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Shadowy Hacking Industry May Be Helping Fbi Crack an Iphone
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Shadowy Hacking Industry May Be Helping Fbi Crack an Iphone

Turns out there's a shadowy global industry devoted to breaking into smartphones and extracting their information.

'minimal' Cell Raises Stakes in Race to Harness Synthetic Life
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'minimal' Cell Raises Stakes in Race to Harness Synthetic Life

Genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter has created a synthetic cell that contains the smallest genome of any known, independent organism.

Israeli Firm Helping Fbi to Open Encrypted Iphone: Report
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Israeli Firm Helping Fbi to Open Encrypted Iphone: Report

Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, is helping the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's attempt to unlock an iPhone used by one of the...

Silicon Valley Rides Obama's Coattails Into Cuba
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Silicon Valley Rides Obama's Coattails Into Cuba

President Barack Obama is in Cuba, and Silicon Valley is tagging along for the ride.

Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone
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Israel Cyber Cadets Train in Harry Potter-Inspired War Zone

The Israeli military's elite Cyber Command is honing its skills at Hogwarts.

Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock Iphone, Might Resist
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Apple Encryption Engineers, If Ordered to Unlock Iphone, Might Resist

If the F.B.I. wins its court fight to force Apple's help in unlocking an iPhone, the agency may run into yet another roadblock: Apple's engineers.

Secure, ­ser-Controlled Data
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Secure, ­ser-Controlled Data

Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.

Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree
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Why Students Are Throwing Tons of Money at a Program that Won't Give Them a College Degree

Brian O'Neill has been trying to hire a developer at Philly-based tech company Monetate.

Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars
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Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars

Automakers didn't build the self-driving car: Google did.

On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet
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On the Hunt For a Mystery Planet

Astronomer Scott Sheppard runs through his checklist as he settles in for a long night of skygazing at the Subaru telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists
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Pentagon Paying Techies to Think Like Terrorists

To stop a terrorist, it helps to think like one.

How New York's Top Advertisers Are Fighting Terrorist Propaganda
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How New York's Top Advertisers Are Fighting Terrorist Propaganda

It began with an encounter at a San Francisco summit less than six months ago.

In the Age of Google Deepmind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?
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In the Age of Google Deepmind, Do the Young Go Prodigies of Asia Have a Future?

Choong-am Dojang is far from a typical Korean school. Its best pupils will never study history or math, nor will they receive traditional high-school diplomas.

After Alphago, What's Next For Ai?
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After Alphago, What's Next For Ai?

AlphaGo's victories against legendary Go player Lee Se-dol over the last few days mark a major milestone in AI research.

Play This Game and Win a Job!
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Play This Game and Win a Job!

Last fall, Barclays PLC began testing a new tool for attracting young job applicants: a mobile video game.

What Happens When the Surveillance State Becomes an Affordable Gadget?
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What Happens When the Surveillance State Becomes an Affordable Gadget?

When Daniel Rigmaiden was a little boy, his grandfather, a veteran of World War II and Korea, used to drive him along the roads of Monterey, California, playing...

A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day
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A New 50-Trillion-Pixel Image of Earth, Every Day

It's not just that Terra Bella Avenue would be an unremarkable street in Silicon Valley.

The ­.s. Government Launches a $100-Million 'apollo Project of the Brain'
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The ­.s. Government Launches a $100-Million 'apollo Project of the Brain'

Three decades ago, the U.S. government launched the Human Genome Project, a 13-year endeavor to sequence and map all the genes of the human species.

Cothority to Apple: Let's Make Secret Backdoors Impossible
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Cothority to Apple: Let's Make Secret Backdoors Impossible

Cothority, a new software project designed to make secret backdoored software updates nearly impossible, is offering to help Apple ensure that any secret court...

One-In-Three Developers Fear A.i. Will Replace Them
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One-In-Three Developers Fear A.i. Will Replace Them

What keeps software developers up at night, other than coding? The fear that artificial intelligence systems can replace them, according to a new survey.
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