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How Times Square Works
When we stepped out onto the roof, the wind whipped me sideways, and it took me a second to get my bearings.
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Finally, a Way to Teach Coding to the Touchscreen Generation
First came Generation X. Then the Millennials. And if you have kids under 10, you already know what they're going to be called: the Touchscreen Generation.
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How 'game of Thrones' Will Predict the Next Bin Laden
A research team has developed a method of statistical analysis they say can better predict the outcomes of targeted killings of terrorists by drones, and potentially...
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Nasa Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations...
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Why Many Programmers Don't Bother Joining the ACM
Earlier this month Vint Cerf, co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol and current Google vice president, openly asked professional programmers for feedback regarding...
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The Nsa's Cyber-King Goes Corporate
Keith Alexander, the recently retired director of the National Security Agency, left many in Washington slack-jawed when it was reported that he might charge companies...
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Cheering Robots Replace Real Fans at Korean Baseball
The Hanwha Eagles Korean baseball team has equipped its stadium with robots that fans who are unable to attend the games can control over the Internet.
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If You Want to Be Rich and Powerful, Majoring in STEM Is a Good Place to Start
Early education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics builds some of the key competencies necessary for success.
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Specialists Gather in Praise of Logic
The Vienna Summer of Logic combined a number of conferences into a scientific and cultural mega-event.
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The Weird Reasons Why People Make p False Identities on the Internet
Sockpuppetry—using false identities for deception—is centuries old, but the advent of the web has made creating sockpuppets, and falling for their tricks, easier...
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How Spy Agencies Keep Their 'toys' from Law Enforcement
A little over a decade ago, federal prosecutors used keystroke logging software to steal the encryption password of an alleged New Jersey mobster, Nicodemo Scarfo...
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Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet, Looks Forward--and Back
Former ACM president Vint Cerf recently discussed the ways technology, the Internet, and he himself have changed over the decades.
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The CIA Fears the Internet of Things
A deputy director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said that organization is concerned about the unintended security implications of the Internet of Things...
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Electronic Nose Could Aid in Rescue Missions
A new artificial intelligence-based device enables multiple robotic platforms to follow the path of certain odors.
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Gaia: 'go' For Science
Following extensive in-orbit commissioning and several unexpected challenges, ESA's billion-star surveyor, Gaia, is now ready to begin its science mission.
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The Remarkable Story of the nderwater Internet
In October of 1971, in the midst of the Cold War, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Halibut entered heavily guarded Russian waters in the Sea of Okhotsk.
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Meet the Online Tracking Device That Is Virtually Impossible to Block
A new, extremely persistent type of online tracking is shadowing visitors to thousands of top websites, from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn.com.
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Study Shows Role of Media in Sharing Life Events
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers recently studied what happens when people share news via new media. T
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K Computer Runs Largest Ever Ensemble Simulation of Global Weather
Researchers have successfully run 10,240 parallel simulations of global weather on the 10-petaflops K computer--the largest number ever executed.
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