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Court Rules Probable-Cause Warrant Required For Gps Trackers
An appellate court has finally supplied an answer to an open question left dangling by the Supreme Court in 2012: Do law enforcement agencies need a probable-cause...
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Brain Decoding: Reading Minds
Jack Gallant perches on the edge of a swivel chair in his lab at the University of California, Berkeley, fixated on the screen of a computer that is trying to decode...
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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.
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Google: 'where Will Future Quantum Computer Scientists Come From? Our Best Guess: Minecraft'
Google is hoping to inspire children's interest in quantum computing by using one of their favourite digital pastimes: Minecraft.
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Future-Proof Encryption
Researchers are relying on quantum mechanics to generate unhackable methods of communication.
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More Than a Mouse
Gesture and gaze are among the newest additions to a growing family of computer interfaces.
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Legal Issues with Robots
Who is responsible when property is damaged or someone is injured by an automated system? Existing product liability laws have not yet been tested in the context...
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IBM nveils Computer Fed By 'electronic Blood'
IBM has released a prototype of a computer modeled after the human brain that uses liquid both to fuel and cool the system.
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Cybersecurity Jobs: Young Adults Show Little Interest in the Field
Few young adults are interested in cybersecurity careers, according to a new study.
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Nasa Says First Space Internet Test 'beyond Expectations'
The first tests of a laser communication system by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration have been surprisingly error-free.
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Forget Captcha, Try Inkblots
Generating panOptic Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart (Gotcha) is a password mechanism based on a randomized puzzle-generation protocol.
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Software ses Cyborg Swarm to Map nknown Environs
New software could be used to map unknown environments based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs.
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Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching
Dennis Gray suspected that workers in his pest-control company were spending too much time on personal issues during the workday.
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The mbilical Link of Man to Robot
Atlas doesn't shrug. But he teeters, loses his grip, stutters, and staggers.
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Wall Street Banks Learn How to Survive in Staged Cyber Attack
In a staged simulation called Quantum Dawn 2, bank executives in charge of operations, technology, and crisis planning were tasked with detecting how a massive...
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Web-Based Map Allows sers to See Intricate Patterns in .s. Population
A free, Web-based mapping site allows users to access detailed demographic data for any location in the United States.
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C Davis Joins Cybersecurity Research Alliance
A new research alliance that will focus on detecting, modeling, and responding to cyberattacks on networks in real time.
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Groovy Programming Language Sees Major Boost in Popularity
Groovy has cracked the Tiobe Index top 20 list of the most popular programming languages.
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Got a Kickstarter Project? This Man Can Predict Within Four Hours If It Will Fail
Researchers have developed a method of predicting whether a Kickstarter project will succeed within four hours of its launch, with 76-percent accuracy.
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