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How the Internet of Things Got Hacked
There was once a time when people distinguished between cyberspace, the digital world of computers and hackers, and the flesh-and-blood reality known as meatspace...
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The A.i. Anxiety
The world’s spookiest philosopher is Nick Bostrom, a thin, soft-spoken Swede.
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Machines, Lost in Translation: The Dream of Universal Understanding
It was early 1954 when computer scientists, for the first time, publicly revealed a machine that could translate between human languages. It became known as the...
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Nasa and the .s. Air Force Test a New Ground-Based Gps
Anyone who has struggled to pinpoint his or her location in a mall, airport or urban canyon amid skyscrapers has experienced a GPS gap firsthand.
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Four Important Things to Expect in Virtual Reality in 2016
Virtual reality has grown immensely over the past few years, but 2016 looks like the most important year yet: it will be the first time that consumers can get their...
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How Twitter Bots Turn Tweeters Into Activists
A recent Microsoft study details the use of Twitter bots to engage Twitter users with political activism.
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China Set For Quantum Leaps in Spook-Proof Communications
China is on schedule to launch the world's biggest spook-proof quantum communications system in the next six months.
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Legacy Voting Machines Ripe For Tampering, Breakdowns
Nearly every U.S. state is using electronic touchscreen and optical-scan voting systems that are at least a decade old.
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Graphene Proves a Perfect Fit For Wearable Devices
Researchers have developed a method for printing inexpensive, flexible, wireless graphene communication devices directly into clothing and skin.
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A Fish May Hold the Key to More Efficient Wireless Networks
Researchers at the University of Georgia think the eigenmannia, a small South American fish, could hold the solution to radio frequency interference.
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How Anyone Can Explore Mars Through Virtual Reality
Fusion, MIT, and NASA are collaborating on a VR experience that will place users on Mars long before real astronauts reach the Red Planet in the 2030s.
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What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future
Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...
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Stanford Scientists Train Computer Models to Accurately Simulate Nature's Variability
Researchers have developed a way of generating "training images" that can be used to refine models of uncertainty about subterranean physical processes and structures...
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The Billion-Dollar Robot Question--How Can We Make Sure They're Safe?
The advent of unsupervised robots raises the question of how to ensure their safety.
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Apple Seeks to Dethrone Cash, the King of Payments
Apple is getting ready to stake its claim in the rapidly growing person-to-person payments market.
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Roadmap to Safer Cyberspace
Researchers have outlined a strategy for next-generation experimental cybersecurity research in a report commissioned by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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An App to Digitally Detox From Smartphone Addiction: Lock N' Lol
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology researchers have developed an app to help people rein in their impulse to use smartphones.
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How Long ntil We Can Build R2-D2 and C-3po?
Creating socially intelligent, interactive robots such as those depicted in the "Star Wars" films is a challenging proposal.
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.
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