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The Growing Need For More Women Cybersleuths
The recent rash of online hacks highlights a mounting need for cybersecurity professionals, including women.
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.s. Court Rules For Government Over Nsa Metadata Collection Program
A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial...
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Interstellar Seeds Could Create Oases of Life
We only have one example of a planet with life: Earth. But within the next generation, it should become possible to detect signs of life on planets orbiting distant...
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Tool Makes It Easier to Evade Online Censors
After the huge chemical explosion in Tianjin, China, this month, two cleanup efforts began.
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Nine Real Nasa Technologies in 'the Martian'
Mars has held a central place in human imagination and culture for millennia.
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The Fingerprints of Sea Level Rise
When you fill a sink, the water rises at the same rate to the same height in every corner. That's not the way it works with our rising seas.
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New Javascript-Based Language Brings the Speed
Oslo, Norway-based developer Sindre Aarsaether sees tags and selectors as a key differentiator for Imba, a speedy JavaScript-based language for the Web.
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Iit-Bombay Team Creates Program to Detect Drunk Text Message Writers
A new program can detect if someone is drunk by reading their text messages.
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Washu Computer Scientist Considers Competition's Effect on Social Welfare
Sanmay Das has received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to use novel methods to model the dynamics of competing platforms in defined sectors.
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Warming Seas and Melting Ice Sheets
Sea level rise is a natural consequence of the warming of our planet.
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Biohackers Gear p For Genome Editing
A complete lack of formal scientific training has not kept Johan Sosa from dabbling with one of the most powerful molecular-biology tools to come along in decades...
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Before a Robot Takes Your Job, You'll Be Working Side By Side
That's the takeaway from a new report by Forrester Research, Inc.
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Should Cops Be Allowed to Take Control of Self-Driving Cars?
A few lines in a seemingly routine RAND Corp. report on the future of technology and law enforcement last week raised a provocative question: Should police have...
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Researchers Tackle Issues Surrounding Security Tools for Software Developers
North Carolina State University researchers are seeking to address aspects of security tools for software developers.
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Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies
In the fall of 2008, Louis C.K. was a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and delivered a soon-to-be-viral rant called "Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy...
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Court Says the Ftc Can Slap Companies For Getting Hacked
For companies like the dating site Ashley Madison or the health insurer Anthem, financial loss, customer anger and professional embarrassment aren't the only consequences...
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In a Data-Driven N.f.l., the Pings May Soon Outstrip the X's and O's
When 80,000 fans pack MetLife Stadium each time the Giants and the Jets play this season, they are unlikely to notice the 22 new radio receivers placed discreetly...
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Reflective Satellites May Be the Future of High-End Encryption
Quantum key distribution is regularly touted as the encryption of the future. While the keys are exchanged on an insecure channel, the laws of physics provide a...
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Facebook Open-Sources Hack Codegen
Facebook has open-sourced its library for automatically generating Hack code, a more scalable version of PHP.
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