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Shenzhen Trip Report Visiting the World's Manufacturing Ecosystem
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Shenzhen Trip Report Visiting the World's Manufacturing Ecosystem

Last year, a group of Media Lab students visited Shenzhen with, bunnie, an old friend and my hardware guru.

Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response
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Nato Agrees Cyber Attack Could Trigger Military Response

NATO leaders agreed on Friday that a large-scale cyber attack on a member country could be considered an attack on the entire U.S.-led alliance, potentially triggering...

Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders
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Apple's iPhone 6 First Responders

As Apple prepares to unveil the iPhone 6 on Sept. 9, engineers are toiling in secrecy to make sure everything works properly.

Getting a Clear Picture of a Computer Network's Security
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Getting a Clear Picture of a Computer Network's Security

Security experts say the only hope of protecting corporate networks from hackers is something the industry calls "defense in depth."

Apple Explains Why Your Ios App Keeps Getting Rejected
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Apple Explains Why Your Ios App Keeps Getting Rejected

If you've ever developed an app for the iPhone or iPad, you've had to deal with Apple's App Store Review Guidelines.

Finding the 'holy Grail' of Making Smarter Robots
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Finding the 'holy Grail' of Making Smarter Robots

Robots that can learn how to do just about anything, including anticipating what their human owners are about to do, may be lurking around the corner if scientists...

Why Big Data Has Some Big Problems When It Comes to Public Policy
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Why Big Data Has Some Big Problems When It Comes to Public Policy

For all the talk about using big data and data science to solve the world’s problems—and even all the talk about big data as one of the world’s problems—it seems...

For Sale: Systems that Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone ­sers Go Around the Globe
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For Sale: Systems that Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone ­sers Go Around the Globe

Makers of surveillance systems are offering governments across the world the ability to track the movements of almost anybody who carries a cellphone, whether they...

China Targets Own Operating System to Take on Likes of Microsoft, Google
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China Targets Own Operating System to Take on Likes of Microsoft, Google

China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Apple Inc, Xinhua news agency said...

A Chinese Internet Giant Starts to Dream
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A Chinese Internet Giant Starts to Dream

Punk bands from Blondie to the Ramones once played in Broadway Studios, an age-worn 95-year-old neoclassical building surrounded by strip clubs in San Francisco’s...

Is Emailing Your Brainwaves the Future of Communication?
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Is Emailing Your Brainwaves the Future of Communication?

Here's something you probably didn't expect in your inbox: Researchers have now developed a way to email brainwaves.

Listening In: The Navy Is Tracking Ocean Sounds Collected By Scientists
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Listening In: The Navy Is Tracking Ocean Sounds Collected By Scientists

In a retired shore station for transpacific communications cables on the western coast of Vancouver Island sits a military computer in a padlocked cage.

Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?
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Vexed in the City: Starved For Tech Talent and Yet Nobody to Hire?

Darin Wedel made headlines in 2012 when his wife, Jennifer, asked President Barack Obama during a Google+ Hangout why her husband was still out of work while H-1B...

An App Maker Hangs On Amid War in ­kraine
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An App Maker Hangs On Amid War in ­kraine

App maker Readdle sounds like a classic success story from Silicon Valley: In 2007, four young techies get together to pioneer business productivity tools for the...

Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey
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Vast Majority of Hackers Believe They're Above the Law—survey

When most hackers are infiltrating computer systems, the last thing on their mind is getting caught, according to new data.

Is Encrypted Messaging Entering the Mainstream?
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Is Encrypted Messaging Entering the Mainstream?

As people grow more aware of government and criminal surveillance of their mobile devices and computers, a flurry of companies have recently launched products they...

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics
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As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon, and a host of start-ups, which...

Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style
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Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style

Apple may well be the only tech company on the planet that would dare compare itself to Picasso.

Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'
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Founder of America's Biggest Hacker Conference: 'we ­nderstand the Threat Now'

For one weekend every year, thousands of the world’s best—or worst, depending on your point of view—hackers meet in Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defcon.

When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats
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When Hackers Test For Flaws, They Might Earn Cash—or Threats

To hack or not to hack?
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