How Are the NSA and Others Collecting and Using our Data?
A metadata expert reveals the sobering implications of personal data collection by governments and companies
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Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 2]
Software filters required that spammers get devious. Learn in this new segment about using great works of literature to circumvent the intricate filtering schemes of the best software engineers...
D-Wave's Quantum Computer Courts Controversy
A brash company pioneers a new approach to quantum computing, but many skeptics remain
Statistics and Magnetic Socks Shape Modern Tae Kwon Do
A new effort to college data could bring more order to this "messy" martial art
Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 1]
The constant metamorphosis of junk electronic messages mirrors the evolution of the online world itself. Follow in this chapter scientists who try to stem the flow of spam and the hackers who inevitably outwit them...
Optical Circuits: Single Photon Flips Transistor Switch
Photons emerge as competitors to electrons in new computer circuits
Cloud Computing Saves Energy
Consolidating pictures, videos, e-mails and documents on remote servers saves more energy than keeping them on personal computers
How Not to Be Crass Wearing Google's Glass
Four rules of engagement for using Google's wearable smart device in public
30 under 30: Paving the Way for Medical Nanorobots
Meet Aniket Magarkar, one of the promising young chemists attending the 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Former NSA Whistleblower Sheds Light on the Science of Surveillance [Q&A]
Thomas Drake talks about surveillance algorithms and the outlook for the latest alleged whistleblower Edward Snowden, drawing from his own NSA prosecution
5 Basic Unknowns about the NSA "Black Hole"
It's still unclear if the National Security Agency has been collecting all Americans' phone and other records, and for how long
How Social Media Is Changing Disaster Response
Congress is grappling with the benefits and risks of using Facebook, Twitter and other social media during emergencies
Wiretaps through Software Hacks to Get Legal Scrutiny
Should the FBI be able to break into private electronic communications via existing software vulnerabilities?
Help Hunt Distant Galaxies at Home
You can help astronomers find faint and distant galaxies on your home computer by joining a search called "Space Warps." Karen Hopkin reports
Judge: Child Porn Suspect Doesn't Need to Decrypt Files
Digital security technology bumps up against the Fifth Amendment
How to Build a Smarter Internet
To keep the Web from collapsing under the weight of ever more data, the network needs to radically change the way it handles information, says the head of Bell Labs Research
Why You Should Always Read the Small Print from Facebook
By entering I was giving Facebook permission to use its recordings of me, my companion and anyone else sailing into the chowder house "throughout the universe, for any purpose whatsoever, in perpetuity"...
Bell Labs Lead Researcher Discusses the Edge of the Internet [Video]
Future networks must push past current wireless bandwidth limitations
Could Lightning Provide Earlier Tornado Warnings?
New technology that tracks lightning frequency may offer advance warning of twisters
New Gmail Look Blings Up Your Inbox with Tabs
Google continues to revamp the appearance of many of its services, this time turning its redecorating eye on Gmail
