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China Quietly Targets .s. Tech Companies in Security Reviews
Chinese authorities are quietly scrutinizing technology products sold in China by Apple and other big foreign companies, focusing on whether they pose potential...
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Largest Study of Online Tracking Proves Google Really Is Watching S All
Researchers at Princeton University say they have conducted the largest study yet on the technology that tracks people's movements around the Web.
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Silicon Valley's Tech Workforce Diversity Has Long Way to Go, Say Feds
Much progress remains before Silicon Valley's technology industry has a truly diverse workforce, says an analysis by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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Want to Buy a Self-Driving Car? Big-Rig Trucks May Come First
Imagine you are driving on a highway late at night when a big-rig truck closes in behind you.
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Abstinence May Not Be the Best Policy For Avoiding Online Risk
A recent study found permitting teenagers to develop their own strategies for coping with risky online situations may be a better strategy than banning Internet...
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You Start 'doing' Diversity By sing the Data
The key to instilling true workplace diversity within an organization is data, according to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.
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Scientists Hold Secret Meeting to Consider Creating a Synthetic Human Genome
Scientists are now contemplating the creation of a synthetic human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes...
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How to Hack the Hackers: The Human Side of Cyber Crime
Say what you will about cybercriminals, says Angela Sasse, "their victims rave about the customer service".
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Pentagon Turns to Silicon Valley For Edge in Artificial Intelligence
In its quest to maintain a United States military advantage, the Pentagon is aggressively turning to Silicon Valley’s hottest technology—artificial intelligence...
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The Internet of Drones Is Coming
A significant barrier to commercial use of drones remains drone traffic density, and Robert J. Hall at AT&T Labs believes the answer lies in an "Internet of drones...
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Young Women in STEM Fields Earn p to One-Third Less Than Men
Women with Ph.D.s in science and engineering fields earn 31 percent less than men one year after they graduate, according to a new study.
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Moore's Law Running Out of Room, Tech Looks For a Successor
For decades, the computer industry has been guided by a faith that engineers would always find a way to make the components on computer chips smaller, faster and...
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Google, -M to Build Digital Tools For Flint Water Crisis
Researchers at Google and the University of Michigan's Flint and Ann Arbor campuses will develop digital tools to help Flint, MI, manage its water crisis.
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The Search for Our Missing Colors
Each year, a group of experts at Pantone, the company best known for its exacting color-matching system, chooses and promotes a Color of the Year that aims to set...
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Not Just Bitcoin: Why the Blockchain Is a Seductive Technology to Many Industries
If you've ever run a business, whether it's an ice cream shop or a Fortune 500 company, then you've probably kept a ledger.
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Promoting Women in Science
Utrecht University professor Lynda Hardman discusses the pressing need to promote participation of women in science in the Netherlands.
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Women in Tech Band Together to Track Diversity, After Hours
Eight prominent women activists from Silicon Valley have unveiled the Project employee diversity campaign.
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Inside the Secret Meeting Where Wall Street Tested Digital Cash
On a recent Monday in April, more than 100 executives from some of the world's largest financial institutions gathered for a private meeting at the Times Square...
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Scientists Teaching Machines to Make Clinical Trials More Successful
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are using machine-learning technology to find better ways to recruit patients for clinical trials.
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