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Malware Traffic Spikes Preceded Russian and Israeli Conflicts
A study of malware operating on corporate and government networks suggests that the communication patterns of these programs could warn of major conflicts.
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Augmented Reality Gives Physical World a Vrtual Dimension
For some it seems, the world is not enough.
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Meet the Puzzle Mastermind Who Designs Def Con's Hackable Badges
Def Con is one of the world's biggest hacker conventions, an annual gathering of security experts, cryptographers and at least a few people who could surreptitiously...
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Cassini Prepares For Its Biggest Remaining Burn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will execute the largest planned maneuver of the spacecraft's remaining mission on Saturday, Aug. 9. The maneuver will target Cassini...
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Origami Robot Folds Itself p, Crawls Away
For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into...
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Messaging App Lets You Leave Secrets on Street Corners
It's your birthday and a message from a friend suggests you go to a nearby street corner.
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How Wwi Codebreakers Taught Your Gas Meter to Snitch on You
In the depths of night on August 5th 1914 the British Cable Ship Alert took the first significant action of World War I, severing the five German submarine cables...
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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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Wirelessly Charged Microchip Opens Doors Into 'electroceutical' Devices
A Stanford University project uncovered a technique for wirelessly charging tiny devices implanted in the human body to treat illness and alleviate pain.
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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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Simulation Models Optimize Water Power
Researchers are developing information technology to boost the efficiency of water power generation systems.
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10 Technologies That Will Transform Pcs in 2015 and Beyond
There is much to get excited about computers when you consider all the things that go into PCs to make them faster, lighter, more powerful, and more convenient...
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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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