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Nsa Boss Says ­.s. Cyber Troops Are Nearly Ready
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Nsa Boss Says ­.s. Cyber Troops Are Nearly Ready

The director of the National Security Agency says his first few dedicated cyber troops will be operational by early fall but the nation can't wait for the full...

How Generation Z Females Could Be the Answer to Tech's Gender Diversity Problem
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How Generation Z Females Could Be the Answer to Tech's Gender Diversity Problem

It's no secret that the tech industry is very much a man's world. But new initiatives and an uptick of Gen Z girls opting for sciences in top-tier universities...

Joining Forces: Military Students Get a Taste of National Lab Research
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Joining Forces: Military Students Get a Taste of National Lab Research

Fourty-five students from U.S. military educational institutions are participating in this summer's Military Academic Collaboration at Sandia National Labs.

So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors
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So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors

The United States is producing more research scientists than academia can handle.

DARPA Hopes Automation Can Create the Perfect Hacker
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DARPA Hopes Automation Can Create the Perfect Hacker

Look out, human hackers. Pentagon research agency DARPA says people are too slow at finding and fixing security bugs and wants to see smart software take over the...

Cozmo Is an Artificially Intelligent Toy Truck That's Also the Future of Robotics
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Cozmo Is an Artificially Intelligent Toy Truck That's Also the Future of Robotics

Hanns Tappeiner types a few lines of code into his laptop and hits "return."

Darpa Goes Full Tron With Its Grand Battle of the Hack Bots
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Darpa Goes Full Tron With Its Grand Battle of the Hack Bots

On a giant flat-screen TV in an old Emeryville, California warehouse, a floating orb fires red, blue, pink, and yellow beams into a honeycomb of hexagonal blocks...

Nasa Will Pay You $1.5 Million to Build the Next Rover
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Nasa Will Pay You $1.5 Million to Build the Next Rover

In June, NASA invited a small horde of robots and their makers to Massachusetts to compete for a chance to win as much as $1.5 million.

Spurning Tech Jobs With Six-Figure Salaries
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Spurning Tech Jobs With Six-Figure Salaries

Software developers in their 20s are now treated like celebrities in pop culture. Surprisingly, the fame and fortune of internet entrepreneurs has done little to...

Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law
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Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law

In the age of big data analytics, the proprietary algorithms web sites use to determine what data to display to visitors have the potential to illegally discriminate...

Obama Administration Releases $150m in Grants For Techhire
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Obama Administration Releases $150m in Grants For Techhire

The Obama administration has issued $150 million in grants for 39 technology-related partnerships in 25 states and Washington, D.C. Awardees will use this money...

Trump's Secret Data Reversal
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Trump's Secret Data Reversal

Donald Trump has dismissed political data operations as "overrated," but his campaign is now bolstering its online fundraising and digital outreach by turning to...

How Non-Techies Can Get a Master's Degree in Computer Science
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How Non-Techies Can Get a Master's Degree in Computer Science

Northeastern University's ALIGN program is creating a pipeline of graduates with a master's degree in computer science by drawing upon undergraduates with degrees...

Tech Graduates in Demand Amid Skills Shortage
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Tech Graduates in Demand Amid Skills Shortage

Even before the ink had dried on her thesis, Deirdre Corr had a dilemma: which job offer should she take up? She wasn't alone.

Meet the Smartest, Cutest AI-Powered Robot You've Ever Seen
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Meet the Smartest, Cutest AI-Powered Robot You've Ever Seen

Boris Sofman taps his phone, and the robot on the conference room table in front of him wakes up. Not in that gadget-y way, like when a laptop screen turns on,...

Google Offers Computer Science Students Free Access to Cloud Platform
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Google Offers Computer Science Students Free Access to Cloud Platform

Google will give students enrolled in computer science and related courses at accredited U.S. colleges and universities free access to all of its Cloud Platform...

Ethnic, Gender Imbalances Plague Computer Science Education
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Ethnic, Gender Imbalances Plague Computer Science Education

An Obama administration official says that computer science classes are disproportionately unavailable to low-income students.

Billion-Dollar Brain Training Industry a Sham—nothing but Placebo, Study Suggests
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Billion-Dollar Brain Training Industry a Sham—nothing but Placebo, Study Suggests

Who wouldn't want to be smarter? After all, high intelligence can help you get better grades in school, more promotions at work, fatter pay checks through your...

Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream
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Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream

Matt Krisiloff is in a small, glass-walled conference room off the lobby of Y Combinator’s office in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, shouting distance...

Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North
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Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North

In one college major at Seoul's elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.
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