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Bad Vibrations: ci Researchers Find Security Breach in 3D Printing Process
Researchers have discovered a significant risk for the three-dimensional printing process, in that the machines emit acoustic signals that contain a lot of information...
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Crispr: Gene Editing Is Just the Beginning
Whenever a paper about CRISPR–Cas9 hits the press, the staff at Addgene quickly find out.
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Is Digital Privacy Becoming a Partisan Issue?
In a Congress where lawmakers have trouble performing even the most basic functions of the legislative branch—funding the government or approving judicial nominees...
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A Road Map For Advancing Women in Tech
A new study makes eight core recommendations for boosting diversity and advancing and retaining women in the technology sector.
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Browsing in Public
The new Eyebrowse system enables Web users to share self-selected aspects of their online activity with their friends and the general public.
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Humanoid Robots Can't Outsource Their Brains to the Cloud Due to Network Latency
Osaka University roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro explains why offloading a humanoid robot's intelligence to a data center or a cloud computer is impractical.
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Pentagon Hackers Are Waging America’s First Cyberwar
U.S. politicians have long threatened America's enemies with tanks, planes, submarines, and nuclear missiles. Last week defense secretary Ashton Carter leveled...
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At Rsa Conference, Unlikely Allies Address Value of Digital Security
To Amit Yoran, a digital security veteran, the fight between Apple and the F.B.I. over access to an iPhone can be viewed in black-and-white terms: What law enforcement...
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2016 Cra Distinguished Service and A. Nico Habermann Awardees Announced
The CRA Board of Directors is pleased to announce its selections for the 2016 CRA Awards.
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Inventor of Email and Savior of the @ Sign, Ray Tomlinson, Is Dead at 74
The inventor of email suffered an apparent heart attack on Saturday, according to reports. He was 74 years old.
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Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine's Power Grid
It was 3:30 p.m. last December 23, and residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine were preparing to end their workday and head home through the...
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Conversing With Computers
University of Southern California researchers are developing high-speed language-processing systems that rival the speed and efficiency of human speakers.
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Aging Voting Machines Cost Local, State Governments
Many U.S. voters rely on outdated electronic voting machines at least 10 years old, which threatens massive voter disenfranchisement in the event of breakdowns. ...
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The Most Important Object in Computer Graphics History Is This Teapot
A teapot has the distinction of being one of the most influential objects in the history of computer graphics, dating back to 1974.
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Florida Senate Approves Making Coding a Foreign Language
Florida senators have approved a bill allowing high school students to take computer coding classes in place of foreign language requirements.
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Chip Hacking Might Help Fbi nlock Iphones
Even if the Justice Department loses its legal showdown with Apple Inc. over access to a killer's iPhone, the government might still be able to extract the data...
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Log In to Your Phone with a Finger-Drawn Doodle Instead of a Password
Rather than painstakingly typing in passwords on your smartphone, you may eventually just swipe a shape or other pattern on its display to authenticate yourself...
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A New Look at Ancient Mars
Among Earth/s planetary neighbors, Mars has been the one on which humanity has most often, and most variously, projected its hopes and fears.
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Defense Secretary Favors Strong Encryption, Not 'back Doors'
Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation's security, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience Wednesday that he's "not a believer...
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