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Coding and Computers Help Spot Methane, Explosives
Duke University researchers are using software to improve the performance of chemical-sniffing mass spectrometers.
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Computers in Your Clothes? A Milestone For Wearable Electronics
Ohio State University researchers have developed functional textiles that gather, store, and transmit digital information.
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Researchers Crack Microsoft and Google's Shortened rls to Spy on People
Cornell Tech researchers have shown brute-force attacks against shortened uniform resource locators can enable hackers to spread malware on victims' computers.
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Fair se Prevails as Supreme Court Rejects Google Books Copyright Case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined (PDF) to hear a challenge from the Authors Guild and other writers claiming Google's scanning of their books amounts to wanton...
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.
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Location Data on Two Apps Enough to Identify Someone, Says Study
Individuals can be identified by matching their movements across two datasets, according to researchers at Columbia University and Google.
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Robots Can Help Young Patients Engage in Rehab
Researchers from the Swinburne University of Technology are exploring the use of social robots as therapeutic aids in pediatric rehabilitation.
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Two-Factor Authentication Bypassed in Simple Attacks
VU University Amsterdam researchers have demonstrated practical attacks against both Android and iOS devices.
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Half of Mooc sers in Developing Countries Get Certificates
A survey found the use of massive open online courses is very different in emerging countries than in the U.S.
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Microsoft Research Chief: AI Is Still Too Stupid to Wipe S Out (and Will Be For Decades)
Microsoft Research Cambridge laboratory director Chris Bishop dismisses the fear artificial intelligence is on the cusp of overtaking human intelligence.
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Gene-Edited Crispr Mushroom Escapes S Regulation
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not regulate a mushroom genetically modified with the gene-editing tool CRISPR–Cas9.
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Your Phone Number Is All a Hacker Needs to Read Texts, Listen to Calls and Track You
Hackers have again demonstrated that no matter how many security precautions someone takes, all a hacker needs to track their location and snoop on their phone...
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Apple, Fbi to Clash Again in Congress Over Encryption
Apple Inc and the FBI will return to Congress next week to testify before lawmakers about their heated disagreement over law enforcement access to encrypted devices...
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Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.
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Obama Announces Computer-Science-For-All Initiative
The White House on Tuesday announced a slate of initiatives to advance education in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
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Firefighters' Positioning System May Be sed to Monitor Walking Difficulty For Elderly
Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have fine-tuned a positioning system used in fire rescue operations to collect data on people's foot movements...
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A Flexible Camera: A Radically Different Approach to Imaging
Columbia University researchers have developed a sheet camera that can be wrapped around objects to capture images that cannot be taken with conventional cameras...
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Autonomous Vehicles Cannot Be Test-Driven Enough Miles to Demonstrate Their Safety
A new study finds autonomous vehicles would have to drive at least hundreds of millions of miles to generate enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety.
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