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Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack Iphone
Apple engineers have begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone using methods similar...
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Can Technology Help S Improve pon Reality?
Imagine walking on Mars and being able to examine rock formations from all angles, or collaborating on the same 3D hologram design with someone thousands of miles...
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Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests
As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.
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Does Apple Win Even If It Loses?
It is a battle for public opinion almost as much as it is for the law.
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Apple Sees Value in Its Stand to Protect Security
It took six years for Apple to persuade China's largest wireless carrier, China Mobile, to sell the iPhone.
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Apple's Fbi Battle Is Complicated. Here's What's Really Going On
The news this week that a magistrate ordered Apple to help the FBI hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooter suspects has polarized the nation—and...
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Ted 2016: Hololens nveils 'teleportation' to Mars
HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.
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Encryption Isn't at Stake, the Fbi Knows Apple Already Has the Desired Key
Apple has been served with a court order at the FBI's request, demanding that it assist the government agency with unlocking an iPhone 5C that was used by Syed...
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John Mcafee Offers To Decrypt San Bernardino Iphone For Fbi And Save America
Eccentric 'cybersecurity legend' John McAfee is on a mission to save America. How so? By cracking the code on that San Bernardino iPhone that's causing such a ruckus...
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How Apple Will Fight the Doj in Iphone Backdoor Crypto Case
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday evening said the US government's legal position on encryption backdoors was setting "a dangerous precedent."
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Q&a: A Look at the Apple vs Justice Dept. Court Fight
A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI break into a work-issued iPhone used by a gunman in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
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Tim Cook Opposes Order For Apple to nlock Iphone, Setting p Showdown
Apple said on Wednesday that it would oppose and challenge a federal court order to help the F.B.I. unlock an iPhone used by one of the two attackers who killed...
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Would You Bet Against Sex Robots? AI 'could Leave Half of World nemployed'
Machines could put more than half the world's population out of a job in the next 30 years, according to a computer scientist who said on Saturday that artificial...
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How Google Searches Pretty Much Nailed the New Hampshire Primary
Google's ability to look into the future of political contests just notched another win: New Hampshire.
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New Report Contends Mandatory Crypto Backdoors Would Be Futile
An estimated 63 percent of the encryption products available today are developed outside US borders, according to a new report that takes a firm stance against...
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Mind-Reading Tech Helps Beginners Quickly Learn to Play Bach
Every potential virtuoso needs a mentor. It just so happens that this one is a computer.
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3D-Printed Display Lets Blind People Explore Images By Touch
Blind and partially sighted people often use tactile displays to interact with computers.
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Fbi Director Says Investigators nable to nlock San Bernardino Shooter's Phone Content
FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday that federal investigators have still been unable to access the contents of a cellphone belonging to one of the killers...
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Your Next New Best Friend Might Be a Robot
One night in late July 2014, a journalist from the Chinese newspaper Southern Weeklyinterviewed a 17-year-old Chinese girl named Xiaoice (pronounced Shao-ice).
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