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Russian Experts Submit 'impenetrable' Smartphone Protection System
Researchers at the National Research Nuclear University in Russia have developed a system of continuous authentication of mobile device users based on behavioral...
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Eight Governors Join Coalition to Expand Computer Science Education
The Governors' Partnership for K-12 Computer Science has added eight new members, bringing the total number of participants to 16 U.S. governors.
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Technique Triggers Electronic Circuits to Self-Destruct
Researchers say they have invented a method for triggering the discreet self-destruction of electronic circuits.
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Scientists Work to Automate Quick Translation of Obscure Languages
Researchers have received a U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity grant to develop an automated tool for translating obscure languages.
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Tech Giants Brace For Europe's New Data Privacy Rule
Over the past two months, Google has started letting people around the world choose what data they want to share with its various products, including Gmail and...
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Your Sloppy Bitcoin Drug Deals Will Haunt You For Years
Perhaps you bought some illegal narcotics on the Silk Road half a decade ago, back when that digital black market for every contraband imaginable was still online...
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Vulnerable Industrial Controls Directly Connected to Internet? Why Not?
Siemens issued an update to a year-old product vulnerability warning for its SIMATIC S7-300 and S7-400 families of programmable logic controllers (PLCs)—industrial...
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Bitcoin Wallets Vulnerable to Security Hacks
Researchers say they have identified some security flaws in communications systems used in popular models of bitcoin wallet.
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Tech Firms Let Russia Probe Software Widely sed By .s. Government
Major global technology providers SAP (SAPG.DE), Symantec (SYMC.O) and McAfee have allowed Russian authorities to hunt for vulnerabilities in software deeply embedded...
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Yale Students Design Chrome Extension to Combat Fake News
Open Mind is a new Google Chrome extension designed to combat fake new.
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The (almost) Complete History of 'fake News'
In record time, the phrase morphed from a description of a social media phenomenon into a journalistic cliche and an angry political slur.
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Major Payment Company: 'fewer and Fewer se Cases' For Bitcoin Payments
Stripe is one of the most popular ways for small online organizations to accept credit card payments. And in 2014 it became one of the first major payment processors...
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Have a Hidden Power Structure, and It's Just Been Revealed
In cryptocurrency circles, calling something "centralized" is an insult.
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Guarding Against the Possible Spectre in Every Machine
The recent disclosure of the Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities is symptomatic of most technology firms following poor supply-chain precautions, says one...
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New Defenses Sought Against Gps Spoofing Attacks
Researchers have received $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to fortify computers and devices against cyberattacks associated with timekeeping...
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Meet Antifa's Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists
Computer science professor Megan Squire has created an array of programs that monitor approximately 400,000 accounts of white nationalists on Facebook and elsewhere...
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The War Over the Value of Personal Data
In a world increasingly dependent on turning personal data into profits, it is unclear how much that data is actually worth.
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Security Fears Spark Crackdown on Chinese Tech
The federal government is taking steps to reduce the presence of some Chinese technology firms in American markets.
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