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IBM Wins Most Patents—again—but Google and Apple Climb in Rankings
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IBM Wins Most Patents—again—but Google and Apple Climb in Rankings

There was little change among the largest recipients of U.S. patents in 2014. But two big Silicon Valley names—Google and Apple—continued climbing the charts.

Death By Robot
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Death By Robot

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

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...

The Biggest Cyberthreat to Companies Could Come From the Inside
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The Biggest Cyberthreat to Companies Could Come From the Inside

Companies spend billions of dollars each year to protect from determined hackers attacking from across the Internet, but experts warn they shouldn't ignore a closer...

''born at the Right Time': How Kid Hackers Became Cyberwarriors
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''born at the Right Time': How Kid Hackers Became Cyberwarriors

A few years ago, when Greg Martin was in his mid 20s and teaching a computer security course for NASA engineers, he stumbled on an arcane bit of information that...

Whether Working or Job Seeking, the Algorithm Is Watching
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Whether Working or Job Seeking, the Algorithm Is Watching

Are you perusing LinkedIn at work more than usual?

Behind the Daily Paywall: The Site that Pays You to Read Pirated Articles
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Behind the Daily Paywall: The Site that Pays You to Read Pirated Articles

The ​Daily Paywall is a new website that's loaded with tens of thousands of pirated articles from some of the world's top paywalled newspapers, and its proprietor...

The Anti-Plagiarism Machine
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The Anti-Plagiarism Machine

Every day, researchers add hundreds of new papers to ArXiv, the massive public database of scientific writing and research.

Is There a Cyber Security Equivalent of 'seal Team Six'?
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Is There a Cyber Security Equivalent of 'seal Team Six'?

When a cyber breach goes down…who you gonna call? Many different U.S. government agencies, it turns out.

The Big Business of Selling Prescription-Drug Records
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The Big Business of Selling Prescription-Drug Records

Since the days of 19th century remedies such as castor oil laxatives and mercury syphilis tablets, pharmacists and patients have had a tacit understanding: Whatever...

Science Behind Bars
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Science Behind Bars

The University of Utah has started a science lecture series for inmates at Utah State Prison.

­niversities Push Harder Into Realm of Startups
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­niversities Push Harder Into Realm of Startups

Universities are stepping up efforts to create "spinouts," or business startups born from some of the cutting-edge research of their students or faculty.

The Future of ­.s. Innovation Might Rest on This Obscure Patent Lawsuit
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The Future of ­.s. Innovation Might Rest on This Obscure Patent Lawsuit

Patent trolls: They're a huge suck on the economy, eating up untold millions in legal fees and deliberately suing innocent companies just because they're flush....

Material Question
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Material Question

 Until Andre Geim, a physics professor at the University of Manchester, discovered an unusual new material called graphene, he was best known for an experiment...

When a Chart Is Worth a Thousand Words
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When a Chart Is Worth a Thousand Words

A decade ago, data analysis was a chore. Workers poured figures into Excel and then spent hours searching for patterns.

What Are Moocs Good For?
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What Are Moocs Good For?

A few years ago, the most enthusiastic advocates of MOOCs believed that these "massive open online courses" stood poised to overturn the century-old model of higher...

Print Thyself
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Print Thyself

In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan's C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, carried out an unusual operation on a three-month...

Baer's Odyssey: Meet the Serial Inventor Who Built the World's First Game Console
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Baer's Odyssey: Meet the Serial Inventor Who Built the World's First Game Console

Even if you're a devoted fan of video games, there's a decent chance you're not familiar with the name Ralph H. Baer.

In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite
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In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite

Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, defectors from the secretive state...

Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On
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Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On

Paul Kocher, one of the country's leading cryptographers, says he thinks the explanation for the world's dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts.
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