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Will AI Replace Computer Programmers?
Advances in artificial intelligence tools that can code could improve productivity, but portend disruption.
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All Android Devices at Risk of Being Hacked When Installing Os System pdates
Security researchers have uncovered a new class of vulnerabilities in the Android operating system.
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Newest Bug Bounty Touts $10K Rewards, Appeals for Help in Finding Flash Flaws
The Internet Bug Bounty program recently paid $10,000 each to a pair of security researchers for vulnerabilities they found in Flash.
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AI Researcher Says Amoral Robots Pose a Danger to Humanity
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Selmer Bringsjord says understanding morality is increasingly important as robots become smarter and more autonomous. ...
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Gps Tech Built to Find Missing Aircraft Not Always Used
Aviation experts have cited multiple possible reasons for the problems in the multi-country effort to locate the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that dropped off the...
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Cyberattacks Could Paralyze .s., Former Defense Chief Warns
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said a large-scale cyberattack against U.S. infrastructure is "the most serious threat in the 21st century."
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Researchers Plan to se Nano-Satellites as Space Traffic Cops
Researchers are developing a team of small satellites that will serve as traffic cops in space.
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Security Researchers Create ndetectable Hardware Trojans
A new paper shows how integrated circuits used in computers, military equipment, and other critical systems can be compromised during the manufacturing process. ...
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Bug Bounty Program Slates $300k Mobile Hacking Contest For November
Hewlett-Packard Tipping Point's bug bounty program will sponsor the second annual Mobile Pwn2Own contest this fall.
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Kurzweil: Brains Will Extend to the Cloud
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil says human brains will one day extend into the cloud, and it will be possible to selectively erase pieces of memory while keeping...
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Google Raises Ante for Next Chrome Hacking Contest to $2M
Google announced that it will pay up to $2 million for the discovery of major vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser at the Pwnium hacking contest.
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Finalists in Microsoft's $250k Contest Take on 'most-Pressing' Exploit Tactic
Microsoft announced that each of the three finalists in its $250,000 BlueHat Prize security contest came up with different solutions for blocking return-oriented...
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Researchers Can't Identify Programming Language sed in Duqu, Ask For Help
A large portion of the Duqu Trojan was written in an unusual programming language, according to malware experts at Kaspersky Lab.
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Researchers Crack Online Encryption System
An online encryption technique widely used to safeguard email, e-commerce, and other sensitive Internet transactions is crackable, according to a study by U.S....
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Cerf Calls Internet Governance Critical Issue in High Tech
Governance of the Internet is a critical issue for the high-tech world, says Internet pioneer Vint Cerf.
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Argonne Researchers 'hack' Diebold E-Voting System
Argonne National Laboratory researchers recently demonstrated how the Diebold Accuvote TS machine can be hacked using inexpensive, widely available electronic...
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Ten Years After 9/11, Cyber Attacks Pose National Threat, Committee Says
Catastrophic cyberattacks are a very real threat to U.S. security, according to a study from the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group...
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Researchers Show Off Homemade Spy Drone at Black Hat
Security researchers Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins recently unveiled the Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform, a remote controlled unmanned aerial vehicle that...
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Massive Botnet 'indestructible,' Say Researchers
A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say. "TDL-4," the name for both the...
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Ibm's New Future: Quantum Computing
Over the next 20 years, the potential of quantum computing could lead to a development boom in chip and hardware design similar to what Silicon Valley experienced...
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