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Scientists Detect 'spoiled Onions' Trying to Sabotage Tor Privacy Network
Computer scientists have identified almost two dozen computers that were actively working to sabotage the Tor privacy network by carrying out attacks that can degrade...
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Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt,...
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Google's Quantum Computer Flunks Landmark Speed Test
Google's quantum revolution is still in the slow lane.
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Laser Looks nder the Surface of Art
Chemists have unveiled a technique that can get under the skin of paintings to provide a three-dimensional analysis of the old masters' works without causing any...
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Why Bitcoin Matters
A mysterious new technology emerges, seemingly out of nowhere, but actually the result of two decades of intense research and development by nearly anonymous researchers...
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Seals Are Scientists' Little Helpers For Collecting Ocean Data
In recruiting a research team, some scientists would do well to include a few seals. Over the past ten years, around 350 of these blubbery mammals—mostly elephant...
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Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
Amazon.com knows you so well it wants to ship your next package before you order it.
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Esa's 'sleeping Beauty' Wakes p from Deep Space Hibernation
It was a fairy-tale ending to a tense chapter in the story of the Rosetta space mission this evening as ESA heard from its distant spacecraft for the first time...
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Marvin Minsky Honored For Lifetime Achievements in Artificial Intelligence
MIT Media Lab professor emeritus Marvin Minsky, 86, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award...
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Moth Drone Stays Rock Steady in Gale-Force Winds
They might not seem at all stable as they batter into light bulbs but moths have inspired an autopilot for drones.
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The Search For the Lost Cray Supercomputer Os
In 1976, famed computer architect Seymour Cray released one of the most successful supercomputers ever made: the Cray-1, a stylish 5.5-ton C-shaped tower that was...
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Experimental Surgery Aims to Revive a Paralyzed Limb
Doctors will attempt to reanimate a patient’s paralyzed arm with a pioneering surgery that involves capturing signals from his brain and restoring movement through...
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Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality (faq)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010 meant to protect...
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The Best Time to Wage Cyberwar
If you discover a way to hack into your enemy's computers, do you strike while the iron is hot, or patiently wait for a better opportunity to arise?
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What the Heck Is a Ram Scraper?
As the mystery around the credit card hacking at retail giants Target and Nieman Marcus continues to unfold, you’re going to start hearing a lot about something...
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This Company Sold Google a Quantum Computer. Here's How It Works.
I thought it would be interesting to hear from D-Wave, a start-up that has raised more than $130 million in venture capital and employs over 100 people.
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Confused About the Nsa's Quantum Computing Project? This MIT Computer Scientist Can Explain.
My Washington Post colleagues have reported on a National Security Agency program to to build a quantum computer.
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