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Silicon Valley's 'Middle Class' Earns 7 Times ­.S. Average
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Silicon Valley's 'Middle Class' Earns 7 Times ­.S. Average

In the suburb home to HP and Tesla, high salaries are the norm. But that doesn't mean the residents of Palo Alto feel well off.

Bad News FBI, Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Booming
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Bad News FBI, Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Booming

The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the...

Twitter 'Bot' Purge Causes Outcry from Trollerati as Follower Counts Fall
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Twitter 'Bot' Purge Causes Outcry from Trollerati as Follower Counts Fall

A number of "alt-right," pro-Trump, and self-described conservative social media personalities awoke this morning to find that they had a lot fewer followers on...

How to Make Replication the Norm
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How to Make Replication the Norm

Replication is essential for building confidence in research studies, yet it is still the exception rather than the rule.

Global AI Experts Sound The Alarm
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Global AI Experts Sound The Alarm

Twenty-six experts on the security implications of emerging technologies have jointly authored a report that sounds the alarm about the potential malicious use...

Mattel and Tynker Will ­se Barbie to Teach Kids to Code
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Mattel and Tynker Will ­se Barbie to Teach Kids to Code

Mattel said it will introduce 10 million kids to coding by 2020 through an expanded partnership with Tynker.

The Geeks Who Put a Stop to Pennsylvania's Partisan Gerrymandering
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The Geeks Who Put a Stop to Pennsylvania's Partisan Gerrymandering

The morning John Kennedy was set to testify last December, he woke up at 1:30 am, in an unfamiliar hotel room in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, adrenaline coursing through...

The Father of the Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through a 'Black Mirror'
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The Father of the Internet Sees His Invention Reflected Back Through a 'Black Mirror'

In 1984, two men were thinking a lot about the Internet. One of them invented it. The other is an artist who would see its impact on society with uncanny prescience...

­sing Science and Humanities to Step Back in Time
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­sing Science and Humanities to Step Back in Time

Researchers from the University of California San Diego traveled to Turin, Italy to digitally map an entire portion of the city—complete with historic architecture...

Drones Deliver Green Transportation Option
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Drones Deliver Green Transportation Option

Drone-based delivery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in the transportation sector, according to newly published research.

Even Apple and Google Engineers Can't Really Afford to Live Near Their Offices
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Even Apple and Google Engineers Can't Really Afford to Live Near Their Offices

Open Listings looked at median home prices near some of the San Francisco Bay Area's biggest tech companies and at public salary data to see how many software engineers...

FBI Director Warns Huawei Phones Pose Spy Threat
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FBI Director Warns Huawei Phones Pose Spy Threat

The head of the FBI has warned that the Chinese government may be spying on U.S. citizens who use smartphones made by Huawei.

Hyperinflation Meets Tech: Cash-Scarce Venezuela Sees Boom in Payment Apps
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Hyperinflation Meets Tech: Cash-Scarce Venezuela Sees Boom in Payment Apps

Widerven Villegas and his brother wash some 30 cars a day at a parking lot in Caracas. Despite charging less than 50 cents, nobody pays them in cash.

Can Social Media Data Help Predict Threats or Identify Fake News?
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Can Social Media Data Help Predict Threats or Identify Fake News?

Professor Conrad Tucker of Penn State University has received funding from the U.S. Air Force to investigate whether crowd-sourced data from social media can be...

Kelli Ward Touts Endorsement from Fake-News Site
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Kelli Ward Touts Endorsement from Fake-News Site

It looked as if Arizona Senate candidate Kelli Ward had scored a big endorsement: On Oct. 28, she posted a link on her campaign website and blasted out a Facebook...

Crypto-Currency Craze 'Hinders Search for Alien Life'
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Crypto-Currency Craze 'Hinders Search for Alien Life'

Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers want to expand operations at two observatories.

Robot Density Rises Globally
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Robot Density Rises Globally

Driven by accelerating automated production, 74 robot units per 10,000 employees is the new average of global robot density in manufacturing industries around the...

Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook, and the World
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Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook, and the World

One day in late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook's employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks.

As China Marches Forward on  A.I., the White House Is Silent
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As China Marches Forward on A.I., the White House Is Silent

In July, China unveiled a plan to become the world leader in artificial intelligence and create an industry worth $150 billion to its economy by 2030.

Girls Who Code at Fashion Week
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Girls Who Code at Fashion Week

Women's knitwear brand PH5 has been working with Girls Who Code to design a sweater with a special code on it. "We have to change the image of what a coder looks...
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