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Decade of Research Shows Little Improvement in Password Guidance
Most of the top 10 English-speaking websites online offer little or no advice on creating passwords that are less likely to be hacked.
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Broadening the Path for Women in STEM
Organizations work to address 'a notable absence of women in the field.'
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of T Researchers Tackle Voter Distribution and Gerrymandering in the .S.
As Democrats increasingly live in U.S. cities while Republicans live in more rural areas, researchers analyzed the impact of this phenomenon on the ability to gerrymander...
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Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise
A recent study found that rising sea levels could submerge buried fiber-optic cable essential for Internet operations in coastal U.S. regions within 15 years.
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Can Graphical Passwords Keep s Secure Online?
Researchers from the Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in China have developed an authentication method that uses semantically linked images.
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Liquid Animations So Realistic You Can Almost Taste Them
Researchers at the University of Waterloo Cheriton School of Computer Science in Canada have developed a method of precisely animating high-viscosity liquid.
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Girl Scouts Look Toward the Future With 30 New Science, Tech, and Environment Badges
The Girl Scouts announced 30 new badges that will help equip girls with the leadership skills needed to deal with "key 21st century issues."
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The Big Problem with Big Data? Without Theory, It's Just Garbage
"The idea that big data will enable more control of behavior may be a lot of hype."
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Shadow Politics: Meet the Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake News
When we met in early March, Jonathan Albright was still shrugging off a sleepless weekend.
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AI Helps Design an ltra-Aerodynamic Bike
A spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has developed software that rapidly calculates the most aerodynamic shape for a bicycle.
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Researchers Mount Successful GPS Spoofing Attack Against Road Navigation Systems
Researchers have demonstrated an effective global-positioning system spoofing hack against road navigation systems.
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Robot Prototype Will Let You Feel How It's 'Feeling'
Researchers have developed a prototype robot capable of expressing "emotions" by reshaping the texture of its outer surface.
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Electrical Contact to Molecules in Semiconductor Structures Established for the First Time
Researchers have developed a technique that enables electrical contact to be established with simple molecules in a conventional silicon chip.
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Think Your Surfing Is Secret in Private Browsing Mode? Think Again
Many computer users incorrectly believe private browsing protects them against computer viruses, targeted ads, geolocation, and tracking by employers and governments...
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Tech Leaders Sign Global Pledge Against Autonomous Weapons
A coalition of technology industry leaders signed a global pledge to neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of lethal autonomous...
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ACM Affirms Obligation of Computing Professionals to se Skills for Benefit of Society
ACM has completed a two-year process to update its Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct to address advances in computing technology and the growing pervasiveness...
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The Cameras that Know If You're Happy, or a Threat
Facial recognition tech has been around for decades, but it has been progressing in leaps and bounds in recent years due to advances in computing vision and artificial...
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Hijacking the CryptoMine
The lure of easy money leads to explosive growth in cryptojacking.
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