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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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No, Nsa Phone Spying Has Not Ended
At 11:59 P.M. on Saturday night, the U.S. National Security Agency supposedly yanked the cord on its bulk telephone records collection, thereby ending an expansive...
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Email Security Improving, but Far From Perfect
A new report observes that email security has improved significantly in the past two years, although widespread issues remain.
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Nsa to Shut Down Bulk Phone Surveillance Program By Sunday
The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans' phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted...
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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Medical Devices That Are Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
When you think about the Internet of Things, you probably think of smart refrigerators and smart electric meters, not smart pacemakers, insulin pumps, and x-ray...
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The Computer That Knows What You're Thinking
We have all done it; put a rictus grin on our faces while inside we are burning with anger.
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When Data Is Not Enough
Reproducibility of code is increasingly crucial to verifying scientific claims.
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Technology Brings Online Education in Line with Campus Programs
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.
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Isis' Opsec Manual Reveals How It Handles Cybersecurity
In the wake of the Paris attacks, US government officials have been vocal in their condemnation of encryption, suggesting that US companies like Apple and Google...
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Paris Attacks Fan Encryption Debate
White House and congressional staffers have asked Silicon Valley executives for new talks in Washington, D.C., to resolve a standoff over encrypted communication...
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What Are Your Apps Hiding?
Researchers have found the user experience is largely unaffected by much of the data transferred between the top 500 free Google Android cellphone applications. ...
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Millions of Sensitive Records Exposed By Mobile Apps Leaking Back-End Credentials
Researchers have found thousands of mobile applications implement cloud-based, back-end services in a way that lets anyone access sensitive records created by users...
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Researchers Develop System to Control Information Leaks From Smartphone Apps
Northeastern University researchers say they have found "extensive" leakage of users' information into network traffic from apps on mobile devices.
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Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris Attacks
The Paris attacks have revived a debate between U.S. intelligence officials and Silicon Valley over opening a "back door" to decode encrypted data and conversations...
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Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy
Last month, I met Edward Snowden in a hotel in central Moscow, just blocks away from Red Square.
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Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
Federal courts have long given the government leeway to surveil and collect so-called "non-content" data—records of the senders and recipients of calls and emails...
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Baidu, the 'chinese Google,' Is Teaching AI to Spot Malware
Andrew Ng picks up his iPhone and opens an app called FaceYou.
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System Recognizes Objects Touched By User, Enabling Context-Aware Smartwatch Apps
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research have developed technology to enable smartwatches to recognize the kinds of objects users .
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The Nsa School: How the Intelligence Community Gets Smarter, Secretly
Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping center one day: "Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him."
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