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U.S. Taps Tech Giants to Help Fight Ransomware, Cyberattacks
The Department of Homeland Security enlists Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others to help combat cyberthreats.
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Robocalls Are Out of Control. But That Could All Change Now
As of June 30, all major voice providers in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Comcast, are required to implement technology to minimize illegal robocalls...
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Scientists Count Elephants From Space with Satellites, Computer Smarts
Scientists in the U.K. have developed a technique for counting African elephant populations using satellite camera imagery and a deep learning algorithm.
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Half of Young Women Will Leave Their Tech Job by Age 35, Study Finds
A study found that half of young women who enter the tech workforce exit it by age 35.
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Face Masks are Thwarting Even the Best Facial Recognition Algorithms, Study Finds
Researchers from the U.S. National Institute of Scence and Technology found that face masks are causing facial recognition algorithms to fail as much as 50% of...
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Facebook Built a Fiber-Spinning Robot to Make Internet Service Cheaper
Engineers have developed a robot that can install fiber cables on medium-voltage power lines.
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Hospital Devices Exposed to Hacking with Unsupported Operating Systems
Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks found that 83% of Internet-linked imaging devices in hospitals use outdated software containing known bugs that hackers can...
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Europe's Influence Over .S. Tech Was More Formidable Than Ever in 2018
The influence of the biggest US tech companies is as powerful in Europe as anywhere else in the world. But what sets Europe apart is that the relationship is, to...
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Inside Facebook's Massive Center Storing Your Personal Information
In a vast, dark room, the lights glow a steady green, blue, yellow. I'm not inside the Matrix, but it's not far off.
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Inside Facebook, Twitter and Google's AI Battle Over Your Social Lives
When you sign up for Facebook on your phone, the app isn't just giving you the latest updates and photos from your friends and family.
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Trump Signs Laws to Promote Women in STEM
President Trump on Tuesday signed into law two bills aimed at encouraging women and girls to enter science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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Apple vs. Fbi One Year Later: Still Stuck in Limbo
It's been a year since Apple fought the FBI over data privacy, and we've barely heard a peep from either side on the issue.
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Say Hello to .google and Other Branded Internet Addresses
Google is helping usher in a new way for companies to tout their brand names in the digital realm.
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How the Hell Could the FBI Hack Into That iPhone?
You know that part about the FBI needing Apple's help to unlock a terrorist's iPhone 5C?
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Apple Says Constitution 'forbids' What Fbi Is Asking
Apple shouldn't have to comply with a search order for an iPhone used by one the San Bernardino, California, terrorists because the Constitution forbids it, the...
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To Infinity: How Pixar Brought Computers to the Movies
Ed Catmull's office could be a window into the brain of Pixar.
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To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird
It was about 10 seconds into the robotic spider dance that you had to remind yourself you were watching a presentation by the world's largest chipmaker, Intel.
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Google on Eu Troubles: 'we Don't Always Get It Right'
Google is in hot water in Europe, and its head of European operations is trying to cool things off.
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Inside the Multibillion-Dollar Quest to Make Faster, Cheaper Gadgets
Mark Bohr peers through the yellow-tinted windows outside D1D, one of Intel's secretive computer chip factories housed at its 300-acre campus here, about a 30-minute...
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