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Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency
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Silicon Valley Icon Wants to Hack His Way to the Presidency

Silicon Valley icon Lawrence Lessig knows his moonshot bid for the White House hinges on the innovation and support of the tech industry.

It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier
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It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier

As mobile devices continue to explore and colonize the technology landscape, their conquests are leading us to a new era, beyond search and apps.

Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network
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Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network

Google Inc., Tuesday, outlined its decade-long journey with software-defined networking in a new paper that it presented at the ACM SIGCOMM 2015 conference in London...

­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley
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­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley

For the last year, Google's work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.

Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time

You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.

Programming and Prejudice
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Programming and Prejudice

Computer scientists determine how to find bias in algorithms.

A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat

Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...

Kaspersky Lab: Based In Russia, Doing Cybersecurity In The West
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Kaspersky Lab: Based In Russia, Doing Cybersecurity In The West

Given Russia's cyber skills, it's not surprising that a Russian entrepreneur, Eugene Kaspersky, runs one of the world's leading companies offering protection from...

Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away
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Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away

In the ten years that I’ve been watching him, Larry Page has always wanted to play by his own rules.

Cyberattacks as Significant as Traditional Threats, Says Battleship Manufacturer
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Cyberattacks as Significant as Traditional Threats, Says Battleship Manufacturer

Warfare is increasingly being fought from behind computer screens rather than on the battlefield, forcing weapons manufacturers to consider the myriad of threats...

U.s. Researchers Show Computers Can Be Hijacked to Send Data As Sound Waves
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U.s. Researchers Show Computers Can Be Hijacked to Send Data As Sound Waves

A team of security researchers has demonstrated the ability to hijack standard equipment inside computers, printers and millions of other devices in order to send...

How Baseball's Tech Team Built the Future of Television
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How Baseball's Tech Team Built the Future of Television

It was the first week of April, 2015, and New York's Chelsea Market, typically packed with hordes of noisy tourists, was quiet. It was close to midnight, but five...

Caution ­rged Over Editing Dna in Wildlife (intentionally or Not)
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Caution ­rged Over Editing Dna in Wildlife (intentionally or Not)

"Crap!" That was the first word out of Kevin Esvelt’s mouth as he scanned a paper1 published inScience last March.

Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library
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Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library

The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and...

China to Restrict Drone, Supercomputer Exports
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China to Restrict Drone, Supercomputer Exports

China will restrict the export of drones and supercomputers from Aug. 15 to help protect national security out of fears such equipment could fall into the hands...

Click Here to Hack the Network
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Click Here to Hack the Network

This week is hacker week in Las Vegas. The desert playground is hosting three conferences dedicated to computer security—Black Hat USA, Def Con, and BSides LV.

The Cyber-Mechanics Who Protect Your Car from Hackers
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The Cyber-Mechanics Who Protect Your Car from Hackers

A couple of weeks ago, a small team of security researchers gathered near a car parked outside one of their company’s buildings.

For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program

She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her, drawn to her knowing sense of humor and...

Politics Overshadows U.s. Tech Firms' Hopes For Entering Iran
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Politics Overshadows U.s. Tech Firms' Hopes For Entering Iran

Iran has the potential to be a boom market for American tech companies.

Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
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Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

Put a computer on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman.
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