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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom

Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.

Your Phone Is Blabbing Your Location to Anyone Who Will Listen
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Your Phone Is Blabbing Your Location to Anyone Who Will Listen

Everywhere you go, your phone is sending out signals that can be assembled to form a picture of your movements.

Google Says It Can Guess Movie Box Office Hauls—with 94% Accuracy
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Google Says It Can Guess Movie Box Office Hauls—with 94% Accuracy

Google released a research paper this week showing that the frequency of a movie being searched for on Google and YouTube is a surprisingly accurate indicator of...

There's So Much Data that We're Running Out of Words to Describe It
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There's So Much Data that We're Running Out of Words to Describe It

The world is producing and storing data at such a rate that the day isn't far off when we will literally no longer have a proper way of describing it.

Why Your Next 'passw0rd' Might Not Be a Password
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Why Your Next 'passw0rd' Might Not Be a Password

It's been a rough year for passwords. First, 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were leaked online. Soon after, millions of passwords from eHarmony and Yahoo users...
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