The Things You Might Be Doing That Will Force Your IT Guy to Start Spying on You
The people who work in IT really don’t want to snoop around your computer, but if you give them a reason there’s little you can hide from them.

August 28, 2016 at 12:04PM
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How To Save Mankind From The New Breed Of Killer Robots
Forget about drones, forget about dystopian sci-fi — a terrifying new generation of autonomous weapons is already here. Meet the small band of dedicated optimists battling nefarious governments and bureaucratic tedium to stop the proliferation of killer robots and, just maybe, save humanity from itself.

August 28, 2016 at 09:06AM
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Meet Luigi the PoopBot. He’s Here to Scrape Your Sewers
MIT engineer Carlo Ratti is studying waste to understand everything from heroin use to antibiotic-resistant bacteria — and all with the help of a sewer-slurping robot named Luigi.

August 28, 2016 at 08:17AM
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How Does Google’s Deep Dream Code Generate Such Bizarre Images?
Google’s computer vision program “Deep Dream” uses convolutional neural networks to enhance patterns in photos, with surreal effect. Computerphile investigates how exactly the program works.

August 26, 2016 at 04:09PM
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The Afterlife Will Be Digitized
Will virtual-reality re-creations of experiences with deceased loved ones become an increasingly common part of the modern grieving and remembrance process?

August 26, 2016 at 03:30PM
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Better Call Jay: The Lawyer Who Defends Anonymous
Now, meet Jay Leiderman, the California-based lawyer who represents Anonymous, pro bono. Leiderman specializes in cyber law and he’s become the go-to resource for cyber protestors.

August 26, 2016 at 02:37PM
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An alarming number of scientific papers contain Excel errors
A surprisingly high number of scientific papers in the field of genetics contain errors introduced by Microsoft Excel, according to an analysis recently published in the journal Genome Biology.

August 26, 2016 at 12:46PM
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Like. Ghost. Flirt: A Journey Into the Social Media Lives of Teens
When you get down to it, teens are just like the rest of us. Just with more followers on Instagram.

August 26, 2016 at 10:37AM
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The Biohacker Selling RFID And Other Transhumanist Implants From His Garage
Worried about your privacy and security? Want to get rid of your keys and your wallet? Then maybe it’s time to inject yourself with one of Amal Graafstra’s futuristic implants.

August 25, 2016 at 03:12PM
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Do You Even Lift Bro? GE’s Hardiman And The Human-Machine Interface
In the days before cyborgs became a part of the popular imagination, much less artificial intelligence, researchers focused on “man-augmentation” systems. Humans would provide the brains and machines the brawn.

August 25, 2016 at 01:50PM
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