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Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library
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Facing Islamic State Threat, Iraq Digitizes National Library

The dimly lit, dust-caked stacks of the Baghdad National Library hide a treasure of the ages: crinkled, yellowing papers holding the true stories of sultans and...

China to Restrict Drone, Supercomputer Exports
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China to Restrict Drone, Supercomputer Exports

China will restrict the export of drones and supercomputers from Aug. 15 to help protect national security out of fears such equipment could fall into the hands...

Click Here to Hack the Network
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Click Here to Hack the Network

This week is hacker week in Las Vegas. The desert playground is hosting three conferences dedicated to computer security—Black Hat USA, Def Con, and BSides LV.

The Cyber-Mechanics Who Protect Your Car from Hackers
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The Cyber-Mechanics Who Protect Your Car from Hackers

A couple of weeks ago, a small team of security researchers gathered near a car parked outside one of their company’s buildings.

For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program

She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her, drawn to her knowing sense of humor and...

Search For Alien Life Ignites Battle Over Giant Telescope
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Search For Alien Life Ignites Battle Over Giant Telescope

There is a gaping hole in the latest effort to reinvigorate the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), one so big it could hold an estimated 357 million...

Politics Overshadows U.s. Tech Firms' Hopes For Entering Iran
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Politics Overshadows U.s. Tech Firms' Hopes For Entering Iran

Iran has the potential to be a boom market for American tech companies.

New Email Archive Tool to Sift Literary Legacies
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New Email Archive Tool to Sift Literary Legacies

The leather-bound diaries of a 19th-century high-school principal in southwestern India are helping change how archivists around the world handle email.

16 Trends That Will Define the Future of Video Games
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16 Trends That Will Define the Future of Video Games

Hundreds of game developers, publishers and analysts recently descended on Brighton for the annual Develop conference.

Obama's New Executive Order Says the ­.s. Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer
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Obama's New Executive Order Says the ­.s. Must Build an Exascale Supercomputer

President Obama has established a new initiative across multiple government agencies that will focus entirely on creating the fastest supercomputers ever devised...

As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding For Career Change
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As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding For Career Change

People from diverse walks of life are switching careers as they seek a future in the burgeoning U.S. technology industry, with emphasis on learning coding and data...

Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
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Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target

Put a computer on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman.

Chameleon Cloud Computing Testbed Goes Into Full Production
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Chameleon Cloud Computing Testbed Goes Into Full Production

Chameleon, an NSF-supported experimental testbed for cloud computing research, is available to institutions throughout the United States.

Genomics Pioneer Jun Wang on His New AI Venture
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Genomics Pioneer Jun Wang on His New AI Venture

Jun Wang is one of China's most famous scientists.

Shoring Up Tor
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Shoring Up Tor

Researchers mount successful attacks against Tor, the popular anonymity network, and show how to prevent them.

As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding For Career Change
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As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding For Career Change

After Paul Minton graduated from college, he worked as a waiter, but always felt he should do more.

In Silicon Valley, Coders Are Making More Room For Curators
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In Silicon Valley, Coders Are Making More Room For Curators

It's been almost a decade since the debut of the Netflix Prize, a $1 million bounty for the person or group that could best improve the company’s movie suggestion...

The Team That Keep a Watchful Eye on the Iss
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The Team That Keep a Watchful Eye on the Iss

In a darkened room, deep within the high-security perimeter of Redstone Arsenal, a US army base in Huntsville, Alabama, eight men and women sit behind concave banks...

Fau to Develop ­nmanned Marine Vehicles For Bridge Inspections
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Fau to Develop ­nmanned Marine Vehicles For Bridge Inspections

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have received a $187,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to research and develop the use of unmanned...

Lessons from the Digital Classroom
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Lessons from the Digital Classroom

In four small schools scattered across San Francisco, a data experiment is under way.
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