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China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear from Anti-Terror Law
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China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear from Anti-Terror Law

China's proposed anti-terrorism law will not affect the legitimate interests of technology firms, a top Chinese spokeswoman said Wednesday after U.S. President ...

Why Computers Still Struggle to Tell the Time
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Why Computers Still Struggle to Tell the Time

Despite the extreme precision of most modern computer systems, software engineer George Neville-Neil says it remains difficult for them to accurately tell time. ...

Panoramas for Your Tablet
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Panoramas for Your Tablet

Panoramic video could soon pop up on the screens of smart TVs, smartphones, and tablets. 

This Woman Flew an F-35 Simulator with Her Mind
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This Woman Flew an F-35 Simulator with Her Mind

Jan Scheuermann, a quadriplegic and pioneering patient for an experimental Pentagon robotics program, continues to break ground in freeing the mind from the body...

Testing to Diagnose Power Event in Mars Rover
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Testing to Diagnose Power Event in Mars Rover

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is expected to remain stationary for several days of engineering analysis following an onboard fault-protection action on Feb. 27 that...

How Alien Life Might Look on Saturn's Moon Titan
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How Alien Life Might Look on Saturn's Moon Titan

Alien lifeforms may exist in the solar system but they would look very different to life on Earth, scientists have suggested.

The First Ever Photograph of Light as Both a Particle and Wave
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The First Ever Photograph of Light as Both a Particle and Wave

Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the...

Hunting Black Holes at the South Pole
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Hunting Black Holes at the South Pole

Each of the telescopes that the astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) are currently working to bring into their black-hole-observing, planet-size array...

Innovative, Lower Cost Sensors and Controls Yield Better Energy Efficiency
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Innovative, Lower Cost Sensors and Controls Yield Better Energy Efficiency

A new wireless sensor prototype could reduce the costs of collecting data such as outside air and room temperature, humidity, light level, occupancy, and pollutants...

Six Keys to Sports Analytics
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Six Keys to Sports Analytics

The ninth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) was the biggest meeting yet of sports-data experts: More than 3,100 people attended the event last...

New Research Signals Big Future For Quantum Radar
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New Research Signals Big Future For Quantum Radar

An international research team has developed a prototype quantum radar that could be used to detect objects invisible to conventional systems. 

Linguists Tackle Computational Analysis of Grammar
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Linguists Tackle Computational Analysis of Grammar

University of Chicago researchers are studying natural language morphology in an attempt to develop computers that are better at understanding human language. 

Nasa Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival
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Nasa Spacecraft Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned new images captured on approach to its historic orbit insertion at the dwarf planet Ceres.

Google Wants to Rank Websites Based on Facts Not Links
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Google Wants to Rank Websites Based on Facts Not Links

The internet is stuffed with garbage.

Chip Makers Push New Senses For Smartphones–mobile World
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Chip Makers Push New Senses For Smartphones–mobile World

Smartphones are about to get smarter, chip makers say, exploiting technologies that recognize people, objects and sounds to boost security and take helpful actions...

The Easiest Way to Get Hacked: ­se Phone at Phone Show
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The Easiest Way to Get Hacked: ­se Phone at Phone Show


7 Things Net Neutrality Won't Do
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7 Things Net Neutrality Won't Do

When it comes to the new Net neutrality rules adopted last week by the Federal Communications Commission, people think either that US regulators have liberated...

Qr Codes Engineered Into Cybersecurity Protection
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Qr Codes Engineered Into Cybersecurity Protection

University of Connecticut researchers want to use quick response codes to protect national security. 

Data Mining Indian Recipes Reveals New Food Pairing Phenomenon
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Data Mining Indian Recipes Reveals New Food Pairing Phenomenon

Indian Institute of Technology researchers have created a flavor network in which food ingredients are linked if they appear together in the same recipe. 

Pentagon Shops in Silicon Valley For Game Changers
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Pentagon Shops in Silicon Valley For Game Changers

A small group of high-ranking Pentagon officials made a quiet visit to Silicon Valley in December to solicit national security ideas from start-up firms with little...
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