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Nsa Collecting Phone Records of Millions of Verizon Customers Daily
The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers,...
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They're Coming for Your DNA
DNA analysis is the major crime-solving advance of our time.
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Researcher Cracks the Code on What Makes a Tweet Popular
Researchers have built a model to predict how many retweets any given tweet on Twitter will receive.
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This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds
A new program called Plan X is designed to facilitate cyberwarfare executed in a manner similar to playing a video game.
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Robot Arm Wrapped in Sensitive Skin Has Gentle Touch
Researchers have developed a robot arm that navigates by using the sense of touch, rather than trying to avoid bumping into people and objects.
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Cerf Sees a Problem: Today's Digital Data Could Be Gone Tomorrow
Google chief Internet evangelist and ACM president Vint Cerf worries that much of the data generated since the Internet's beginning will be lost over time.
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Fixing America's Patent Problem Means Going Beyond Trolls
The so-called patent troll has become one of the tech industry’s favorite monsters in recent years, and on Tuesday the Obama administration announced it would ...
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This Man Is Not a Cyborg. Yet.
Get right up close to Dmitry Itskov and sniff all you like—you will not pick up even the faintest hint of crazy.
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Presidential Candidate: .s., Israel Wary of Iran's Cyber Power
Supreme Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also a candidate in Iran's presidential election, hailed the Iranian IT engineers and experts for their good...
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Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding
The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500...
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Is Coding the New Second Language?
It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.
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Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook
When Intel worried years ago that its marvelous innovation wasn't being noticed by consumers-at-large, it launched the ubiquitous "Intel Inside" campaign.
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Ibm's Vision For Cognitive Computing Era
IBM is developing computer systems modeled on the human brain that will leverage big data to significantly impact everyday life.
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'blue Waters' Supercomputer Helps Crack Hiv Code
Researchers used the Blue Waters supercomputer to discover the structure of the HIV capsid.
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Html5 Webpage Locks 'would Stifle Innovation'
The Electronic Freedom Foundation objects to the World Wide Web Consortium's plans to include ways to digitally lock media in HTML5.
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Apple Co-Founder Outlines 'human' Computer Vision
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak envisions a future human-like computer "like a person and we can have normal conversations with it."
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Computer Scientists Oppose Oracle's Bid to Copyright Java Apis
Nearly three dozen computer scientists say Oracle's plan to copyright its Java application programming interface would hinder the computer industry and limit access...
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ssr's Old Domain Name Attracts Cybercriminals
The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an 'e-vil empire' is thriving.
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Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.
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