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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Brain Power
A "kick" during the World Cup opening ceremonies shows the progress of helping the paralyzed to move again.
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Massachusetts High Court Orders Suspect to Decrypt His Computers
Massachusetts' top court ruled, in a 5-2 decision on Wednesday, that a criminal suspect can be ordered to decrypt his seized computer.
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Major Ruling Shields Privacy of Cellphones
In a sweeping victory for privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesdayunanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones...
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The Quest For Ethical Algorithms
Imperial College Intelligent Systems and Networks Group deputy head Jeremy Pitt is working to endow algorithms with a sense of ethics.
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Computer Spots Rare Diseases in Family Photos
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos.
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Statistical Tricks Extract Sensitive Data From Encrypted Communications
Private information can be obtained from encrypted communications using a technique known as traffic analysis to find patterns in the data stream.
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The Secret Formula to Successful Online Dating
Researchers have studied the behavior of 200,000 people on Chinese dating site Baihe.com to gain insight into how successful online matches are made.
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Google Glass Snoopers Can Steal Your Passcode With a Glance
Newly developed software uses video from wearable devices such as Google Glass and smartwatches to read PIN codes typed onto an iPad from almost 10 feet away.
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments se to Hijack Phones
Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement...
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These Psychedelic Images Find Order Amid Chaos
What do you see when you look at these images?
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year—687 Earth days—on June 24, having accomplished the mission's main goal of determining whether Mars once...
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Shortage of Cybersecurity Professionals Poses Risk to National Security
The nationwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals is posing risks for national and homeland security, according to a RAND Corporation study.
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Former Nsa Chief Mike Mcconnell Says Culture, Not Tech, Is Key to Cyber Defense
John M. (Mike) McConnell says that technology alone isn't enough to secure corporate networks from pervasive and increasingly damaging cyberattacks.
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nblinking Eyes Track Employees
A digital Big Brother is coming to work, for better or worse.
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Indoor Gps Is the Final Frontier of Personalized Navigation
Labs in the U.S. and U.K. are working on next-generation GPS that's so cool, it won't even use satellites.
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Columbia Engineering Team Finds Thousands of Secret Keys in Android Apps
Columbia University researchers have discovered a security problem in Google Play.
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Hackers Reverse-Engineer Nsa's Leaked Bugging Devices
Security researchers have reverse-engineered some of the wireless spying devices used by the U.S. National Security Agency.
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The Game Theory of Life
An insight borrowed from computer science suggests that evolution values both fitness and diversity.
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As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise
From driverless cars to delivery drones, a new generation of robots is about to revolutionize the way people work, drive and shop.
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