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Software Beats Captcha, the Web's 'are You Human?' Test
California-based startup Vicarious says it has developed software that can successfully crack any text-based CAPTCHA program, defeating Google's reCAPTCHA program...
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'li-Fi' Via Led Light Bulb Data Speed Breakthrough
Several U.K. institutions are collaborating on the ultra-parallel visible light communications project. The researchers have used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit...
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Can Quantum Cryptography Work in the Real World?
Battelle Memorial Institute researchers say they have developed the first production system for quantum distribution of cryptographic keys and are planning to create...
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Intelligence Chief Clapper Cites 'casablanca' in Dismissing Merkel Mess
You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss, a spy is just a spy.
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Tor Trouble: Anonymizing Service Faces Vulnerability Claims
Tor, a service that helps cautious Internet users stay anonymous online, is facing increased scrutiny and potentially new attacks as the global debate on surveillance...
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Software Firm Claims Breakthrough in Computer Vision Will Lead to Better AI
Luis von Ahn has heard it all before.
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Research Brings nbreakable Phones One Step Closer
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology researchers have developed a method to transfer electronics with versatile functionality onto a flexible surface. RMIT's...
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Mozilla Developing Geolocation Data Service For Public se
Mozilla plans to offer developers a more privacy-aware geolocation service using cell towers and Wi-Fi signals.
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Surgical Simulations You Can Bet On
University of Texas at Austin researchers are working with Texas Advanced Computing Center supercomputers to facilitate prospective planning for near-term surgeries...
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100 Percent of an Image Is Restored Using a Reduced Version of the Original
University of Navarre researchers have developed algorithms to reduce and optimize images. Using a reduced image with between 1 and 10 percent of the original...
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'feel' Objects in Thin Air: The Future of Touch Technology
Touch technology has come a long way in the last decade.
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Raising Money the Old-Fashioned Way
Technology initiatives have long depended on deep-pocketed governments and venture capital firms. But the growth of online crowdfunding sites is inspiring project...
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Craig Venter: Why I Put My Name in Synthetic Genomes
How has the definition of life changed during your lifetime?
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Of Fact, Fiction and Defibrillators
In a chilling episode of "Homeland" last year, a terrorist killed the vice president with a fiendishly clever weapon: a remote-control device that attacked the...
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Germany Wants a German Internet as Spying Scandal Rankles
As a diplomatic row rages between the United States and Europe over spying accusations, state-backed Deutsche Telekom wants German communications companies to cooperate...
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Can Technology Help Avoid Stampedes?
It seems the cruellest and most unnecessary of deaths—to be crushed in the midst of a crowd.
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Why Google's Rapid Growth Means Faster Search
USC has released a study showing that Google search has greatly expanded and increased in speed over the past 10 months. Google search has increased by about 600...
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Sharing the Power of the Crowd
Three years ago, McGill University researchers launched Phylo, an online puzzle game with more than 300,000 users worldwide that helped with genomic research....
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Angry Birds – The Rise of the Machines
A research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology won an international artificial intelligence contest at a recent conference with software that replicates...
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