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Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without a Warrant?
The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement...
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How Disinformation and Distortions on Social Media Affected Elections Worldwide
Internet freedom is on the decline for the seventh consecutive year as governments around the world take to distorting information on social media in order to influence...
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Like Magic: The Tech That Goes Into Making Money Harder to Fake
In 2005, shortly after earning a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering, Sam Cape was looking for work online when he came across a cryptic help...
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As Scrutiny Of Social Networks Grows, Influence Attacks Continue In Real Time
The presidential election is long past, but online attacks aimed at shaping the U.S. information environment have kept right on coming.
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Facial Recognition May Boost Airport Security But Raises Privacy Worries
Passengers at Boston's Logan International Airport were surfing their phones and drinking coffee, waiting to board a flight to Aruba recently when a JetBlue agent...
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How a Gene Editing Tool Went From Labs to a Middle-School Classroom
On a Saturday afternoon, 10 students gather at Genspace, a community lab in Brooklyn, to learn how to edit genes.
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Detecting Life In Space: The Red Edge
The universe's "most interesting star" just started acting up again.
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Some Bizarre Black Holes Put On Light Shows
People think of black holes as nightmare vacuum cleaners, sucking in everything in reach, from light to stars to Matthew McConaughey in the movie Interstellar....
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A Year After San Bernardino and Apple-Fbi, Where Are We on Encryption?
The debate over encryption and government access to secured communications dates decades back.
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The Rise of the Drone, and the Thorny Questions that Have Followed
Today in the skies over New Mexico, Air Force students are practicing for the kill.
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Astronomers Are on a Celestial Treasure Hunt. The Prize? Planet Nine
Astronomers think they've discovered a new planet in our solar system.
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Robot-Like Machines Helped People with Spinal Injuries Regain Function
Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have made a surprising discovery: Injured people doing brain training while...
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In Wake of Shootings, Facebook Struggles to Define Hate Speech
In the wake of last week's shootings, Facebook has seen a significant spike in flagged content, with users calling out each other's posts as racist, violent and...
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A Computer Binge-Watched Tv and Learned to Predict What Happens Next
You watch hundreds of hours of television, they call you a lazy slob. A computer does it, and it's a technological success story.
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New Genetic Engineering Method Called Promising — And Perilous
A powerful new technique for changing genes in insects, animals and plants holds great promise, according to a report from an influential panel of scientists released...
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After Moore's Law: Predicting The Future Beyond Silicon Chips
For several decades now, Georgia Tech professor Tom Conte has been studying how to improve computers: "How do we make them faster and more efficient next time around...
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Not Just Bitcoin: Why the Blockchain Is a Seductive Technology to Many Industries
If you've ever run a business, whether it's an ice cream shop or a Fortune 500 company, then you've probably kept a ledger.
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Rules For Cyberwarfare Still nclear, Even as .s. Engages In It
When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter landed in Iraq for a surprise visit this week, he came armed with this news: More than 200 additional U.S. troops are headed...
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.
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