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Free Software Tool Analyzes Cities as Spatial Networks
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Free Software Tool Analyzes Cities as Spatial Networks

A network analysis plugin helps urban planners and architects understand the social and economic consequences of city planning.

U.s. 'export Rules' Threaten Research
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U.s. 'export Rules' Threaten Research

The U.S. government is considering policy changes that could dramatically affect how researchers handle equipment and information that have national-security implications...

Sidewalk Labs, a Start-­p Created By Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living
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Sidewalk Labs, a Start-­p Created By Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living

Google's ambitions and investments have increasingly broadened beyond its digital origins in Internet search and online advertising into the arena of physical objects...

Will Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed to Kill You?
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Will Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed to Kill You?

An ethical puzzler commonly known as the Trolley Problem has been given a 21st-century adaption to address a modern obsession: autonomous vehicles.

How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market
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How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market

It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, it has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head.

Vietnam's Mobile Revolution Catapults Millions Into the Digital Age
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Vietnam's Mobile Revolution Catapults Millions Into the Digital Age

To get an idea of how the mobile Web is catapulting millions of people into the digital age by skipping landline connections, have a look at Vietnam.

Cyber Citizen Tool Shows Which Countries' Laws Cover Our Surfing
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Cyber Citizen Tool Shows Which Countries' Laws Cover Our Surfing

"Where am I?" In the real world, it's an easy question to answer. Online, things can get more complicated.

Get A Raise: Do's And Don'ts For It Pros
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Get A Raise: Do's And Don'ts For It Pros

Convincing your employer that you're worth a pay raise requires strategy, data on compensation trends, and good timing. There are proven ways to improve your...

Five Companies Control More Than Half of Academic Publishing
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Five Companies Control More Than Half of Academic Publishing

Five publishers — Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage — now publish more than 50 percent of academic articles.

Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research
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Robotics Competition Generated Groundbreaking Research

The research, theory, and algorithms behind Team MIT's sixth-place finish in the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

Beautiful, Intriguing, and Illegal Ways to Map the Internet
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Beautiful, Intriguing, and Illegal Ways to Map the Internet

When you hear the word "Internet," what do you picture in your mind?

Sandia, Georgia Tech Form Academic Collaboration
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Sandia, Georgia Tech Form Academic Collaboration

Sandia National Laboratories and Georgia Institute of Technology have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding establishing a strategic collaboration that...

U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016
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U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016

The U.S. government's widespread data surveillance practices are likely to cost U.S. cloud computing and other technology companies more money than originally expected...

Misperceptions Discourage Girls From Studying Stem, Study Says
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Misperceptions Discourage Girls From Studying Stem, Study Says

Schools should foster in girls a 'growth mindset' of mathematical ability to overcome misperceptions and encourage more of them to opt for STEM majors, a new study...

Image Software Spots Links in Tattoo Ink
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Image Software Spots Links in Tattoo Ink

In an unusual twist on biometrics research, US computer scientists have joined with law-enforcement officials to find new ways to automatically detect tattoos on...

Apple's Latest Selling Point: How Little It Knows About You
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Apple's Latest Selling Point: How Little It Knows About You

Apple wants its devices to know everything about you. But more than ever, it wants you to know that Apple doesn't know what those devices know.

Connected Cows, Cars and Crockery Prod Chip Mega Mergers
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Connected Cows, Cars and Crockery Prod Chip Mega Mergers

Chip companies are merging, signing $66 billion worth of deals this year alone in preparation for an explosion of demand from all walks of life as the next technological...

Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay ­pright
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Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay ­pright

It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie.

Who Wins in a Data Breach? Cybersecurity Firms–and Their Investors
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Who Wins in a Data Breach? Cybersecurity Firms–and Their Investors

FireEye Inc., a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity firm, held an analyst day on Wednesday, doing its best (as all companies do) to build its case for the Street...

Korean ​robot Makers Walk Off With $2 Million Prize
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Korean ​robot Makers Walk Off With $2 Million Prize

A team of roboticists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology claimed a $2 million prize on Saturday that was offered by a Pentagon research...
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