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How a Single Car Could Spread Malware to Thousands More
Over the last summer, the security research community has proven like never before that cars are vulnerable to hackers—via cellular Internet connections, intercepted...
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That Big Security Fix For Credit Cards Won't Stop Fraud
Tomorrow is the deadline that Visa and MasterCard have set for banks and retailers across the U.S. to roll out a new system for more secure bank cards with microchips...
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Github Open Sources a Tool That Teaches Students to Code
GitHub, which has long been a fixture of the coding world, increasingly is becoming an integral part of coding education.
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Vw Could Fool the Epa, But It Couldn't Trick Chemistry
For decades, automakers have been caught between building an engine that squeezes a lot of energy out of the fuel it burns and one that has low emissions.
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Whoa. Microsoft Is sing Linux to Run Its Cloud
Microsoft has cozied up to the open source community in recent years.
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Google Is 2 Billion Lines of Code—and It's All in One Place
How big is Google? We can answer that question in terms of revenue or stock price or customers or, well, metaphysical influence.
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This Helmet Will Make F-35 Pilots Missile-Slinging Cyborgs
Much rightful snark and scorn has been thrown at the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the multi-multi-multi-billion dollar jet meant to be the mainstay of...
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The Smart Ui Design Behind Apple’s Frictionless 3D Touch
Midway through Apple's demonstration of the new iPhone 6S, Craig Federighi took an emergency selfie.
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Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding
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Court Says the Ftc Can Slap Companies For Getting Hacked
For companies like the dating site Ashley Madison or the health insurer Anthem, financial loss, customer anger and professional embarrassment aren't the only consequences...
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Something Deep Inside Pluto Is Replenishing Its Atmosphere
Pluto has a problem: Its thin, nitrogen atmosphere shouldn't be there.
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100 Yearly Drug Sales
After more than four years and two giant law enforcement busts, the Dark Web's drug market is still just as robust as it was during the Silk Road's heyday.
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Code 'transplant" Could Revolutionize Programming
A new software tool is capable of automatically isolating the code of a feature in one program and "transplanting" it into another program.
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This Hacker's Tiny Device nlocks Cars and Opens Garages
The next time you press your wireless key fob to unlock your car, if you find that it doesn’t beep until the second try, the issue may not be a technical glitch...
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Researchers Create First Firmware Worm That Attacks Macs
Researchers discovered Mac computers can be affected by known firmware bugs, and created a proof-of-concept worm.
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Hackers Can Disable a Sniper Rifle—Or Change Its Target
Put a computer on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman.
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Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone
The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security.
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What We're Really Looking At When We Look at Pluto
The images of Pluto that the New Horizons probe beamed across 3 billion miles of hard vacuum are, in a word, breathtaking.
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After Jeep Hack, Chrysler Recalls 1.4m Vehicles For Bug Fix
Welcome to the age of hackable automobiles, when two security researchers can cause a 1.4 million product recall.
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