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Man Behind the First Computer Password: It's Become a Nightmare
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Man Behind the First Computer Password: It's Become a Nightmare

In the early 1960s, Fernando Corbató helped deploy the first known computer password.

Secrets, Lies and Snowden's Email: Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit
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Secrets, Lies and Snowden's Email: Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit

My legal saga started last summer with a knock at the door, behind which stood two federal agents ready to to serve me with a court order requiring the installation...

Team Visualizes Complex Electronic State
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Team Visualizes Complex Electronic State

A team of researchers has produced a detailed visualization of how sodium manganese dioxide behaves during charging and discharging, elucidating an exotic molecular...

Nasa Lets Enthusiasts Reboot Zombie 1970s Spacecraft
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Nasa Lets Enthusiasts Reboot Zombie 1970s Spacecraft

A dormant spacecraft will swing past Earth in August, and private space flight enthusiasts have plans to put it back to work.

A New Kind of Media Theory
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A New Kind of Media Theory

MIT's Fox Harrell is looking to give computer games, social media, and digital media the same opportunities for social reflection present in literature, film, and...

The Age of Quantum Computing Has (almost) Arrived
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The Age of Quantum Computing Has (almost) Arrived

Google owns a lot of computers—perhaps a million servers stitched together into the fastest, most powerful artificial intelligence on the planet.

Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander
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Construction to Begin on 2016 NASA Mars Lander

NASA and its international partners now have the go-ahead to begin construction on a new Mars lander, after it completed a successful Mission Critical Design Review...

Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script
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Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script

Learn to code. Get a job. Then what?

New Lithium Battery Created in Japan
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New Lithium Battery Created in Japan

A team of researchers at Tohoku University has created a new type of lithium ion conductor for future batteries that could be the basis for a new generation of...

Three Universities Unite to Replicate Successful STEM Program
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Three Universities Unite to Replicate Successful STEM Program

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will partner with HHMI to adapt...

Chinese Search Giant Baidu Hires Man Behind the 'google Brain'
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Chinese Search Giant Baidu Hires Man Behind the 'google Brain'

Baidu has long been referred to as "China’s Google" because it dominates Web search in the country.

Forging a Qubit to Rule Them All
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Forging a Qubit to Rule Them All

Peering into his cabinet of curiosities on a recent spring day, Bob Willett, a scientist at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, N.J., nimbly plucked a tiny black crystal...

Liberating Devices From Their Power Cords
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Liberating Devices From Their Power Cords

Structrual supercapacitors open the door to a whole new world of energy storage.

My Duolingo Learning App Can Reshape Education
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My Duolingo Learning App Can Reshape Education

Duolingo users are making new courses for people who speak Asian languages like Chinese and Hindi. How does that work?

The Science of Networking
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The Science of Networking

MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself. She and a classmate brought Internet connectivity and online...

How to Negotiate Your Starting Salary
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How to Negotiate Your Starting Salary

You got the job offer. While you cleared the biggest hurdle, you're not finished yet. Now it's time to negotiate your compensation package.

Quantum Simulator Gives Clues About Magnetism
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Quantum Simulator Gives Clues About Magnetism

Researchers at the University of Toronto's Ultracold Atoms Lab are using gas a billion times colder than air to study how electrons behave.

Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens

Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.

AI System Reads Novels, Writes Music for Them
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AI System Reads Novels, Writes Music for Them

Researchers have trained an artificial intelligence system to read works of fiction and create music based on the texts.

IBM's Watson Gains Presence at Top Technical ­niversities
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IBM's Watson Gains Presence at Top Technical ­niversities

IBM recently announced it is partnering with several top U.S. technology universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access to its Watson...
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