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China's New Satellite Would Create the World's Largest Quantum Network
China's quantum network could soon span two continents, thanks to a satellite launched earlier today. Launched at 1:40PM ET, the Quantum Science Satellite is designed...
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Mind-Controlled Robo-Skeleton Enables Paraplegics to Regain Some Motion
Patients paralyzed by a spinal cord injury can face a grim and grueling recovery process—one in which regaining function is far from a sure thing. But a new study...
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Smart Lighting Follows People
A new low-cost technique allows the use of light-emitting diodes to track people’s locations and gestures within a room.
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Bugs in the System
Bacteria could be used to improve the electronic properties of graphene.
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Artificial Black Hole Creates Its Own Version of Hawking Radiation
Black holes are not actually black. Instead, these gravitational sinks are thought to emit radiation that causes them to shrink and eventually disappear.
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Ironic Windows Vulnerability Shows Why Backdoors Can't Work
Apple's refusal to comply with a court order to help the FBI crack an iPhone highlighted the pressure tech companies face to include backdoors in their software...
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Tim Cook: Running Apple 'is Sort of a Lonely Job'
On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King...
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Envisioning Bitcoin's Technology at the Heart of Global Finance
A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place...
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New Air-Gap Jumper Covertly Transmits Data in Hard-Drive Sounds
Researchers have devised a new way to siphon data out of an infected computer even when it has been physically disconnected from the Internet to prevent the leakage...
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Expensive Drones Take Flying Lessons from Cheaper Stunt Doubles
Some of the best lessons come from the school of hard knocks. But some kit is too delicate or expensive to be subjected to this.
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Robot-Like Machines Helped People with Spinal Injuries Regain Function
Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have made a surprising discovery: Injured people doing brain training while...
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Toward a Better Screen
Researchers say they have designed new blue-light-emitting molecules for organic light-emitting diodes that could dramatically improve displays for TVs, phones,...
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The Robot You Want Most Is Far From Reality
House-cleaning robots will surely be popular, but building one will be a daunting challenge, according to researchers.
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Smart Yogurt and Automatic Warfare? The Future of Computers in America
Groundbreaking achievements in computing are expected in the next 35 years.
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A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens
In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed them todelayed...
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'faceless Recognition System' Can Identify You Even When You Hide Your Face
With widespread adoption among law enforcement, advertisers, and even churches, face recognition has undoubtedly become one of the biggest threats to privacy out...
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Hellish Venus Might Have Been Habitable For Billions of Years
Venus is—without a doubt—Earth's toxic sibling.
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Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found deep, steep-sided canyons on Saturn's moon Titan that are flooded with liquid hydrocarbons.
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