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What Is Tor? Did Police Outfox It?
European police Friday said they had figured out how to pierce an Internet privacy tool used by dissidents, journalists and online drug dealers.
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Google Retools Its Flu Prediction Engine—after Getting It Wrong
It's flu season and Google has some news.
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Accessibility Claims Expected Over Websites
Businesses should brace for a new crop of so-called "accessibility" lawsuits alleging that their commercial websites fail to comply with federal disabled-access...
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The Smithsonian Works to Digitize Millions of Documents
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...
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Google Backs Second Quantum Computing Effort
Scientists can't seem to agree on what a quantum computer is. But the uncertainty hasn't deterred Google from backing a second major effort in the field.
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Okcupid's Co-Founder on Experiments, Data Science and the Myth of the 'unicorn'
Christian Rudder, co-founder and president of the IAC/InterActiveCorp.'s OkCupid, caused a stir recently when he responded to Facebook's news feed controversy with...
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Google's New Moonshot Project: The Human Body
Google Inc. has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body.
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For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work
Sverker Johansson could be the most prolific author you've never heard of.
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D-Wave Wins More Funding For Quantum Computing Push
D-Wave Systems, which has been developing a radically different kind of computer since 1999, has installed a grand total of two systems outside its premises. But...
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Nypd's Facebook Page Shares Its Triumphs
The New York Police Department's Facebook page has taken on a role that was once largely limited to the city's press corps: publishing news articles.
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Chainsaws, Gunshots, and Coughs: Our Smartphones Are Listening
From chainsaws whirring in rainforests to snoring that sounds like chainsaws, entrepreneurs are finding all sorts of creative ways to detect sounds using smartphones...
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Former Nsa Chief Mike Mcconnell Says Culture, Not Tech, Is Key to Cyber Defense
John M. (Mike) McConnell says that technology alone isn't enough to secure corporate networks from pervasive and increasingly damaging cyberattacks.
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Genes in the Cloud: Google Steps Into Autism Research
Google and Autism Speaks will house the sequencing of 10,000 complete genomes and other clinical data with the goal of accelerating research on autism.
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Paper Planes Transform Into Tiny Drones
It took Chuck Pell less than a minute to build his drone.
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Baggage Claim: Airlines Are Winning the War on Lost Luggage
The number of bags delayed, damaged or lost by airlines has fallen by more than half since the industry hit a low point for lost luggage six years ago.
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.
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How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy
Recent research has shown the "uncanny valley" hypothesis for human-robot interaction is overstated.
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Google Invests in Satellites to Spread Internet Access
Google plans to spend more than $1 billion on a group of satellites designed to extend Internet access to unwired regions of the world.
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