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Inside Sony's Search For the Next Walkman
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Inside Sony's Search For the Next Walkman

Sony Corp., which is emerging from five years of brutal restructuring that gutted its workforce and product lineup, wants to show off a few new things.

Bot and Bothered
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Bot and Bothered

Facebook has been working on artificial intelligence that claims to be great at negotiating, makes up its own language and learns to lie.

Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say
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Gene Editing For 'designer Babies'? Highly ­nlikely, Scientists Say

Now that science is a big step closer to being able to fiddle with the genes of a human embryo, is it time to panic?

Biological Teleporter Could Seed Life Through Galaxy
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Biological Teleporter Could Seed Life Through Galaxy

The first biological teleporter sits in a lab on the lower level of the San Diego building that houses Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI), looking something like a super...

The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run
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The Ghostly Radio Station That No One Claims to Run

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate.

Apple Defends Complying with China Over Vpns
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Apple Defends Complying with China Over Vpns

Virtual Private Networks are often used to skirt censorship and surveillance in countries with tight restrictions on internet use.

As Washington Tries to Protect Tech, China Could Fight Back
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As Washington Tries to Protect Tech, China Could Fight Back

As the Trump administration moves to take on China over intellectual property, Washington will find it has limited firepower.

New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter
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New Web Tool Tracks Russian 'influence Ops' on Twitter

The Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan project backed by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), has launched a Web tool to keep tabs on...

Nasa Enhances Online Scientific Tool Used By Hundreds Worldwide
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Nasa Enhances Online Scientific Tool Used By Hundreds Worldwide

Hundreds of scientists worldwide currently use an online application that accesses at least one terabyte of data to calculate everything from the spectrum of an...

Editing Human Embryos with Crispr Is Moving Ahead; Now's the Time to Work Out the Ethics
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Editing Human Embryos with Crispr Is Moving Ahead; Now's the Time to Work Out the Ethics

The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they've successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.

Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation
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Nvidia and Remedy ­se Neural Networks For Eerily Good Facial Animation

Remedy, the developer behind the likes of Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has teamed up with GPU-maker Nvidia to streamline one of the more costly parts of modern...

­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks
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­kraine Finally Battens Down Its Leaky Cyber Hatches After Attacks

When the chief of Microsoft Ukraine switched jobs to work for President Petro Poroshenko, he found that everyone in the office used the same login password.

­.s. Senators to Introduce Bill to Secure 'internet of Things'
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­.s. Senators to Introduce Bill to Secure 'internet of Things'

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday plans to introduce legislation seeking to address vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects—known...

To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart
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To Fix Voting Machines, Hackers Tear Them Apart

The toughest thing to convey to newcomers at the DefCon Voting Village in Las Vegas this weekend? Just how far they could go with hacking voting machines set up...

The ­.s. Army Is Teaching Kids How to Hack at Def Con
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The ­.s. Army Is Teaching Kids How to Hack at Def Con

The U.S. Army is teaching children "white hat," or ethical, hacking skills.

Flush Times For Hackers in Booming Cyber Security Job Market
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Flush Times For Hackers in Booming Cyber Security Job Market

The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of hackers and researchers, it is great for...

Snopes Faces an ­gly Legal Battle
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Snopes Faces an ­gly Legal Battle

On Monday, the editorial staff of Snopes.com wrote a short plea for help.

Robots, Start Your Engines!
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Robots, Start Your Engines!

There's nothing like a throw-down to push new technologies out to the masses.

The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework
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The College Course Where the Military Assigns the Homework

This spring, as part of their coursework, four Stanford University students found themselves in Coronado, California, doing pushups on the beach and charging into...

Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint
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Scientists Build Dna from Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint

At Jef Boeke's lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.
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