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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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How the Country's Top Privacy Cop Is Trying to Protect Consumers in the Digital Age
As the digital economy has exploded, tech companies are collecting untold amounts of data on everyday Americans.
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The Long Life of a Quick 'fix'
By the time a pair of engineers sat down for lunch together in Austin, the Internet's growing pains had become dire.
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A Flaw in the Design
The Internet’s founders saw its promise but didn’t foresee users attacking one another.
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The House Just Passed a Bill About Space Mining
For as long as we've existed, humans have looked up at the stars—and wondered.
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Tech Giants Don’t Want Obama to Give Police Access to Encrypted Phone Data
Technology companies, trade associations, and security and policy experts are urging President Obama to reject proposals to weaken security of communication devices...
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Google, Nasa Work Together on Disney Show to Inspire Girls Into Sciences
Disney Junior wants a new show it is developing to help bury media stereotypes about science and programmers.
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Wearable Gadgets Portend Vast Health, Research, and Privacy Consequences
New devices can provide the average person with unprecedented access to quantifiable information about their bodies.
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The Void's Creator Details His Vision For nleashing Virtual Reality's Full Potential
In a 60-by-60-foot room in Salt Lake City, Ken Bretschneider is taking virtual reality experiences to another level.
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What It Feels Like to Fly a Drone with Your Brain
At the Global Conference on CyberSpace, Vint Cerf tested technology that lets a person control a drone’s movements with his or her brain.
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As Encryption Spreads, U.s. Grapples with Clash Between Privacy, Security
For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue: Should tech companies be obliged to guarantee government...
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Happy Birthday to Moore's Law
Few revolutions can be said to have lasted for half a century, or to have wrought disruptive change at a predictable pace.
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Why the 'position Gap' Is More Important Than the Wage Gap For Women in Tech
Despite the recent focus on the bias against women in the technology sector, research has shown that the tech sector is far less unequal than other fields.
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China Deploys New Weapon For Online Censorship in Form of 'great Cannon'
Two recent distributed denial-of-service attacks represent some of the first uses of a new tool in China's cyber arsenal, dubbed the "Great Cannon."
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Nasa, IBM Team Up on Global Hackathon to Solve Earth's Problems
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration this weekend will hold its fourth annual space apps hackathon.
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Can You Vote For the Next President on Your Smartphone? Not Just Yet.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has approved a measure to update the security and accessibility guidelines for voting machines.
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How Google Is Making Sure Cows Won't Foil Its Self-Driving Cars
Most of us haven't had a cow wander on to a road in front of us while we're driving. Still, it's the type of situation Google is wisely anticipating.
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Tech Titans' Latest Project: Defy Death
Seated at the head of a table for 12 with a view of the city's soaring skyline, Peter Thiel was deep in conversation with his guests, eclectic scientists whose...
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Why Shades of Asperger's Syndrome Are the Secret to Building a Great Tech Company
The individuals who have founded some of the most success tech companies are decidedly weird.
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U.s. Establishes Sanctions Program to Combat Cyberattacks, Cyberspying
President Obama on Wednesday signed an executive order establishing the first sanctions program to allow the administration to impose penalties on individuals overseas...
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