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Early STEM Education Will Lead to More Women in It
Girls Who Code says schools must develop mandatory computer science programs for K-12 if the technology industry wants more women in its workforce.
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DHS Turns to Mentors to Strengthen Cyber Workforce
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has adopted a rotation and mentorship strategy to help find and develop qualified cybersecurity professionals.
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While Warning of Chinese Cyberthreat, .s. Launches Its Own Attack
The U.S. government has long complained about Chinese hacking and cyberattacks, but new documents show that the National Security Agency managed to penetrate the...
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Getting to Know ... Jason
The JASON group is a low-profile, high-level adviser to the U.S. government on defense, science, and technology.
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How Gmail Happened: The Inside Story of Its Launch 10 Years Ago Today
If you wanted to pick a single date to mark the beginning of the modern era of the web, you could do a lot worse than choosing Thursday, April 1, 2004, the day...
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Teen to Government: Change Your Typeface, Save Millions
A Pittsburgh-area middle school student says his school district can save up to $21,000 annually by printing documents exclusively in the Garamond font.
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Nsa Infiltrated Rsa Security More Deeply Than Thought Study
Security industry pioneer RSA adopted not just one but two encryption tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, greatly increasing the spy agency's...
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How Far Will the Supreme Court Go to Stop Patent Trolls?
What kinds of software—if any—deserve a patent?
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In New Case, Supreme Court Revisits the Question of Software Patents
If you write a book or a song, you can get copyright protection for it. If you invent a pill or a better mousetrap, you can patent it.
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Search For Lost Jet Is Complicated By Geopolitics and Rivalries
The frantic hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been, in one way, a nearly miraculous display of international collaboration: 26 nations, many of them rivals...
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Consortium Wants Standards For 'internet of Things'
Attention: Internet of Things. For better or worse, big boys are in the room.
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Which College—and Which Major—will Make You Richest?
A Bachelor of Science from Harvey Mudd College, the small California science and engineering school, is the most valuable college degree in America.
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The Virtual Genius of Oculus Rift
To understand why Oculus Rift matters, it helps to know who John Carmack is.
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College Basketball Data Aplenty for Those Who Can Afford It
When Butler fell a precious few inches short of winning a national championship in 2010, its players took the court during that season believing they were the most...
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A 'crisis' in Online Ads: One-Third of Traffic Is Bogus
Billions of dollars are flowing into online advertising. But marketers also are confronting an uncomfortable reality: rampant fraud.
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N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security Threat
American officials have long considered Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant, a security threat, blocking it from business deals in the United States for...
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Revelations of N.s.a. Spying Cost .s. Tech Companies
Microsoft has lost customers, including the government of Brazil.
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Spinoffs from Spyland
It takes more than a little tradecraft to spin off a startup from the National Security Agency.
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