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How America's 911 Emergency Response System Can Be Hacked
Researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University have created a method for disabling the U.S. 911 emergency system with telephony denial-of-service attacks.
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The Bizarre World of Bitcoin 'mining' Finds a New Home in Tibet
Inside a metal shed in the Tibetan highlands of western China, thousands of microprocessors flank narrow corridors, generating a constant hum and stifling waves...
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Here's How Russian Hackers Could Actually Tip an American Election
Reports this week of Russian intrusions into U.S. election systems have startled many voters, but computer experts are not surprised.
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Self-Driving Cars Reach a Fork in the Road, and Automakers Take Different Routes
Automakers are taking divergent approaches to the development and deployment of driverless vehicles.
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98 Personal Data Points that Facebook ses to Target Ads to You
Say you're scrolling through your Facebook Newsfeed and you encounter an ad so eerily well-suited, it seems someone has possibly read your brain.
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Powerful Nsa Hacking Tools Have Been Revealed Online
The online exposure of some of the most powerful hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency could threaten the agency's operations and security...
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Tim Cook: Running Apple 'is Sort of a Lonely Job'
On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King...
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Microsoft's President Explains the Company's Quiet Legal War For ser Privacy
Apple's legal battle over encryption dominated headlines earlier this year, but another tech giant is fighting a quieter legal war over user privacy: Microsoft....
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Computer Hackers Don't Stand a Chance Against These Girls
The GenCyber program consists of 119 summer camps for girls sponsored by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Academy of Sciences.
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Putin Signs New Anti-Terror Law in Russia. Edward Snowden Is pset.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed into law a controversial package of counterterrorism measures, including tougher sentences for extremism and...
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This New Device Can Visualize Your Thoughts (sort Of)
The idea of a device that can materialize one's memories out of thin air seems like it could only exist in science fiction. But in a new study, researchers were...
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China's Scary Lesson to the World: Censoring the Internet Works.
First there was the Berlin Wall. Now there is the Great Firewall of China, not a physical barrier preventing people from leaving, but a virtual one, preventing...
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More Than 30 States Offer Online Voting, but Experts Warn It Isn't Secure
More than 30 states will be hosting online voting systems by the time of the U.S. presidential election in November, but experts warn such systems are still insecure...
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niversities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs
U.S. universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders, suggests the findings of a new analysis from CloudPassage.
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The Tremendous Ambitions Behind New York City's Free Wifi
At this very moment in New York City, you can walk up to one of 65 futuristic kiosks, punch in an email address on your phone and instantly receive a wireless Internet...
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Fbi May Not Need Apple to nlock San Bernardino Shooter's Iphone
The FBI may have found a way without Apple’s assistance to unlock the iPhone used by one of the shooters in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Justice Department...
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Johns Hopkins Researchers Poke a Hole in Apple's Encryption
A research team from Johns Hopkins University has successfully cracked Apple's iMessage encryption. Professor Matthew D. Green says this disproves the notion that...
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Why the Government Can't Actually Stop Terrorists From Using Encryption
Security experts say U.S. government efforts to force technology firms to grant access to encrypted devices will do little to prevent terrorists from using the...
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The Massive New Privacy Deal Between U.s. and Europe, Explained
U.S. and European regulators have agreed to a tentative deal, officials say, that would allow thousands of U.S. companies to continue moving the personal information...
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