How Hackers Plant False Flags To Hide Their Real Identities
Hackers attacked the Peruvian government last year. When security experts tried to ID the group, the clues pointed to the wrong perps.

October 13, 2016 at 11:39PM
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The Search for Virtual Reality’s Killer App
A list of the challenges faced by virtual-reality developers offers hints of what a killer VR app or game might look like.

October 13, 2016 at 07:51PM
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Scientists Have Created A Robotic Arm Through Which Humans Actually Experience ‘Feeling’
The singularity is imminently upon us: A DARPA research team has built a brain-machine interface that allows an individual to experience the sensation of touch through a robotic arm, though it requires implanting electrode arrays directly into your brain.

October 13, 2016 at 04:36PM
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Why For-Profit Education Fails
Investors aiming to start an education revolution have, with regularity, lost their shirts.

October 13, 2016 at 04:35PM
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Facebook and Google Will Stretch Internet Cable from LA to Hong Kong
Once completed, the Pacific Light Cable Network — PLCN for short — will stretch 8,000 miles from Los Angeles to Hong Kong with an estimated capacity of 120 terabits-per-second.

October 13, 2016 at 03:19PM
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Pentagon Video Warns of “Unavoidable” Dystopian Future for World’s Biggest Cities
The video, used by the Joint Special Operations University, states that megacities will be breeding grounds for “adversaries and hybrid threats,” and that the US Army is unprepared.

October 13, 2016 at 12:55PM
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Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse, and the AI Constitution
Wolfram Alpha wants to be more than just a search engine — it wants to change how we understand language.

October 13, 2016 at 09:42AM
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 Recall Is an Environmental Travesty
Samsung is recalling the Galaxy Note 7. The phones will be disposed of “safely,” but being recycled is really the worst thing that can happen to a smartphone.

October 12, 2016 at 10:34PM
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The Binge Breaker
Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.

October 12, 2016 at 07:54PM
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This Engineer Built An Amazing Voice-Controlled Robot Car In His Garage
Paulo Camasmie is an engineer who thinks in a way that car companies aren’t. “Atticus” is designed as a human-helping robot first and a car second.

October 12, 2016 at 06:15PM
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