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Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back
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Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back

Pundits will debate the wellsprings of Donald Trump's election triumph for years.

Companies Bet on Designer Bacteria as New Way to Treat Disease
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Companies Bet on Designer Bacteria as New Way to Treat Disease

Sometime next year, volunteers in the U.S. could start swallowing capsules stuffed with genetically engineered E. coli.

How Data Failed ­S in Calling an Election
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How Data Failed ­S in Calling an Election

It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field—business, politics, sports and academia—have increasingly placed in the...

Trump's Big Data Mind Explains How He Knew Trump Could Win
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Trump's Big Data Mind Explains How He Knew Trump Could Win

The Associated Press had yet to call the presidential election for President-elect Donald Trump, and races in tight states like Pennsylvania and New Hampshire were...

Silicon Valley Reels in Wake of Trump's Presidential Victory
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Silicon Valley Reels in Wake of Trump's Presidential Victory

The 2016 presidential race was a powerful illustration of the influence that internet services have to shape the national political conversation.

China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition
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China Adopts Cybersecurity Law Despite Foreign Opposition

China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies' technology and hamstring their operations...

Plant-Genome Hackers Seek Better Ways to Produce Customized Crops
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Plant-Genome Hackers Seek Better Ways to Produce Customized Crops

When crop engineers from around the world gathered in London in late October, their research goals were ambitious: to make rice that uses water more efficiently...

Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code
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Inside the Classroom Where San Quentin Inmates Learn to Code

At San Quentin State Prison in California, inmates are barred from using the internet, and many have been serving time since before smartphones existed. But a new...

Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver
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Enough Hype: U.s. Economy Needs Internet of Things to Deliver

In the world of making everyday life more digital, something is starting to tip. You can see it at Noyes Air Conditioning Inc. on Monday mornings.

Web Pioneer Tries to Incubate a Second Digital Revolution
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Web Pioneer Tries to Incubate a Second Digital Revolution

Brian Behlendorf knows it's a cliché for veteran technologists like himself to argue that society could be run much better if we just had the right software.

Leading Chipmakers Eye Euv Lithography to Save Moore's Law
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Leading Chipmakers Eye Euv Lithography to Save Moore's Law

Even after you don a bunny suit and get deep inside Fab 8, it's hard to get a sense of scale.

We Went to the Grace Hopper Celebration. Here's What We're Bringing Back
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We Went to the Grace Hopper Celebration. Here's What We're Bringing Back

Members of The New York Times Developers recently made their first group trip to the Grace Hopper Celebration. At 15,000 attendees, GHC is the world's largest gathering...

The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe
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The Stakes Are Rising in Google's Antitrust Fight With Europe

Google is locked in a six-year battle with Europe's antitrust officials. And the stakes for both sides are getting higher.

Controversial Chinese Cybersecurity Law Enters Home Stretch For Approval
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Controversial Chinese Cybersecurity Law Enters Home Stretch For Approval

A controversial Chinese cybersecurity law that has sparked protests from foreign governments and business groups neared approval on Monday as parliament held the...

Nate Silver Blew It When He Missed Trump. Now He Really Needs to Get It Right.
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Nate Silver Blew It When He Missed Trump. Now He Really Needs to Get It Right.

Nate Silver is on the downtown 1 train. Possibly because he looks like a (modestly) hip math teacher, and hardly looks up from his phone, he goes unrecognized until...

How AI Is Shaking ­p the Chip Market
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How AI Is Shaking ­p the Chip Market

In less than 12 hours, three different people offered to pay me if I'd spend an hour talking to a stranger on the phone.

IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money For It
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IBM Is Counting on Its Bet on Watson, and Paying Big Money For It

Watson, can you grow into a multibillion-dollar business and become the engine of IBM's resurgence?

AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element Ai, a Deep-Learning Incubator
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AI Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Is Launching Element Ai, a Deep-Learning Incubator

Yoshua Bengio, one of the leading figures behind the rise of deep learning, is launching a Silicon Valley-style startup incubator dedicated to this enormously influential...

Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous
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Twitter's 'firehose' of Tweets Is Incredibly Valuable, and Just as Dangerous

There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.

Six Contractors Have Begun Work on Nasa's Gateway to Deep Space
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Six Contractors Have Begun Work on Nasa's Gateway to Deep Space

NASA has a problem.
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