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What the Heck Is a Ram Scraper?
As the mystery around the credit card hacking at retail giants Target and Nieman Marcus continues to unfold, you’re going to start hearing a lot about something...
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Eureka! New Tech Shrinks Cloud Computing's Carbon Footprint
New algorithms designed to simulate a worldwide network of connected data centers can predict how to best limit carbon emissions from cloud computing.
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This Company Sold Google a Quantum Computer. Here's How It Works.
I thought it would be interesting to hear from D-Wave, a start-up that has raised more than $130 million in venture capital and employs over 100 people.
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Confused About the Nsa's Quantum Computing Project? This MIT Computer Scientist Can Explain.
My Washington Post colleagues have reported on a National Security Agency program to to build a quantum computer.
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Hubble Telescope Sees Star That May Explode Soon
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of a doomed star poised to explode in a devastating supernova event.
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The Next Data Privacy Battle May Be Waged Inside Your Car
Cars are becoming smarter than ever, with global positioning systems, Internet connections, data recorders and high-definition cameras.
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The Bitcoin-Mining Arms Race Heats Up
Joel Flickinger's two-bedroom home in the hills above Oakland, Calif., hums with custom-built computing gear.
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Lifelogging: What It's Like to Record Your Whole Life
Gordon Bell, one of the first people to chronicle his existence digitally, explains how it has changed his life and the potential pitfalls.
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Designing the Next Wave of Computer Chips
Not long after Gordon E. Moore proposed in 1965 that the number of transistors that could be etched on a silicon chip would continue to double approximately every...
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The Hottest Technology Not on Display at CES: Smart Radio Chips
Beyond the glitz of the International Consumer Electronics Show, the wireless industry faces a fundamental problem: more features and faster data transmission are...
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Hubble Telescope Reveals Deepest View of the Universe Yet
The Hubble Space Telescope has glimpsed farther into the universe than any observatory before, producing the first of six new "deep field" images that show objects...
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IBM Doubles Down on Watson
IBM plans to jumpstart Watson with a $100-million venture fund to build a business around the supercomputer that famously beat two human champions at the TV game...
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New Algorithm Can Dramatically Streamline Solutions to the 'max Flow' Problem
Finding the most efficient way to transport items across a network like the U.S. highway system or the Internet is a problem that has taxed mathematicians and computer...
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Sculpting Geometry
Carlo Séquin lives in a world of impossible objects and mind-bending shapes.
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Does Bitcoin Have a Future in Politics?
Representative Steve Stockman (R-Tex.) is no stranger to provocative proposals.
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When Doctors 'google' Their Patients
I remember when I first looked up a patient on Google.
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How Google Cracked House Number Identification in Street View
Google Street View has become an essential part of the online mapping experience.
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Selling Social Media Clicks Becomes Big Business
Celebrities, businesses, and even the U.S. State Department have bought bogus Facebook likes, Twitter followers or YouTube viewers from offshore "click farms,"...
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This Clear, Flexible Electronic Circuit Can Fit on the Surface of a Contact Lens
Over the past few years, electronics have evolved way past the silicon wafer.
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