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NASA and the U.S. Air Force Test a New Ground-Based GPS
The terrestrial network could eliminate the GPS’s blind spots and advance indoor mapping
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SA's 2015 Gadget Guide: 10 Technologies That Have Your Life Covered [Slide Show]
These devices teach you new things, monitor your health and protect your property
Mind
Using Attachment Theory to Understand Facebook Stalking
Social media has made digital voyeurism the norm, but some of us are more inclined to pursue online surveillance than others
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Tweets Reveal a Twitter User's Income Bracket
An analysis of more than 10 million tweets shows that users unknowingly tip their socioeconomic status
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Can Christmas Tree Lights Really Play Havoc with Your Wi-Fi?
While many different factors can dull your wireless signal, it would take a lot of holiday twinkling to thwart your router
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Avoid Being Hacked: Lessons from Recent Data Breaches
This week I’m going to cover some of the high profile hacks that have happened recently, including Lastpass, Kaspersky and the White House’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...
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What the Tech Companies Want You to Buy--beyond Phones
Apple, Google and others are creating whole ecosystems of products. Here is a full rundown
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Anonymous's Cyber War with ISIS Could Compromise Terrorism Intelligence
Efforts to take down the terrorist organization's Web sites and expose its supporters could interfere with carefully planned law enforcement operations
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Weakening Encrypted Communications Would Do Little to Stop Terrorist Attacks, Experts Say
Giving governments backdoor access to private communications would do more harm than good, security analysts warn
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Human Traffickers Caught on Hidden Internet
A new set of search tools called Memex, developed by DARPA, peers into the “deep Web” to reveal illegal activity
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NSA Efforts to Evade Encryption Technology Damaged U.S. Cryptography Standard
The spy agency pushed the federal technology standard-bearer NIST to include a flawed, little used algorithm in a 2006 cryptography standard
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Why the FBI Wants "Special Access" to Your Smartphone
And why security experts warn that this is a terrible idea
Content Mining: Not Just An Illustrator's Problem Anymore
Now everyone faces the same problem that illustrators have faced since the internet started.
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#BlackLivesMatter but Does Black Tech Expertise Matter, too?
My thoughts on timeing of Twitter's @BlackBirds & #AskDeRay activity in light of the critiques of Leslie Miley, for engineer for the organization, and the general Diversity environment in Tech and STEM in general...
The Sciences
The Phonograph Goes to War, 1915
Reported in Scientific American , this Week in World War I: November 6, 1915 Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph in 1877: a handy tabletop device that could play music for a small group of listeners...
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Why Businesses Embrace Machine Learning [Excerpt]
The best algorithms determine who wins and loses in a digital economy that thrives on steering the consumer toward an opportune click
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A Quick Guide to the Senate's Newly Passed Cybersecurity Bill
The basics of the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA)...
The Sciences
Political and Industry Leaders Make a Case for Basic Research
At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development ...
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Sex: Seniors Find Answers Online
Older adults are seeking support and carnal knowledge from peers
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Jazz-Playing Robots Will Explore Human–Computer Relations
MUSICA is part of a new DARPA program to explore new ways that people can interact with computers and robots
