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Headline: The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News. Author: media
The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News
These guys didn’t care if Trump won or lost the White House. They only wanted pocket money. But the consequences of what they did shook...
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Headline: Spanner, the Google Database That Mastered Time, Is Now Open to Everyone. Author: Cloud Computing
Spanner, the Google Database That Mastered Time, Is Now Open to Everyone
About a decade ago, a handful of Google's most talented engineers started building a system that seems to defy logic.
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Headline: Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data. Author: Climate Science
Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data
Hackers are building up robust systems to monitor changes to government websites. And they’re keeping track of data that's been removed.
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Headline: How The New York Times Is Clawing Its Way Into the Future. Author: media
How The New York Times Is Clawing Its Way Into the Future
The Gray Lady is embarking on an ambitious plan, inspired by the strategies of Netflix, Spotify, and HBO, to make a subscription to the Times...
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Headline: Google Fiber Sheds Workers As It Looks to a Wireless Future. Author: Broadband
Google Fiber Sheds Workers As It Looks to a Wireless Future
The future of high-speed internet from Google will likely involve less fiber.
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Headline: A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact. Author: Security
A Guide to Getting Past Customs With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Our rough guide to minimizing data invasion at the American border.
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Headline: A Wet Winter Is Overwhelming California’s Ancient Infrastructure. Author: disasters
A Wet Winter Is Overwhelming California’s Ancient Infrastructure
More than a month of storms have pushed California's water infrastructure to its limits. And another series of storms is set to hit tomorrow.
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Headline: Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle Up.. Author: Longread
Easy DNA Editing Will Remake the World. Buckle Up.
We now have the power to easily alter DNA. It could eliminate disease. It could get really out of hand.
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Headline: Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law. Author: encryption
Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law
An encrypted chat app called Confide has taken over Capitol Hill and the White House, but what will mean for transparency?
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Headline: The Nerdy Charm of Artisanal, Hand-Drawn Infographics. Author: Data Visualization
The Nerdy Charm of Artisanal, Hand-Drawn Infographics
Computers? Pah. These designers craft beautiful infographics by hand.
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Headline: The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding. Author: Code
The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant?
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Headline: The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet. It’s the End of the Middle Class. Author: Artificial Intelligence
The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet. It’s the End of the Middle Class
The world's top AI researchers met to consider the threats posed by their research. The global economy could be the first casualty.
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Headline: A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices. Author: Andy Greenberg
A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices
A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable.
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Headline: PewDiePie’s Anti-Semitic Videos Put YouTube’s Business in a Bind. Author: Platforms
PewDiePie’s Anti-Semitic Videos Put YouTube’s Business in a Bind
What do you do when your biggest star thinks making light of the Holocaust is satire?
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Headline: Check Out This Awesome Crash Test. Now, Let’s Run the Physics. Author: physics
Check Out This Awesome Crash Test. Now, Let’s Run the Physics
This car barrier has rollers built into it to reduce the car impact along the direction of the rail. In this video analysis, I will...
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Headline: Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies. Author: Security
Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies
As president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Snowden is helping the media beat state-Âsponsored hackers and government surveillance.
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Headline: Caavo’s Set-Top Box Fixes Everything You Hate About Watching TV. Author: gadgets
Caavo’s Set-Top Box Fixes Everything You Hate About Watching TV
Caavo's new device turns many devices, many remotes, many apps, into one.
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Headline: Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat—And Casinos Have No Fix. Author: Security
Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat—And Casinos Have No Fix
Digging through slot machine source code helped a St. Petersburg-based syndicate make off with millions.
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Headline: Humans Killed the Aral Sea. Now, It’s Come Back to Life. Author: Photo Gallery
Humans Killed the Aral Sea. Now, It’s Come Back to Life
How one of the largest environmental disasters in Europe got turned around.
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Headline: AI and Bitcoin Are Driving the Next Big Hedge Fund Wave. Author: Wall Street
AI and Bitcoin Are Driving the Next Big Hedge Fund Wave
Jeffrey Tarrant believes that the hedge fund world is on the verge of a new, Silicon Valley-inspired revolution. He calls it the Third Wave.