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Personal Firewalls
Researchers find a way to make many implanted medical devices virtually hack-proof.
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Twitter 'Fingerprint' Helps Decode How Individuals Respond to Crises
Purdue niversity researchers have developed an algorithm that analyzes tweets to better understand how users respond to crises.
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Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
Many databases of facial images are compiled by companies and researchers without the knowledge or consent of the owners of those faces.
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Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is Profitable. Most Online Outrage is Faked for Profit'
The founder of the online classifieds site is a survivor of the era of Internet optimism. He rejects the idea his website helped cause journalism's financial crisis...
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C3M Programs a Humanoid Robot to Communicate in Sign Language
Researchers programmed a humanoid robot to communicate in sign language.
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Before Connecting an IoT Device, Check Out a New NIST Report for Cybersecurity Advice
A new report from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to help Internet of Things users protect themselves, their data, and their networks...
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Code in Chinese Surveillance App Analyzed
Travelers entering China from Kyrgyzstan must install an app on their phones, and researchers have analyzed how the app works.
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Over 2,000 Fake Android Apps Discovered
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia found 2,040 counterfeit programs among more than 1 million Google Play apps.
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Harnessing Public Smartphones to Track Drones
A new method of tracking unfamiliar drones leverages consumer smartphones to detect the Wi-Fi signals of nearby drones.
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Eavesdropping on the Brain
Putting sound to thought, to hear what the brain is 'hearing.'
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Keeping Children Safe in 'Internet of Things' Age
Researchers at Lancaster University have developed guidelines to help designers build safeguards into connected devices used by children.
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California Tests a Digital 'Fire Alarm' for Mental Distress
Mindstrong, a Silicon Valley-based venture co-founded by a former director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, is developing an early-warning system...
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It's Surprisingly Easy to Hack the Precision Time Protocol
Researchers at Marist College and IBM have identified a simple but effective way to hack a PTP network, altering the timing of slave clocks by 2,149.5 minutes after...
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First 'Quantum Drone' Takes Off
Researchers at Nanjing University in China have developed a quantum drone to serve as an airborne node in a future quantum network.
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Software to Protect World's Most Endangered Species
Researchers are integrating genetic and environmental databases to help identify species threatened by climate change more accurately.
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A Simple Online System That Could End Plastic Pollution
Bounties Network collected tons of garbage from Manila Bay as part of a pilot project that pays a small network of people in digital currency for such trash.
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Fighting Crime on the Dark Web
The Dark Web presents new challenges for law enforcement officials.
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Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Facebook has unveiled a plan to create an alternative financial system that relies on a new cryptocurrency.
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