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Why Do the Feds sually Try to nlock Phones? It's Drugs, Not Terrorism
Until the FBI backed down from its battle with Apple over accessing the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, it seemed the agency had chosen...
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How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...
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How Google Deepmind Plans to Solve Intelligence
Padded walls, gloomy lighting, and a ceiling with floral wallpaper.
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The Apple-Fbi Battle Is Over, But the New Crypto Wars Have Just Begun
Apple's standoff with the FBI unfolded over the course of several weeks, but ended in a matter of days.
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Could a Computer Tell You When Your Time Is p?
A team from the University of East Anglia will use big data to predict how long people will live.
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Where's the Lane? Self-Driving Cars Confused By Shabby .s. Roadways
Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event...
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'mixed Reality' Technology Brings Mars to Earth
What might it look like if you were walking around on Mars?
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Soldier Shoots Down Drone with Cyber Rifle at Defense Secretary's Feet
A coding (but not smoking) gun.
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Apple's New Challenge: Learning How the .s. Cracked Its Iphone
Now that the United States government has cracked open an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino, Calif., mass shooting without Apple's help, the...
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Bitcoin Technology's Next Big Test: Trillion-Dollar Repo Market
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., a firm at the center of Wall Street’s trading infrastructure, is about to give the technology behind bitcoin a big test: seeing...
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Why Isis Is Winning the Social Media War
Early last December, two days after Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik murdered 14 people at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, the married couple’s landlord...
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American Tech Giants Face Fight in Europe Over Encrypted Data
Silicon Valley's battle over encryption is heading to Europe.
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Massive Network of Robotic Ocean Probes Gets Smart pgrade
The Southern Ocean guards its secrets well. Strong winds and punishing waves have kept all except the hardiest sailors at bay.
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Apple's Encryption Battle with nited States Still Alive in Brooklyn
The U.S. Department of Justice will disclose over the next two weeks whether it will continue with its bid to compel Apple Inc to help access an iPhone in a Brooklyn...
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Apple Likely Can't Force Fbi to Disclose How It Got Data from Seized Iphone
The US government isn't saying whether it will divulge to Apple the method it used to access the locked iPhone seized by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
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.s. Says It Has nlocked Iphone Without Apple, Ending Lawsuit
The Justice Department said Monday that it had found a way to unlock an iPhone without help from Apple, allowing the agency to withdraw its legal effort to compel...
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Massive Robots Keep Docks Shipshape
At one of the busiest shipping terminals in the U.S., more than two dozen giant red robots wheeled cargo containers along the docks on a recent morning, handing...
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Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks
In a nod to extraterrestrial mountaineers of the future, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have identified the highest point on Saturn's largest moon...
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Software Flags 'Suicidal' Students, Presenting Privacy Dilemma
Ken Yeh is the director of technology at Ontario Christian Schools, a private K-12 school near Los Angeles with about 100 children per grade.
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