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So That Thumbprint Thing on Your Phone Is Useless Now
Researchers found a cheap, easy way to copy your fingerprints a few months after millions of Americans had theirs stolen by hackers.
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Thanks, America! How China's Newest Software Could Predict, Track, and Crush Dissent
Armed with data from spying on its citizens, Beijing could turn 'predictive policing’ into an AI tool of repression.
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Check Out the Military’s Experimental Helicopter Plane
The Pentagon has picked a design for its next experimental aircraft.
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Pentagon Launches First-of-Its-Kind Bug Bounty Program
The idea is to find and fix vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. Certain restrictions apply.
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Pentagon Googles 'Innovation,' Taps Eric Schmidt
Alphabet's executive chairman will lead new advisory board that aims to help DoD be more like Silicon Valley.
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We’re On the Same Side, Carter Tells Silicon Valley
As the FBI-vs.-Apple battle heats up, the defense secretary makes his own pitch to the tech industry.
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FBI Head: Apple is Taking Us To a 'Different World'
FBI warns that the world that Apple is making is one where the FBI can’t do its job. Apple says the FBI is seeking 'dangerous power.' Who’s right?
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Behind the Air Force's Fast-Growing Cyber Research Budget
The service wants to quadruple its money for defending networked aircraft, launch systems, satellites and a whole lot more.
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FAA Successfully Tests New Drone-Detecting Tech At Airport
New system is geared toward protecting areas from rogue drones.
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Military-Funded Study Predicts When You’ll Protest on Twitter
Who tweets at you, what you tweet back, and why can predict your next protest act on social media.
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The FBI's War on Phones Is Bigger Than You Think
Apple’s lawyers revealed the feds want access to about a dozen devices after San Bernardino.
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FBI to Apple: It's About Justice, Not Precedent
Despite growing pressure from the Justice Department, the tech company still refuses to unlock one of the San Bernardino shooters' iPhone for authorities any time soon.
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Twitter Suspensions Are Muting Islamic State Messaging
Researchers found that suspending ISIS sympathizers' accounts reduced both the size of their networks and the pace of their activity,
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One Ethicist’s Compromise to Stop Killer Robots
A Yale bioethicist says the United Nations won’t stop killer robots, but the United States could right now start setting a few rules limiting their development and use.
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You, Apple, Terrorism and Law Enforcement
Yesterday’s court order compelling Apple to backdoor IOS could have effects long after the San Bernardino case.
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The NSA's Terrorist-Hunting Computer for Pakistan May Have Targeted Innocents
A new report suggests that the agency has been using a machine-learning program to identify potential terrorists, but thousands of Pakistanis may have been mislabeled.
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The Real Winners of the Air Force Bomber Contest
The Air Force’s selection of Northrop Grumman to build a new stealth bomber is the first major award in years to withstand a government audit and, for some, a win for Pentagon reforms.
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To Survive a War, Yemenis Are Turning Fog Into Water
Yemen had a serious water shortage even before fighting intensified in 2015. Now, increasingly desperate villages are experimenting with ways to 'harvest' moisture from the air.
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The Military’s Super-Fast Bird Drone
The Defense Department’s mad scientists show how to make super-fast, light-weight drones.
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