research by the Massachusetts-based Enterprise...

Putting the Mobile Into Automobile
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Putting the Mobile Into Automobile

In 2007, Bill Gates stepped onstage at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to help introduce Sync, a combination GPS navigator, digital music...
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