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S Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds
The first step in solving any problem is admitting there is one. But a new report from the US Government Accountability Office finds that the Department of Defense...
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Voting Experts: Why the Heck Are People Still Voting Online?
A new study calls online ballots a key weakness in the securing of U.S. election systems, and estimates at least 100,000 Americans cast online ballots in the 2016...
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How Russian Spies Infiltrated Hotel Wi-Fi to Hack Victims p Close
For years, the Kremlin's increasingly aggressive hackers have reached across the globe to hit targets with everything from simple phishing schemes to worms built...
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Researchers Raise Alarm Over se of AI in Immigration, Refugee Decision-Making
Researchers in Canada are concerned about government initiatives to replace human decision-making with artificial intelligence regarding immigrants' human rights...
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This Tech Would Have Spotted the Secret Chinese Chip in Seconds
Researchers have developed a semiautomated system that could have identified in seconds malicious chips reportedly inserted into computer systems by the Chinese...
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The Big Hack: How China sed a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate .S. Companies
In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming...
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Assessing the Impact of Cryptography on Internet Privacy
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman on the relationship between cryptography and Internet privacy, and the impact the Turing Award has had on their lives, at the...
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State-Level Policy for Computer Science Education Continues to Grow
A report by Code.org found many U.S. states are aggressively implementing policies in support of computer science education across K-12 curriculums.
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Feds Force Suspect To nlock An Apple iPhone X With Their Face
It finally happened. The feds forced an Apple iPhone X owner to unlock their device with their face.
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Reducing False Positives in Credit Card Fraud Detection
A new machine learning technique can drastically reduce false positives in fraud-detecting technology that incorrectly flag credit card sales as suspicious.
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Request for Information on pdate to the 2016 National AI R&D Strategic Plan
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Tim Berners-Lee Launched His Vision for an Alternative Web, and His Timing was Impeccable
Tim Berners-Lee has developed an open-source project to give Internet users more control over their data by allowing them to decide which apps may access it.
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Attack on Commonly sed Voting Machine Could Tip an Election, Researchers Find
A malicious hacker could alter the outcome of a U.S. presidential election by taking advantage of numerous flaws in one model of vote-tabulating machine used in...
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Stupid AI: How Humans Can Stop Machines From Falling for Visual Tricks
Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived.
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The Crisis of Election Security
As the midterms approach, America's electronic voting systems are more vulnerable than ever. Why isn't anyone trying to fix them?
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Voting Machine sed in Half of .S. Is Vulnerable to Attack, Report Finds
Election machines used in more than half of U.S. states contain a decade-old flaw that makes them vulnerable to a cyberattack.
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Mobile Websites Can Tap Into Your Phone's Sensors Without Asking
When apps want to access data from your smartphone's motion or light sensors, they often make that capability clear.
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Silicon Valley Finally Pushes for Data Privacy Laws at Senate Hearing
At a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, technology industry representatives argued in favor of implementing federal data privacy laws.
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