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'internet of Things,' Not Privacy, to Dominate at Black Hat
As many as 13 previously unknown vulnerabilities in home Wi-Fi routers and networked storage systems are set to be disclosed at the Black Hat computer security...
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Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley
Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots.
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Rosetta Arrives at Comet Destination
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA's Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System...
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Watch This Wireless Hack Pop a Car's Locks in Minutes
Shims and coat hangers are the clumsy tools of last century's car burglars.
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Hacker Says to Show Passenger Jets at Risk of Cyber Attack
Cyber security researcher Ruben Santamarta says he has figured out how to hack the satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and inflight...
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Experimental Software Allows 3D Object Manipulation in 2d Photos
The scene in Blade Runner is famous: taking a grainy photo, Rick Deckard zooms, enhances and moves around corners just as you would a 3D space.
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Fiendish Million-Dollar Proof Eludes Mathematicians
Is a solution to one of the most important, beautiful and potentially lucrative problems in mathematics right around the corner?
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Rosetta Spacecraft Set For nprecedented Close Study of a Comet
After 10 years and four billion miles, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at its destination on Wednesday for the first extended, close...
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Can Google Build a Typeface to Support Every Written Language?
Google has taken on its fair share of ambitious projects—digitizing millions and millions of books, mapping the whole world, pioneering self-driving cars.
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Nyc Schools to Use Video Games to Teach Computer Coding
Scalable Game Design, a program that teaches kids to code using video games, is being introduced into New York City public schools.
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How Google Scans Your Gmail For Child Porn
John Henry Skillern was arrested last Thursday for the possession of child pornography.
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Twitter Bots Grow p and Take On the World
On 18 July, someone in the Russian government edited Wikipedia.
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Nasa Mars Rover Curiosity Nears Mountain-Base Outcrop
As it approaches the second anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is also approaching its first close look at bedrock that is part of Mount...
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Security Secrets, Dated but Real
Was the National Cryptologic Museum designed using a code of some kind?
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Big Data Firm Says It Can Link Snowden Data to Changed Terrorist Behavior
For nearly a year, U.S. government officials have said revelations from former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden harmed national security and allowed terrorists...
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Where Tech Is Taking s: A Conversation With Intel's Genevieve Bell
Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.
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How Times Square Works
When we stepped out onto the roof, the wind whipped me sideways, and it took me a second to get my bearings.
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Fantasy Footballers and Coaches Rejoice—nfl Players to Wear Rfid Tags
The surveillance society, it seems, is broadening at NFL stadiums.
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Nasa Validates 'impossible' Space Drive
NASA is a major player in space science, so when a team from the agency this week presents evidence that "impossible" microwave thrusters seem to work, something...
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