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What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
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What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?

On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors...

Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests
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Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests

As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.

China's Great Tech Wealth Machine
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China's Great Tech Wealth Machine

Wang Feng is the kind of successful tech entrepreneur whom private wealth bankers from Goldman Sachs to Credit Suisse would love to land as a client.

A New Breed of Trader on Wall Street: Coders With a Ph.d.
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A New Breed of Trader on Wall Street: Coders With a Ph.d.

The mood in the markets may be getting grimmer, but in the booming world of exchange-traded funds, people just want to party.

To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare
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To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare

"Are you sure they're there?" the decision maker asks. "They" are Qaeda operatives who have been planning attacks against the United States.

Virtual Reality Companies Look to Science Fiction For Their Next Play
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Virtual Reality Companies Look to Science Fiction For Their Next Play

Tech companies have spent years developing better, cheaper devices to immerse people in digital worlds. Yet they are still figuring out how to make virtual reality...

Ted 2016: Hololens ­nveils 'teleportation' to Mars
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Ted 2016: Hololens ­nveils 'teleportation' to Mars

HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.

The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of
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The Most Important Apple Executive You've Never Heard Of

A little over a year ago, Apple had a problem: The iPad Pro was behind schedule.

New Projects Pair ­.s. Manufacturers with Hpc Resources
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New Projects Pair ­.s. Manufacturers with Hpc Resources

The U.S. Department of Energy's High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program pairs selected companies with U.S. national labs to take on manufacturing...

The President's Nsa Advisory Board Finally Gets a Tech Expert
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The President's Nsa Advisory Board Finally Gets a Tech Expert

It's taken more than a decade, but a critical oversight board tasked with advising the president on the privacy and civil liberties implications of the NSA's surveillance...

Why Naval Academy Students Are Learning to Sail By the Stars For the First Time in a Decade
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Why Naval Academy Students Are Learning to Sail By the Stars For the First Time in a Decade

Peter Hogan was surprised at how heavy the sextant felt in his hand when he squinted through its eyeglass this week, the first time he had ever held one.

Army Cyber Teams Score Most Gold Medals at Pentagon's Yearly Hacking Tournament
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Army Cyber Teams Score Most Gold Medals at Pentagon's Yearly Hacking Tournament

The United States Military Academy at West Point took home the top prize earlier this month in Pittsburgh at CyberStakes, the Pentagon's third annual top tier hacking...

Young Scientists Poised to Ride the Gravitational Wave
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Young Scientists Poised to Ride the Gravitational Wave

The first direct detection of gravitational waves has opened a new window in physics and astronomy—rewarding a cohort of young researchers who gambled on finding...

Would You Bet Against Sex Robots? AI 'could Leave Half of World ­nemployed'
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Would You Bet Against Sex Robots? AI 'could Leave Half of World ­nemployed'

Machines could put more than half the world's population out of a job in the next 30 years, according to a computer scientist who said on Saturday that artificial...

Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them
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Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them

Just over a billion years ago, many millions of galaxies from here, a pair of black holes collided.

Legal Tussle Delays Launch of Huge Toxicity Database
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Legal Tussle Delays Launch of Huge Toxicity Database

A giant database on the health risks of nearly 10,000 chemicals will make it easier to predict the toxicity of tens of thousands of consumer products for which...

Could Vietnam Become the Next Silicon Valley?
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Could Vietnam Become the Next Silicon Valley?

Eddie Thai and Binh Tran are the kind of American entrepreneurs you'd expect to meet in Silicon Valley.

­S Military: Robot Wars
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­S Military: Robot Wars

When historians come to write about technological innovation in the first half of this century, they are likely to pay special attention to a US Navy drone called...

After 100 Years, Scientists Are Finally Closing In on Einstein's Ripples
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After 100 Years, Scientists Are Finally Closing In on Einstein's Ripples

The rain began to fall as Joe Giaime and I scrambled down a lonely rise, back toward the observatory's main building.

Gps and the World's First 'space War'
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Gps and the World's First 'space War'

Twenty-five years ago U.S.-led Coalition forces launched the world’s first "space war" when they drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.
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