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Tedxstanford Highlights Breakthroughs in Research and Creativity, Stanford-Style
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Tedxstanford Highlights Breakthroughs in Research and Creativity, Stanford-Style

They sacrificed a spectacular sunny Saturday afternoon by the hundreds, forgoing all else to sit in a darkened hall to witness hours of intense lectures and art...

Landlords Double as Energy Brokers
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Landlords Double as Energy Brokers

The trophy high-rises on Madison, Park, and Fifth Avenues in Manhattan have long commanded the top prices in the country for commercial real estate, with yearly...

British Teenager Wins $100,000 U.S. Technology Fellowship
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British Teenager Wins $100,000 U.S. Technology Fellowship

He's been handed $100,000 (£67,000) to go and live in San Francisco and work on his own tech idea.

Inside the Drone Economy
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Inside the Drone Economy

Last month the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the unmanned systems industry's largest trade organization, released its first economic study...

Researchers at Parc Give ­S a Glimpse of the Future
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Researchers at Parc Give ­S a Glimpse of the Future

It was a high-tech speed-dating session, Silicon Valley-style: I would sit in the storied memorabilia-laden Room 2306 in the bowels of PARC, the former Xerox research...

Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'
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Sal Khan: 'i Love Learning'

"If there was a Ph.D. in learning everything, I would do that," the always-enthusiastic Sal Khan '98, MEng '98 said in a talk Wednesday at MIT's Kresge Auditorium...

What Is the Syrian Electronic Army Trying to Accomplish, Anyway?
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What Is the Syrian Electronic Army Trying to Accomplish, Anyway?

In June 2011, just a few short months after protests first erupted in Syria, the country's president, Bashar Al-Assad, made a speech in which he thanked a group...

Silicon Valley Group's Political Effort Causes ­proar
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Silicon Valley Group's Political Effort Causes ­proar

"Move fast and break things" has been the motto at Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, embodying the Silicon Valley ethos of unapologetically finding new ways to solve...

China's Cyberspies Outwit Model For Bond's Q
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China's Cyberspies Outwit Model For Bond's Q

Among defense contractors, QinetiQ North America is known for spy-world connections and an eye-popping product line.

What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now
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What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now

By all accounts, Rayid Ghani's data work for President Obama's reelection campaign was brilliant and unprecedented.

Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
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Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics

Don't be surprised if Stephen Wolfram, the renowned complexity theorist, software company CEO, and night owl, wants to schedule a work call with you at 9 p.m. In...

Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley's Elite
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Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley's Elite

On a normal weeknight, Netflix accounts for almost a third of all Internet traffic entering North American homes. That's more than YouTube, Hulu, Amazon.com, HBO...

Smartphones Put a Translator in Your Pocket
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Smartphones Put a Translator in Your Pocket

The days of madly flipping through bilingual phrase books while trying to converse with somebody in another language is fast giving way to a technological alternative...

Adobe's Subscription Model and the Future of Software
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Adobe's Subscription Model and the Future of Software

Those waiting to grab the next Adobe Creative Suite may be disappointed—there won't be anything for you to pick up.

Superhero or Supervillain?
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Superhero or Supervillain?

From invisibility to superhuman strength to telekinesis, a wave of emerging technologies promise to give people powers once reserved for comic-book characters.

Uf Fully Connects to Internet2 Innovation Platform's Three Components
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Uf Fully Connects to Internet2 Innovation Platform's Three Components

The University of Florida has fully connected to the Internet2 Innovation Platform's three components, an achievement that will transform research at UF and provide...

Why iPhone Accessory Makers Love Bluetooth
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Why iPhone Accessory Makers Love Bluetooth

Apple's closed ecosystem is losing the battle for how we connect our mobile devices to accessories as open solutions like Bluetooth dominate over Apple's proprietary...

Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple
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Accessories No Longer Tethered to Apple

For years, Apple's clout in the electronics world could be gauged by how easy it was to bump into devices tailor-made for a connection to an iPhone or iPod.

An Arduino-based Robot for People Who Don't Know How to Build Robots
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An Arduino-based Robot for People Who Don't Know How to Build Robots

There are plenty of Arduino-based robots in the world, but actually building one is a bit tough if you're not familiar with Arduino programming.

Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'ultraconserved Words'
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Linguists Identify 15,000-Year-Old 'ultraconserved Words'

You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes!
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