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Time to Kill Off Captchas

How the bot-proofing of the Internet is bringing humans down

Use It Better: Eight Alternatives to the Hated Captcha

Programmers hope that humans can jump through these hoops better than bots

Optical Memory Could Ease Internet Bottlenecks

Latest design uses less power and retains data longer.

Apple vs. Facebook: Why Users Are the Losers

Apple's distaste for Facebook became apparent with last week's preview release to developers of Mountain Lion, the newest version of Apple's OS for computers Apple) commentary At first glance, it looks like Apple really loves Twitter...

Twitter Reveals People Are Happiest in the Morning

The social media site reveals daily emotional rhythms are consistent across cultures

Microchip Implant Gives Medication On Command

A tiny chip implanted under the skin can dole out dozens of doses of osteoporosis medication right on schedule

Internet Freedom Fighters Build a Shadow Web

Governments and corporations have more control over the Internet than ever. Now digital activists want to build an alternative network that can never be blocked, filtered or shut down

The Coming Entanglement: Bill Joy and Danny Hillis

Digital innovators Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and Danny Hillis, co-founder of the Long Now Foundation, talk with Scientific American Executive Editor Fred Guterl about the technological "Entanglement" and the attempts to build the other, hardier Internet...

March 2012 Briefing Memo

Senators Consider Banning Automatic Media Sharing on Facebook

Nagging requests for permission could overwhelm Facebook if the Senate decides all media should be governed by the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, or VPPA

Apple Will Reportedly Unveil iPad 3 in Early March

The next iPad may make its debut in March (Credit:Apple) Apple may unveil the next iPad at an event scheduled for the first week of March, AllThingsD reported today.

Eyewire

Help scientists help make discoveries about the neural structure of the retina

Google's HUD Glasses Have Been Sighted

The prototype for Google's HUD glasses has been seen, according to tech news site 9to5Google . And, supposedly they resemble Oakley's Thump glasses, which makes them look a lot like something the Terminator might wear...

Google Must Pay $660,000 for Offering Google Maps for Free

Google Maps has come under fire in France (Credit: Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET) You may like that Google Maps is free, but a French court says it's actually anticompetitive...

Tech Trends to Watch, from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

Tech industry giants unveil their latest plans at the annual CES in Las Vegas, as upstart companies try to make their mark

How Much Energy Do You Waste Charging Your Cell Phone?

Battery chargers are everywhere these days, wasting electricity. California aims to change that. David Biello reports

How Google's New Privacy Policy Could Affect You

Google will merge data from the products you use and then analyze it to make new assumptions

Notion in Motion: Wireless Sensors Monitor Brain Waves on the Fly

Electroencephalography used to require a person to sit still while a computer tracked the brain's electrical impulses. A newer technology untethers this research

Why the Supreme Court GPS Decision Won't Stop Warrantless Digital Surveillance

New technologies will let location-tracking efforts begin after the fact

Meteor Counter

Mobile app lets citizen scientists keep track of meteoroids