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How Daimler Built the World's First Self-Driving Semi
Christian Urban waves his hands to make a point, then looks at his nails and cracks wise about needing a manicure.
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Holograms Could Bring Videogame-Like Navigation to Your Car
There are plenty of ways to get directions in the car, but most have one big shortcoming.
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Microsoft Shows Hololens' Augmented Reality Is No Gimmick
Microsoft demonstrated how far its augmented-reality HoloLens wonderland project has come.
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Researchers Plan to Demonstrate a Wireless Car Hack This Summer
A note of caution to anyone who works on the security team of a major automobile manufacturer: Don't plan your summer vacation just yet.
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Computers That Know How You Feel Will Soon Be Everywhere
Sometime next summer, you'll be able to watch a horror series that is exactly as scary as you want it to be—no more, no less.
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Google's Search pdated Will Remake the Web in Its Own Image
Some people are calling it Mobilegeddon.
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An App That Hides Secret Messages in Starcraft-Style Games
Stony Brook University researchers are developing a prototype tool they believe will be able to send encoded messages using real-time strategy computer games.
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Hackers Could Commandeer New Planes Through Passenger Wi-Fi
Seven years after the Federal Aviation Administration first warned Boeing that its new Dreamliner aircraft had a Wi-Fi design that made it vulnerable to hacking...
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Snowden's 'sexy Margaret Thatcher' Password Isn't So Secure
Edward Snowden appears to have a thing for the late British conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher. And his obsession may even be clouding his famously paranoid...
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Mlb Is Supercharging Its Stats System with Radar and AI
For all the Brad Pitt-fueled hype, sabermetric analysis is still only as good as the systems that capture data from the field—who hit what to whom.
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See How Diseases Spread in These Mesmerizing Graphics
You're an H1N1 influenza virus—swine flu—just hanging out in Hanoi, Vietnam. But now it's time to spread and infect.
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This Air Force Tech Could've Averted the Germanwings Crash
An old aviators' joke goes like this: In the future, airline cockpit crews will consist of one pilot and a dog. The pilot is there to feed the dog, the dog is there...
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Nvidia's Powerful New Computer Helps Teach Cars to Drive
As cars get smarter and creep ever-closer to driving themselves, the software that makes infotainment systems and adaptive cruise control work is becoming as important...
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Voice Control Will Force an Overhaul of the Whole Internet
Jason Mars built his own Siri and then he gave it away.
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The Philae Comet Lander Might Have Enough Power to Wake Up
In November, a spacecraft made a dramatic, first-ever landing on a comet—three times.
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A Robot That Collapses nder Pressure (in a Good Way)
If NASA plans to send robots to other planets, it's going to need some new designs: ones that are easy to land, easy to move around, and easy to fix.
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How to Sabotage Encryption Software (and Not Get Caught)
In the field of cryptography, a secretly planted "backdoor" that allows eavesdropping on communications is usually a subject of paranoia and dread.
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Surprise! America Already Has a Manhattan Project For Developing Cyber Attacks
"What we really need is a Manhattan Project for cybersecurity." It's a sentiment that swells up every few years in the wake of some huge computer intrusion—most...
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Spies Can Track You Just By Watching Your Phone's Power se
A new paper from a team of researchers found it is possible to determine an Android phone's location and movement by monitoring and analyzing its power consumption...
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