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Apple's New App Will Teach the Next Generation How to Code
Apple's new Swift Playgrounds iPad application is designed to teach novices how to code, using the Swift programming language with their mobile devices.
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Clever Tool Shields Your Car From Hacks By Watching Its Internal Clocks
Car-hacking demonstrations tend to get all the glory in the security research community—remotely paralyzing a Jeep on the highway or cutting a Corvette’s brakes...
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Artificial Intelligence Is Setting p the Internet For a Huge Clash With Europe
Neural networks are changing the Internet.
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Google Tests New Crypto in Chrome to Fend Off Quantum Attacks
For anyone who cares about Internet security and encryption, the advent of practical quantum computing looms like the Y2K bug in the 1990s: a countdown to an unpredictable...
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Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law
In the age of big data analytics, the proprietary algorithms web sites use to determine what data to display to visitors have the potential to illegally discriminate...
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China's New Supercomputer Puts the S Even Further Behind
This week, China's Sunway TaihuLight officially became the fastest supercomputer in the world. The previous champ? Also from China.
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Self-Driving Cars Will Teach Themselves to Save Lives—but Also Take Them
If you follow the ongoing creation of self-driving cars, then you probably know about the classic thought experiment called the Trolley Problem.
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A Car's Computer Can 'fingerprint' You in Minutes Based on How You Drive
Data collected from a car's internal computer network, or its CAN bus, can identify its driver based on driving style, a new study has found.
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The White House Is Finally Prepping For an AI-Powered Future
The White House is adamant the government must determine how to regulate and utilize artificial intelligence technology before it gets out of control.
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The Algorithm That Can Predict When a Tsunami Will Strike
Australian National University researchers have developed an algorithm that can recreate the movements of a typical tsunami to determine its threat level.
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The Oracle-Google Case Will Decide the Future of Software
The legal battle between Oracle and Google is about to come to an end, and nothing less is as stake than the future of programming.
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Ibm's Watson Has a New Project: Fighting Cybercrime
IBM's Watson supercomputer hardly needs any more resumé-padding. It’s already wonJeopardy, written a cookbook, and dabbled in revolutionizing healthcare.
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Stingrays, the Spy Tool the Government Tried, and Failed, to Hide
Stingrays, a secretive law enforcement surveillance tool, are one of the most controversial technologies in the government’s spy kit.
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The Critical Hole at the Heart of Our Cell Phone Networks
In February 2014, the US ambassador to Ukraine suffered an embarrassing leak.
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Two Tips to Keep Your Phone's Encrypted Messages Encrypted
End-to-end encryption by default is quickly becoming the new standard for any communications app that claims to care about the privacy of those who use it.
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New Maps Make Aftershocks Look Scarier Than the Main Quake
Aftershocks continue shaking the cities of Kumamoto, Japan and Muisne, Ecuador, almost a week after earthquakes rocked the two cities, frightening residents still...
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Root Is a Little Robot on a Mission to Teach Kids to Code
Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute say their robot is ready to teach both kids and adults how to code.
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Hyper Vision
There is something special happening in a generic office park in an uninspiring suburb near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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A Scheme to Encrypt the Entire Web Is Actually Working
Apple's move to encrypt your iPhone and WhatsApp's rollout of end-to-end encrypted messaging have generated plenty of privacy applause and law enforcement controversy...
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