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Top 5 Jobs in Silicon Valley
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Top 5 Jobs in Silicon Valley

If there's anything observers can say with certainty, it's that Silicon Valley remains an anomalous industry.

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Kansas Lawsuit: Science Education Standards Violate Religious Freedom

The battle over the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) has flared up in a new state—Kansas.

In Search of Planetary Intelligence
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In Search of Planetary Intelligence

It is said that Mahatma Gandhi, when asked about Western civilization, remarked, "I think it would be a good idea."

Privacy Entrepreneur Turns Nsa Snooping Into Profit (q&a)
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Privacy Entrepreneur Turns Nsa Snooping Into Profit (q&a)

In a double dose of irony, the National Security Agency's prying has given a big helping hand to Phil Zimmermann's business, Silent Circle.

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Watch Out, Wall Street: Report Says Tech Is Now Nyc's Second-Largest Sector

New York City's economy has traditionally been dominated by finance, real estate, and media.

Nsa Job Post For 'civil Liberties & Privacy Officer' Goes Live
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Nsa Job Post For 'civil Liberties & Privacy Officer' Goes Live

The U.S. National Security Agency has posted an ad for a "Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer," offering critics of the NSA a well-nigh irresistible chance to play...

Forget Foreign Languages and Music. Teach Our Kids to Code
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Forget Foreign Languages and Music. Teach Our Kids to Code

J. Paul Gibson began to teach programming classes for teens out of frustration.

Better Technology = Better Communication? Not Necessarily
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Better Technology = Better Communication? Not Necessarily

Author and communication consultant Geoffrey Tumlin shares five unrealistic expectations that have emerged during the digital communication revolution and outlines...

Controversial Pentagon Dna Analysis Contest Names Champion
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Controversial Pentagon Dna Analysis Contest Names Champion

A DNA analysis challenge posed by the U.S. Department of Defense proved more difficult than many contestants expected, but a winner has emerged.

Meet the Machines that Steal Your Phone's Data
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Meet the Machines that Steal Your Phone's Data

The National Security Agency's spying tactics are being intensely scrutinized following the recent leaks of secret documents. However, the NSA isn't the only U.S...

Interstellar 8-Track: How Voyager's Vintage Tech Keeps Running
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Interstellar 8-Track: How Voyager's Vintage Tech Keeps Running

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has gone interstellar.

Facebook and Twitter Too Late For China's Internet
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Facebook and Twitter Too Late For China's Internet

Facebook Inc and Twitter face a daunting task in China, if access to their social networks is unblocked, as they would be up against deeply entrenched domestic...

MIT Computer Scientist Dina Katabi Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'
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MIT Computer Scientist Dina Katabi Wins Macarthur 'genius Grant'

MIT computer scientist Dina Katabi is among 24 recipients of a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a "genius grant."

Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You
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Give Yourself 5 Stars? Online, It Might Cost You

"I celebrate myself, and sing myself," wrote Walt Whitman, America's great bard of self-promotion.

Empty F-16 Jet Tested By Boeing and ­.s. Air Force
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Empty F-16 Jet Tested By Boeing and ­.s. Air Force

Boeing has revealed that it has retrofitted retired fighter jets to turn them into drones.

Cybersecurity an Occupation, Not a Profession, Says Report
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Cybersecurity an Occupation, Not a Profession, Says Report

A new study concludes that cybersecurity is still an emerging field, and threats change too quickly for the federal government to undertake its professionalization...

Does Digital Age Overcomplicate Design?
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Does Digital Age Overcomplicate Design?

There is a scene in the television series "Boss" in which the mayor of Chicago, played by Kelsey Grammer, is discovered by his wife washing bed sheets by hand at...

Life on Mars: Down But Not Out Says Mars Society Founder
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Life on Mars: Down But Not Out Says Mars Society Founder

Hopes of alien life on Mars were dashed Thursday when a paper published in the journal Scienceconcluded that the Curiosity rover has yet to find any methane gas...

Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction
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Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction

How will police use a gun that immobilizes its target but does not kill? What would people do with a device that could provide them with any mood they desire? What...

The Itunes of Higher Education
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The Itunes of Higher Education

It's nearly impossible to get into MIT, very expensive to enroll there, and exceedingly hard to graduate, which are some of the reasons why MIT degrees are so coveted...
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