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Hackers se Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government
Hackers working on behalf of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been very successful in stealing crucial battlefield data from rebels.
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New Rules in China pset Western Tech Companies
The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to...
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China Further Tightens Grip on the Internet
Chinese officials this week acted to block the functioning of several virtual private networks its citizens use to circumvent China's online censorship apparatus...
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Charles H. Townes, Who Paved Way For the Laser in Daily Life, Dies at 99
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...
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Ftc Says Internet-Connected Devices Pose Big Risks
Internet-connected devices present serious data security and privacy risks, according to a U.S. Federal Trade Commission report released this week.
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Verizon's Mobile 'supercookies' Seen as Threat to Privacy
Long-standing concerns about the "supercookies" Verizon Wireless uses to tag its users for advertising purposes have resurfaced.
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Rosetta Finds Out Much About a Comet, Even With a Wayward Lander
Photographs and data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft have provided an unprecedented close-up examination of a comet, but there is one thing...
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Even Elusive Animals Leave Dna, and Clues, Behind
You wouldn't think hellbenders would be hard to find: The gargantuan salamanders, the biggest amphibians in North America, can grow up to 30 inches long.
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Google Translate App Gets an pgrade
Google upgraded its Google Translate app last week, adding two new tools that expand the smartphone app's capabilities.
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Keeping Better Tabs on Suspicious Persons
A cyber security researcher wonders if information technology, the Internet, and social media could determine whether a suspicious person is likely to commit a...
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Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online
A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.
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Death By Robot
Many roboticists are realizing autonomous robots inevitably will find themselves in situations that require a moral judgment.
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Obama Calls For New Laws to Bolster Cybersecurity
President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to pass legislation designed to bolster cybersecurity across both the government and private sectors.
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FBI Is Broadening Surveillance Role, Report Shows
Since passage of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has played an ever-larger role in the warrantless wiretapping program...
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Language Translation Tech Starts to Deliver on Its Promise
The tech industry is doing its best to topple the Tower of Babel.
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Web Freedom Is Seen as a Growing Global Issue
Efforts by various governments to censor the Internet made headlines in 2014 and are likely to continue in 2015.
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The Scoreboards Where You Can't See Your Score
The characters in Gary Shteyngart's novel "Super Sad True Love Story" inhabit a continuously surveilled and scored society.
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As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep p
Economists and technologists have long said the march of technological progress and increased automation will create new jobs and opportunities that offset the...
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Innovators of Intelligence Look to Past
Inside the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, known as AI2, everything is a gleaming architectural white.
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