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Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
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The Best 'low-Tech' Spycraft Tricks
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations about the US National Security Agency’s activities around the globe, authorities in Russia and Germany declared they...
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Do Quantum Computers Threaten Global Encryption Systems?
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in.
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Microsoft Shows Off Video Stabilization Tools
New software from Microsoft researchers can stabilize shaky video taken while cycling, climbing, kayaking, or engaging in some other high-speed sport, and speed...
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Augmented Reality Gives Physical World a Vrtual Dimension
For some it seems, the world is not enough.
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Robot 'learns to Keep Going With Broken Leg'
Scientists used a methodology modeled on the behaviors of injured animals to help a six-legged robot relearn how to walk once one or more of its legs were damaged...
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.k. to Allow Driverless Cars on Public Roads in January
The United Kingdom has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads starting in January 2015, and the government has invited cities to compete...
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Robot 'learns to Keep Going with Broken Leg'
Engineers have taken a step towards having machines that can operate when damaged by developing a robot that can teach itself to walk, even with a broken leg.
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Cheering Robots Replace Real Fans at Korean Baseball
The Hanwha Eagles Korean baseball team has equipped its stadium with robots that fans who are unable to attend the games can control over the Internet.
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Russia Offers $110,000 to Crack Tor Anonymous Network
Russia has offered 3.9m roubles ($110,000; £65,000) in a contest seeking a way to crack the identities of users of the Tor network.
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Harold Edgerton: The Man Who Froze Time
Every time you use the flash on your smartphone or camera, you should give silent praise to Harold Eugene Edgerton.
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Neuroscience: 'i Can Read Your Mind'
Jack Gallant can read your mind. Or at least, he can figure out what you're seeing if you're in his machine watching a movie he's playing for you.
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MIT Scientists Develop Sensor-Operated Robotic Fingers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a robotic extension to the human hand that could make common, everyday tasks easier.
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Hamas and Israel Step p Cyber Battle For Hearts and Minds
Sites such as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook have been inundated with posts seeking to win the hearts and minds of people in the Middle East and elsewhere in the...
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Bell Labs Transmits Data at 10 Gbits/second Over Copper Lines
Researchers at Bell Labs have developed a technology that enables them to transmit data over traditional copper telephone lines at a record speed of 10 Gbits/second...
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Will Workplace Robots Cost More Jobs Than They Create?
The UK unveiled its robotics strategy last Tuesday, revealing a plan drawn up by the Technology Strategy Board that aims to spur the country on towards capturing...
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Rediscovered Plans Aid Edsac Reconstruction
The National Museum of Computing's reconstruction of an early British digital computer will benefit from the resurfacing of circuit diagrams of the machine.
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E-Voting Experiments End in Norway Amid Security Fears
Norway is ending trials of e-voting systems used in national and local elections.
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Goosebump Sensor Developed By Korean Research Team
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology researchers have developed a sensor that can measure goosebumps on the human body in real time.
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