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On Today's Battlefield, Is Information More Important Than Firepower?
Halo, Borderlands, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Metal Gear Solid—these kinds of games taught a generation to see enemies as red dots on a mini-map...
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China Says .s. Routinely Hacks Defense Ministry Websites
Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds...
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White House Opens More Federally Funded Scientific Research to the Public
A new White House directive will allow the general public more access to federally funded scientific research, the Obama administration announced at the end of...
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The Melting Pot of New York, Seen in Its Multilingual Tweets
A Twitter map visualizes, by language, the locations of 8.5 million geolocated tweets sent in the city between January 2010 and February 2013.
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Happy, Snappy Tweets Gain the Most Twitter Followers
The content of tweets, rather than a followers list, that has the biggest impact on the size of a Twitter audience, researchers have found.
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The Art of Cyberwar
The New York Times’ front-page report last week that the Chinese army is hacking into America's most sensitive computer networks from a 12-story building outside...
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Three Radical New Brain-Mapping Tools Scientists Want Obama to Deliver
The Obama administration wants to make a huge investment in mapping the human brain,according to The New York Times. How can they get the most bang for their buck...
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What's Next For the Presidential Innovation Fellows?
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is seeking its next wave of fellows, to build on the foundation of the projects launched by the first wave.
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Sandia Draws From Nuclear Science in Inaugurating New Cyber Lab
Sandia National Laboratories has launched the Cybersecurity Engineering Research Laboratory, testing hardware vulnerabilities and modeling cyberweapons on supercomputers...
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Could a Computer on the Police Beat Prevent Violence?
A team of University of Michigan researchers have used police data to show how computer models can help identify a city's most violent areas.
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Human-Robot Relations: Why We Should Worry
Technology is eroding social connections between human beings as machines step in to fill social needs, according to one researcher.
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New Ipad App For People With Sight Loss Needs Backing From Publishers
A new iPad app could make it easier for people with macular disease to read.
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Calling Out the Robocaller
Last month, the Haggler was sitting at home when the phone rang.
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Al-Qaida Tipsheet on Avoiding Drones Found in Mali
One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand.
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New Analysis of Genesis Reveals ‘death Sandwich’ Literary Theme
Researchers using a new text analysis tool have discovered a common rhetorical structure known as bracketing in the Book of Genesis.
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Google Searches For Style
Google is in discussions with online eyeglass retailer Warby Parker to create a more stylish version of its Google Glass frames.
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Insects Inspiring New Technology
Researchers have developed an autonomous navigation system for mobile robots based on the visual system of locusts.
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U.s. Ups Ante For Spying on Firms
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...
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Braess' Paradox Infects Social Networks Too, Say Computer Scientists
The paradox that adding extra roads to a network can lead to greater congestion, may be seen in social networks, too.
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