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Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House
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Cyberthreat Posed By China and Iran Confounds White House

A question from a member of the Pentagon’s new cyberwarfare unit the other day prompted President Obama to voice his frustration about America's seeming inability...

Brain-Controlled Smart Home Lets You Turn the Tv On By Thinking
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Brain-Controlled Smart Home Lets You Turn the Tv On By Thinking

Feeling cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel.

The Milky Way's Missing Mass: Partially Found
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The Milky Way's Missing Mass: Partially Found

Giant galaxies such as the Milky Way and Andromeda consist mostly of exotic dark matter.

With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology
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With 'brandeis' Project, DARPA Seeks to Advance Privacy Technology

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's new "Brandeis" program seeks to shield individual privacy instead of infringing on it.

Scientists Propose App That Detects Emotions Based on Walking Style
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Scientists Propose App That Detects Emotions Based on Walking Style

Researchers at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are developing a methodology to identify a person's emotional state based on the way they walk.

Nasa's Lro Discovers Earth's Pull Is 'massaging' Our Moon
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Nasa's Lro Discovers Earth's Pull Is 'massaging' Our Moon

In August, 2010, researchers using images from LRO's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) reported the discovery of 14 cliffs known as "lobate scarps" on the moon's surface...

Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes
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Mars Panorama from Curiosity Shows Petrified Sand Dunes

Some of the dark sandstone in an area being explored by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows texture and inclined bedding structures characteristic of deposits that...

How the Nfl—not the Nsa—is Impacting Data Gathering Well Beyond the Gridiron
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How the Nfl—not the Nsa—is Impacting Data Gathering Well Beyond the Gridiron

As guards were going so far as to check inside NFL fans' wallets as part of routine security measures before a recent preseason game at Levi's Stadium, a different...

This Helmet Will Make F-35 Pilots Missile-Slinging Cyborgs
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This Helmet Will Make F-35 Pilots Missile-Slinging Cyborgs

Much rightful snark and scorn has been thrown at the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, the multi-multi-multi-billion dollar jet meant to be the mainstay of...

First Detailed Public Map of ­.s. Internet Backbone Could Make It Stronger
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First Detailed Public Map of ­.s. Internet Backbone Could Make It Stronger

It may not look like much at first glance, but a map created by University of Wisconsin computer science professor Paul Barford and about a dozen colleagues took...

New Photonic Chips Could Transform How Online Data Is Sent and Stored
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New Photonic Chips Could Transform How Online Data Is Sent and Stored

The European Union-funded IRIS project has developed new photonic silicon chips offering higher bandwidth, and data center operators will be key potential end users...

New Pluto Images from Nasa's New Horizons: It's Complicated
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New Pluto Images from Nasa's New Horizons: It's Complicated

New close-up images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their...

The Tiniest Lego: A Tale of Nanoscale Motors, Rotors, Switches and Pumps
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The Tiniest Lego: A Tale of Nanoscale Motors, Rotors, Switches and Pumps

The robot moves slowly along its track, pausing regularly to reach out an arm that carefully scoops up a component.

The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones
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The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones

Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...

Vint Cerf Wants Your Help Re-Imagining the Internet
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Vint Cerf Wants Your Help Re-Imagining the Internet

Google chief Internet evangelist and former ACM president Vint Cerf is starting a new project to solicit ideas from the public about how to improve the Internet...

Get Ready to Live in a Trillion-Device World
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Get Ready to Live in a Trillion-Device World

University of California, Berkeley professor Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli predicts the world will be completely suffused with tiny sensors within 10 years. 

New Wearable Technology Can Sense Appliance ­se, Help Track Carbon Footprint
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New Wearable Technology Can Sense Appliance ­se, Help Track Carbon Footprint

University of Washington researchers have developed wearable technology that can sense what devices and vehicles the user interacts with throughout the day.

Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.s. Over Data Access
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Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.s. Over Data Access

In an investigation involving guns and drugs, the Justice Department obtained a court order this summer demanding that Apple turn over, in real time, text messages...

How International Monitors Spot Nukes and Other Rumblings
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How International Monitors Spot Nukes and Other Rumblings

The ultimate nightmare for critics of the Iran nuclear deal being debated in Congress is that somehow, despite the agreement and all its built-in safeguards, Iran...

The Smart Ui Design Behind Apple’s Frictionless 3D Touch
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The Smart Ui Design Behind Apple’s Frictionless 3D Touch

Midway through Apple's demonstration of the new iPhone 6S, Craig Federighi took an emergency selfie.
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