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Asia Student Supercomputer Challenge Emphasizes Applications, Scalability
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Asia Student Supercomputer Challenge Emphasizes Applications, Scalability

The 2014 Asia Student Supercomputer Challenge, which is taking place this week, aims to promote both fundamental and practical technology, improve students' ability...

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014

Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones.

How America's Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future
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How America's Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future

Stories set in the future are often judged, as time passes, on whether they come true or not.

Economic Competitiveness in the 21st Century
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Economic Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett spells out steps the United States should take to compete in an increasingly global economy and rapidly changing technological environment...

How to Build a Neanderthal
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How to Build a Neanderthal

The DNA sequences of Neanderthals and other extinct human relatives have exposed lost migrations, sexual escapades and even new species.

For Project Ara, It's Module—Not App—Ideas Wanted
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For Project Ara, It's Module—Not App—Ideas Wanted

From afar, the device in Garrett Kinsman's palm looked like a prototype of Google's Project Aramodular smartphone: a shiny slab of a handset composed of thin, removable...

Computer-Assisted Accelerator Design
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Computer-Assisted Accelerator Design

Stephen Brooks uses his own custom software tool to fire electron beams into a virtual model of proposed particle accelerator designs. The goal: Keep the cost...

The Most Expensive Lottery Ticket in the World
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The Most Expensive Lottery Ticket in the World

No Exit, the new book from Gideon Lewis-Kraus, should be required reading for anybody who thinks it might be a good idea to found a startup in Silicon Valley.

As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month
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As It Becomes an App Platform, Dropbox Gobbles Up More Than One App Startup Per Month

Once a simple way to move stuff around between devices and people, Dropbox now wants to be a platform for apps that help people deal more deeply with that stuff...

Shaving Nanoseconds From Racing Processors
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Shaving Nanoseconds From Racing Processors

University of Wisconsin researcher Mark Hill enjoys the challenge of finding hidden efficiencies in computer architecture.

The Upshot of Heartbleed? Jobs
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The Upshot of Heartbleed? Jobs

The need for jobs that focus on cyber security is more apparent than ever, especially in the aftermath of Heartbleed, the recently uncovered Internet bug.

Online Course to Endeavor World's Largest Memory Experiment
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Online Course to Endeavor World's Largest Memory Experiment

A free, massive open online course (MOOC) on neurobiology from the University of Chicago will include what may become the world's largest memory experiment.

Trouble with Russia, Trouble with the Law: Inside Europe's Digital Crime Unit
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Trouble with Russia, Trouble with the Law: Inside Europe's Digital Crime Unit

Four black brick towers search upwards to an empty grey sky.

Biometric Surveillance Means Someone Is Always Watching
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Biometric Surveillance Means Someone Is Always Watching

Incrimination by selfie can happen.

Meet 18F, the GSA's Bid to Change Federal IT
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Meet 18F, the GSA's Bid to Change Federal IT

In a large, white room that looks more like an Apple store than an office, a group of developers and entrepreneurs meet every day in downtown Washington to work...

How to Build an Earth-Size Telescope
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How to Build an Earth-Size Telescope

Looking into the galactic center is hard.

Five Wonder Materials That Could Change the World
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Five Wonder Materials That Could Change the World

"The history of materials is a history of mistakes," says Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist at University College London, who traces his own fascination with...

Majority of Engineers Believe They Will Become Millionaires, Study Says
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Majority of Engineers Believe They Will Become Millionaires, Study Says

Engineers are pretty stoked, says a recent survey commissioned by an engineer-services company.

The U.s. Government Wants 6,000 New 'cyber Warriors' By 2016
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The U.s. Government Wants 6,000 New 'cyber Warriors' By 2016

The Pentagon plans to triple its cybersecurity staff by 2016, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced recently.

Tech Employment and Consulting at Historic Highs, Government Says
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Tech Employment and Consulting at Historic Highs, Government Says

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the IT unemployment rate has dipped to 2.7 percent, well below the nationwide average of 6.7 percent for all jobs. At...
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