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'honey Encryption' Will Bamboozle Attackers with Fake Secrets
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'honey Encryption' Will Bamboozle Attackers with Fake Secrets

Ari Juels, an independent researcher who was previously chief scientist at computer security company RSA, thinks something important is missing from the cryptography...

N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar
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N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar

In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...

24 Prototype Fund Winners Focus on Human-Centered Design
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24 Prototype Fund Winners Focus on Human-Centered Design

The Knight Foundation is supporting 24 early-stage media projects through its Prototype Fund, which provides small projects with grants of $35,000.

More on Deepmind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team
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More on Deepmind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team

Google has been buying a lot of crazy stuff lately.

When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game
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When the Job Search Becomes a Blame Game

An MIT professor's new book explores how white-collar job hunters in the United States blame themselves unnecessarily — and suffer as a result — when they cannot...

A 96-Antenna System Tests the Next Generation of Wireless
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A 96-Antenna System Tests the Next Generation of Wireless

Even as the world's carriers build out the latest wireless infrastructure, known as 4G LTE, a new apparatus bristling with 96 antennas taking shape at a Rice University...

The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines
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The Race to Buy the Human Brains Behind Deep Learning Machines

Any aspiring science fiction writer looking for a good protagonist could do worse than ripping off the Wikipedia page for Demis Hassabis.

How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity
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How the 'matthew Effect' Helps Some Scientific Papers Gain Popularity

Do scientific papers written by well-known scholars get more attention than they otherwise would receive because of their authors' high profiles? A new study...

Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service
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Video Games: New Way to Prepare Students for Community Service

Tufts University is developing and testing an interactive video game created in collaboration with the Engagement Game Lab at Emerson College to see if it can...

A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge
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A Little Less Tech Luster in Cambridge

On the streets of East London, signs of the city's blossoming tech scene are hard to miss.

How a Database of the World's Knowledge Shapes Google's Future
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How a Database of the World's Knowledge Shapes Google's Future

For all its success, Google's famous Page Rank algorithm has never understood a word of the billions of Web pages it has directed people to over the years.

The Inside Story of Tor, the Best Internet Anonymity Tool the Government Ever Built
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The Inside Story of Tor, the Best Internet Anonymity Tool the Government Ever Built

Last year, Edward Snowden turned over to the Guardian, a British newspaper, some 58,000 classified U.S. government documents.

One Day an Elevator Might Ask—are You Getting On?
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One Day an Elevator Might Ask—are You Getting On?

Microsoft researchers have enabled elevators in a company building to detect the likelihood that a person walking by will want to board it.

As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era
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As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era

When Apple introduced the Macintosh in 1984, people wondered whether everyone would need a personal computer one day.

Ann Cavoukian
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Ann Cavoukian

Ann Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner in Ontario, Canada, and a longtime advocate of default online confidentiality.

16 Stupid Tech Job Interview Questions: Show Your Snark
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16 Stupid Tech Job Interview Questions: Show Your Snark

Glassdoor characterizes these actual job interview questions as "oddball." We give these questions the answers they deserve.

Black Engineer of the Year Honoree Inspires Youth to Excel in STEM
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Black Engineer of the Year Honoree Inspires Youth to Excel in STEM

There's more to receiving a Black Engineer of the Year award than being a winner. It's about being a role model, says Aaron Brundage of Sandia National Laboratories...

Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence
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Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence

MIT Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, 86, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award...

Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
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Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality

Geoffrey Hinton was in high school when a friend convinced him that the brain worked like a hologram.

Samsung Aims to Recruit Best of South Korea's Military
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Samsung Aims to Recruit Best of South Korea's Military

When Israel founded the Talpiot program to give the Israel Defense Forces a technological edge, it spawned new classes of tech-savvy warriors who went on to build...
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