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Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web
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Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web

Internauts, today we celebrate this glorious technology that brings us all together! On August 23, 1991--25 years ago today--the public gained access for the first...

Obama's Science Legacy: Betting Big on Biomedical Science
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Obama's Science Legacy: Betting Big on Biomedical Science

When president-elect Barack Obama chose physicist John Holdren as his top science adviser in December 2008, some biomedical researchers worried that the pick signalled...

Maker Movement Turns Scientists Into Tinkerers
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Maker Movement Turns Scientists Into Tinkerers

To do science, scientists need money—and usually a lot of it because specialized equipment and tools don’t come cheap.

98 Personal Data Points that Facebook ­ses to Target Ads to You
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98 Personal Data Points that Facebook ­ses to Target Ads to You

Say you're scrolling through your Facebook Newsfeed and you encounter an ad so eerily well-suited, it seems someone has possibly read your brain.

China, Japan, Cern: Who Will Host the Next Lhc?
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China, Japan, Cern: Who Will Host the Next Lhc?

It was a triumph for particle physics—and many were keen for a piece of the action.

How Tech Changed Scoring in Sports—nearly a Century Ago
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How Tech Changed Scoring in Sports—nearly a Century Ago

Technology has changed sports by offering things like instant replay and the ability to determine precisely where a ball is relative to lines on the field and court...

­S Ready to 'hand Over' the Internet's Naming System
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­S Ready to 'hand Over' the Internet's Naming System

The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet's naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's...

Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory
From ACM Opinion

Space, Climate Change, and the Real Meaning of Theory

I used to be an astronaut, a spacewalker on the International Space Station.

The Wretched, Endless Cycle of Bitcoin Hacks
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The Wretched, Endless Cycle of Bitcoin Hacks

It seemed bitcoin exchange Bitfinex was doing all the right things. In the end, that didn’t stop hackers from stealing $65 million.

Why Facebook Is Really Blocking the Ad Blockers
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Why Facebook Is Really Blocking the Ad Blockers

Ads can seem like the bane of the Internet.

No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen Nsa-Linked 'cyberweapons'
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No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen Nsa-Linked 'cyberweapons'

When an anonymous group calling itself Shadow Brokers put up for auction a collection of data it said it stole from the NSA, the group wrote that it would make...

Israeli Army Prepares Augmented Reality For Battlefield Duty
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Israeli Army Prepares Augmented Reality For Battlefield Duty

If Pokemon Go achieved one thing, it was showing the world that augmented reality technologies are ready for the mainstream.

The Next Must-Have Smartphone Feature
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The Next Must-Have Smartphone Feature

Smartphones can tell you when to depart for the airport to make your flight, provide voice-guided directions on the way there, and route around traffic jams.

Will Data Help U.s. Sailing Get Back on the Olympic Podium?
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Will Data Help U.s. Sailing Get Back on the Olympic Podium?

The U.S. sailing team left the 2012 London Olympics without any medals—it was the first time Americans had failed to place in an event since the 1936 Berlin games...

Bitcoin's Technology Has a Surprising Fan: IBM
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Bitcoin's Technology Has a Surprising Fan: IBM

Bitcoin has a bad rap as the preferred currency of drug dealers. But that isn't stopping IBM and some of the world's most conservative businesses from tapping into...

Envisioning Bitcoin's Technology at the Heart of Global Finance
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Envisioning Bitcoin's Technology at the Heart of Global Finance

A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place...

The Brave New World of Robots and Lost Jobs
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The Brave New World of Robots and Lost Jobs

Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses...

Replications, Ridicule and a Recluse: The Controversy Over Ngago Gene-Editing Intensifies
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Replications, Ridicule and a Recluse: The Controversy Over Ngago Gene-Editing Intensifies

A controversy is escalating over whether a gene-editing technique proposed as an alternative to the popular CRISPR–Cas9 system actually works.

Ibm's Watson Won Jeopardy, But Can It Win Business from Banks?
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Ibm's Watson Won Jeopardy, But Can It Win Business from Banks?

International Business Machines Corp is in an unusual fix in telling big U.S. banks they can use its Watson software of Jeopardy-winning fame as a cost-saving solution...

It's About to Get a Lot Easier For Apps to Talk to Each Other
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It's About to Get a Lot Easier For Apps to Talk to Each Other

IFTTT is a handy way of automating your life. You can use the service—the acronym means "if this, then that"—to, say, upload your Instagram photos to Dropbox, save...
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