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New Circuit Material Can Be Stretched and Twisted Like Chewing Gum
Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne researchers say they have developed a new material that enables electronics to be stretched up to four times their original...
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Google: Self-Driving Car Followed 'the Spirit of the Road' Before Accident
Google says it has gained insights concerning a Feb. 14 accident in which one of its autonomous vehicles collided with a city bus in Mountain View, CA.
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Iarpa Wants Smarter Algorithms--Not More of Them
U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity program manager Jacob Vogelstein discusses the economics of his agency using previously rejected algorithms...
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White House Officials Soften Approach at Rsa Conference
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch joined a parade of Obama administration officials to tech's home turf on Tuesday. Their message: National security depends on...
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In Memoriam: Edward J. Mccluskey 1929 – 2016
"A storied engineer who made some of the most important and early contributions to computer hardware design," McCluskey died recently at the age of 86.
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Et Search: Look For the Aliens Looking For Earth
By watching how the light dims as a planet orbits in front of its parent star, NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 1,000 worlds since its launch in...
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In Fighting FBI, Apple Says Free Speech Rights Mean No Forced Coding
The Justice Department wants Apple to write special software to help it break into the iPhone used by one the San Bernardino terrorists.
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Quantum Dot Solids: This Generation's Silicon Wafer?
Quantum dot solids, or crystals made out of crystals, have the potential to usher in a new era in electronics.
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Researchers Grow Cyberforests to Predict Climate Change
A new computer simulation grows realistic forests to determine how drought, warmer weather, and other climate-related changes will affect forests across North America...
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Ny Judge: S Cannot Make Apple Provide Iphone Data
A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Justice Department cannot use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data,...
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Pentagon Starts Aggressive Cyberwar Against Is
Not long after Defense Secretary Ash Carter prodded his cyber commanders to be more aggressive in the fight against Islamic State, the U.S. ramped up its offensive...
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Opportunity Mars Rover Goes Six-Wheeling up a Ridge
NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is working adeptly in some of the most challenging terrain of the vehicle's 12 years on Mars, on a slope of about 30 degrees...
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Automatic Programming Makes Swarm Robots Safer and More Reliable
An automated programming method previously used in manufacturing could make swarm robots more user-friendly and more reliable.
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Computers Can Tell If You're Bored, Shows New Bsms Study
University of Sussex researchers have found computers can read a user's body language to tell whether they are bored or interested in what is on the screen.
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Internet2 at 20: Alive and Kicking
Nearly two decades since its launch, Internet2 continues to run on U.S. university campuses.
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Building Living, Breathing Supercomputers
McGill University researchers says the substance that provides energy to human cells also could be used to power the next generation of supercomputers.
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Report Cites Dangers of Autonomous Weapons
The report warns about a range of real-world risks associated with weapons systems that are completely autonomous.
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Wesley A. Clark, Made Computing Personal, Dies at 88
Clark’s computer designs built a bridge from the era of mainframe systems to personal computers.
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The Frozen Canyons of Pluto's North Pole
This ethereal scene captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft tells yet another story of Pluto's diversity of geological and compositional features—this time in...
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