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Future Wars May Depend as Much on Algorithms as on Ammunition, Report Says.
The Pentagon is increasingly focused on the notion that the might of U.S. forces will be measured as much by the advancement of their algorithms as by the ammunition...
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Robots Could Soon Replace Nearly a Third of the U.s. Workforce
The growth of automation will force as many as 70 million workers in the U.S. to find new jobs by 2030, according to a new McKinsey Global Institute study.
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How the Pentagon Is Preparing For the Coming Drone Wars
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary...
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Driverless Cars Promise Far Greater Mobility For the Elderly and People With Disabilities
Autonomous vehicles stand to benefit mobility-challenged seniors and other people with physical, cognitive, and mental disabilities.
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Texas Gunman's Iphone Could Reignite Fbi-Apple Feud Over Encryption
The FBI and Apple are bracing for another potential fight over encryption, this time because of the iPhone of the dead gunman in Sunday's Texas church shooting,...
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Russian Ads, Now Publicly Released, Show Sophistication of Influence Campaign
Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote...
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Twitter Bans Russian Government-Owned News Sites Rt and Sputnik from Buying Ads
Twitter is banning two Russian government-affiliated news sites from advertising on its platform, the social network said Thursday.
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Russians Took a Page from Corporate America By sing Facebook Tool to Id and Influence Voters
Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages to identify American voters susceptible to propaganda, then used a powerful Facebook...
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Russian Facebook Ads Showed a Black Woman Firing a Rifle, Amid Efforts to Stoke Racial Strife
One of the Russian-bought advertisements that Facebook shared with congressional investigators on Monday featured photographs of an armed black woman "dry firing"...
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Underwater 'ironman' Jetpack Lets You Swim Faster Than Michael Phelps
Two Silicon Valley engineers had an ambitious goal: Create an underwater, Ironman-inspired jetpack capable of propelling someone through water faster than Michael...
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U.s. Moves to Ban Kaspersky Software in Federal Agencies Amid Concerns of Russian Espionage
The U.S. government on Wednesday moved to ban the use of a Russian brand of security software by federal agencies amid concerns the company has ties to state-sponsored...
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How Apple Is Bringing US Into the Age of Facial Recognition Whether We're Ready or Not
A whiff of dystopian creepiness has long wafted in the air whenever facial recognition has come up. Books, movies and television shows have portrayed the technology...
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A Researcher Disguised Himself as a Car Seat to Teach Driverless Cars How to Communicate With Humans
Researchers costumed themselves as car seats to give the appearance no one is driving during autonomous vehicle experiments.
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After Visa Delays, Afghan Girls' Robotics Team Arrives in D.c. For Global Competition
U.S. President Donald J. Trump had to intervene to allow a team of teenage Afghani girls trying to enter the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge to enter the U.S.
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How Video Games Helped Give S the Self-Driving Car
Self-driving cars. They're the future of transportation—and they're getting smarter all the time.
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Here's What You Need to Know About the Google E.u. Fine
The European Union's head of antitrust enforcement announced a record $2.7 billion fine against Google on Tuesday, accusing the search engine for illegally favoring...
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How Hacked Computer Code Allegedly Helped a Biker Gang Steal 150 Jeeps
A Tijuana-based biker club have been charged with stealing 150 Jeep Wranglers using stolen computer code and key designs, the U.S. Justice Department announced....
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How a Supreme Court Ruling on Printer Cartridges Changes What It Means to Buy Almost Anything
Last week, the Supreme Court dealt a major blow to corporations that try to use patent law as a weapon against other firms, saying that companies can only be sued...
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FCC Votes to Start Rolling Back Landmark Net Neutrality Rules
The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to begin undoing a key decision from the Obama era that could relax regulations on Internet...
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