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Google Hopes Test Drives Steer Americans to Embrace Its Robot Cars
Google this week embarked on its most concerted effort to provide an up-close look at its self-driving cars.
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.s. Fda Approves 'star Wars' Robotic Arm For Amputees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple...
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Do-It-Yourselfers Inspire Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
New high-tech, affordable manufacturing tools and new sources of funding are helping launch a generation of entrepreneurs and laying the basis for a hardware renaissance...
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Do-It-Yourselfers Inspire Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley
In the shadow of Internet monoliths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building...
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Homeland Security Struggles to Tempt, Retain Cyber Talent
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is struggling to hire cybersecurity experts.
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Nsa Infiltrated Rsa Security More Deeply Than Thought Study
Security industry pioneer RSA adopted not just one but two encryption tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, greatly increasing the spy agency's...
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It's Cool to Be a Geek, Eu Tells Women
The European Commission has created a new campaign to attract women to the information and communications technology sector.
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DDoS Cyber Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter, More Damaging
Crashing websites and overwhelming data centers, a new generation of cyber attacks is costing millions and straining the structure of the Internet.
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Telecom Firms Mine For Gold in Big Data Despite Privacy Concerns
Last year's revelations over the U.S. tapping of phone and internet data gave telecoms firms pause for thought over whether they should sell their "big data" for...
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Fbi Warns Retailers to Expect More Credit Card Breaches
The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious...
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Academics Devise Formula to Gauge How Well .s. Regulators Listen
RegRank is an algorithm that measures how well public feedback is received and incorporated into the rules for Wall Street traders.
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Apps For Mobile Viewing Challenge Cable Operators, Tv Networks
U.S. cable and satellite television operators, already locking horns with programmers over subscriber fees, are now squaring off over the mobile apps that viewers...
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China Bitcoin Arbitrage Ends As Traders Work Around Capital Controls
The price gap between bitcoins trading in Chinese yuan and those sold for other currencies has evaporated in recent days, highlighting the porous nature of China's...
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Supreme Court to Decide on Patent Protections For Software
The Supreme Court agreed last Friday to rule on the divisive issue of what kinds of software are eligible for patent protection in a case being closely watched...
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China Bars Banks from Bitcoin Transactions
China's government banned financial institutions from trading in bitcoin on Thursday, in what analysts said was a restrained first step towards regulating the digital...
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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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Haunted House Business Gets Boost As Techs p Thrill Ante
Ed Terebus was an 18-year-old high school student when he and his big brother Jim, a laid-off auto worker, decided to build their first haunted house 34 years ago...
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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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Big Data Heralds Return of the Cray Supercomputer
"Big data" means big computers, and good news for Cray Inc.
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