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How the World Came to Be Run By Computer Code
From the scythe to the steam engine, we've always used technology to control the world around us.
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Wearable Tech Lets Boss Track Your Work, Rest and Play
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.
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The Quiet Rise of the Satellite Spy Agency
As far as intelligence agencies go, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has remained relatively low profile—attracting neither the intrigue of, say, the...
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All Three NASA Mars Orbiters Healthy After Comet Flyby
All three NASA orbiters around Mars confirmed their healthy status Sunday after each took shelter behind Mars during a period of risk from dust released by a passing...
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Stop Worrying About Mastermind Hackers. Start Worrying About the It Guy.
Mistakes in launching Oracle software have led to millions of Americans' data being leaked onto the Internet. Those affected include universities or government...
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Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car
The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old's asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an...
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Fbi Director Warns Against Cellphone Encryption
FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone data and operating systems, arguing that...
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Shellshock Awakens Bourne-Again Zombies
A bug appears in places people didn’t think to look, or patch.
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Should Industrial Robots Be Able to Hurt Their Human Coworkers?
How much should a robot be allowed to hurt its coworkers?
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Hackers Gather For Cyberwar in an Intense 48-Hour Sim
Locked Shields is among the world's preeminent cyber attack simulations.
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Cyberattacks Trigger Talk of 'hacking Back'
The continuing cyberattacks on U.S. corporate networks is spurring talk among some executives and government officials of going on the offensive, or "hacking back...
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Dynamic Encryption Keeps Secrets
Technical University of Denmark professor Lars Ramkilde Knudsen says he has developed a method for encrypting telephone conversations that makes it very difficult...
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The Ethics of Hacking 101
Some of the U.S.'s most prestigious cybersecurity university programs make a point of teaching their students offensive skills, but in doing so also must address...
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A Peek Inside the Internet's Favorite File-Sharing Network
A new study takes a deep look at the behavior of users of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing network. Researchers were able to track what sorts of media...
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Town Built For Driverless Cars
A mocked-up set of busy streets in Ann Arbor, Michigan, will provide the sternest test yet for self-driving cars.
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New Web Privacy System Could Revolutionize the Safety of Surfing
Researchers at University College London, Google, Stanford University, Chalmers, and Mozilla Research say they have developed an open source system that protects...
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Protesters in Hong Kong Must Weigh the Promise and Risks of Mesh Networking
In the heart of Hong Kong, where the largest pro-Democracy protest to challenge Beijing since the 1989 Tiananmen Square gathering has been brewing, some protesters...
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How Scammers Trick Your Mind
None of us likes being scammed, and David Modic is no different.
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Cyber Spy High: Meet the Nsa's Hacker Recruiter
The National Security Agency has a recruiting problem.
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