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N.s.a. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators
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N.s.a. Leak Puts Focus on System Administrators

Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about American surveillance, personifies a debate at the heart of technology...

Drone Technology Used For Pilotless Fighter Aircraft
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Drone Technology Used For Pilotless Fighter Aircraft

Under a huge semi-opaque dome and with heavy security in attendance, visitors to the Paris Air Show peer at a strange looking shape.

Massive Particle Storage Ring Begins 3,200-Mile Trek
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Massive Particle Storage Ring Begins 3,200-Mile Trek

A 50-foot-wide, circular electromagnet began a 3,200-mile trek this weekend from Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island to the U.S. Department of Energy's...

Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing
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Algorithm Finds Best Routes For One-Way Car Sharing

The most efficient car-sharing system, researchers find, also includes shuttle services.

Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders
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Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders

When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter, or a similar Silicon Valley concern...

Dram Inventor Honored with Prestigious Japanese Award
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Dram Inventor Honored with Prestigious Japanese Award

Robert Dennard, a U.S. researcher at IBM who invented the basic building block of the modern DRAM, has been honored with the prestigious Kyoto Prize and $500,000...

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
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Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet

In his young career, Jeffrey Hammerbacher has been a scout on the frontiers of the data economy.

­CSD Researchers Get Access to Open Science Grid
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­CSD Researchers Get Access to Open Science Grid

The University of California, San Diego, and the Open Science Grid have announced a partnership under which researchers will have access to the OSG's fabric of...

Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes
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Tech Firms Call for Mandatory Computer Classes

Executives from leading technology firms want to require all Massachusetts public schools to teach computer science. The plan would compel classes as early as the...

Survey Finds Widespread Opposition to 'killer Robots'
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Survey Finds Widespread Opposition to 'killer Robots'

A majority of Americans oppose the military's use of autonomous weaponry, with the strongest opposition coming from active and former military members, and from...

The Secret War
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The Secret War

Inside Fort Meade, Maryland, a top-secret city bustles.

Academics Earn Street Cred with Ted Talks but No Points From Peers
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Academics Earn Street Cred with Ted Talks but No Points From Peers

TED Talks, the popular conference and events website, provides academics with increased popular exposure but does nothing to boost citations of their work by peers...

I Would Have Hired Edward Snowden
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I Would Have Hired Edward Snowden

I don't know Edward Snowden, but I know his kind.

Nasa Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
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Nasa Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge

NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.

Europe Says Farewell to Prolific Herschel Space Telescope
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Europe Says Farewell to Prolific Herschel Space Telescope


The Tech Company Lawyers Who Stand Between You and Government Snoops
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The Tech Company Lawyers Who Stand Between You and Government Snoops

The in-house legal teams at Silicon Valley companies are usually associated with intellectual property disputes, anti-trade spats, and the maneuvering around initial...

Tedglobal: Cloud Schools Offer New Education
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Tedglobal: Cloud Schools Offer New Education

Children in developing countries could educate themselves in "cloud schools" equipped with computers and online moderators but no physical teachers, Newcastle University...

Now You Can Build Google's $1m Artificial Brain on the Cheap
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Now You Can Build Google's $1m Artificial Brain on the Cheap

Andrew Ng wants to bring deep learning—an emerging computer science field that seeks to mimic the human brain with hardware and software into the DIY era.

A Revolution in the Making
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A Revolution in the Making

On a dark and stormy night two weeks ago in Schenectady, N.Y., Ken Hislop was relaxing at home when his cellphone suddenly began buzzing in his pocket. It was an...

Will the Nsa Rethink Its Data Collection System?
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Will the Nsa Rethink Its Data Collection System?

Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin talks to Joel Brenner, former senior counsel at the National Security Agency, about whether the NSA can protect Americans'...
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