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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments se to Hijack Phones
A study of tools used by law enforcment and intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on computer and mobile phone users revealed a wide range of functions. ...
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Google Glass Snoopers Can Steal Your Passcode With a Glance
Newly developed software uses video from wearable devices such as Google Glass and smartwatches to read PIN codes typed onto an iPad from almost 10 feet away.
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments se to Hijack Phones
Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement...
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Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity
No one ever accused Mark Zuckerberg of standing pat.
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Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars
The hacker in the Italian Job did it spectacularly.
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Watch the Astounding Dexterity of Honda's Dancing Humanoid Robot
Even in today's rapidly evolving world of technology, there are few things that make your jaw drop when you see them in real life.
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How the U.s. Built the World's Most Ridiculously Accurate Atomic Clock
Throw out that lame old atomic clock that's only accurate to a few tens of quadrillionths of a second.
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Hypnotic Art Shows How Patterns Emerge From Randomness in Nature
British mathematician Alan Turing is perhaps best known for the Turing test, which determines if a computer can be considered intelligent based on whether it can...
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This Underwater Microphone Could Find the Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
Authorities are all but certain Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down in the south Indian Ocean in water that may be as deep as 23,000 feet.
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You Can Take Selfies of Your Aorta With This Mini Camera
Scientific studies of selfies have yielded interesting insights on personalities, gender differences, and national moods, but scientist F. Levent Degertekin has...
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Inside the New Arms Race to Control Bandwidth on the Battlefield
An electromagnetic mystery in northern Iraq changed the course of Jesse Potter's life.
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Europa Mission Gets Boost from President's New Nasa Budget
A dedicated mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, one of the best bets for life beyond Earth in our solar system, has inched a little closer to reality today.
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Netflix Is Building an Artificial Brain sing Amazon's Cloud
Nothing beats a movie recommendation from a friend who knows your tastes.
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Tim Berners-Lee: We Need to Re-Decentralize the Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee called on the public to refocus on a decentralized, open Internet.
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Menthal App Reveals Just What a Screen Addict You've Become
A new app will allow smartphone owners to determine how much time they spend on their devices.
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Target Got Hacked Hard in 2005. Here's Why They Let It Happen Again
A gang of shadowy hackers tears through the systems of big-box retailers, making off with millions of credit and debit card numbers in a matter of weeks and generating...
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Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
Geoffrey Hinton was in high school when a friend convinced him that the brain worked like a hologram.
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The Malware That Duped Target Has Been Found
The malicious program used to compromise Target and other companies was part of a widespread operation using a Trojan tool known as Trojan.POSRAM, according to...
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Out in the Open: An Nsa-Proof Twitter, Built With Code From Bitcoin and Bittorrent
Miguel Freitas is building a decentralized social network called Twister, which no single entity should be able to shut down.
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