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Lowe's Tangos With Google To Help You Remodel Your Home In Augmented Reality
Lowe's may not be where most people would expect to find a cutting-edge augmented reality app.But later this year, the home-improvement company plans to release Lowe's Vision, an app for Google's 3-D...
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What "Safety Check" Reveals About Facebook's Changing Role
Last week, within hours of deadly terror attacks in Istanbul and Dhaka, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature, marking roughly three dozen times that the company has let people in the area of a...
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This New App From Duolingo Aims To Make Flash Cards Obsolete
While students have been using flash cards to memorize facts and vocabulary at least since the Victorian era, it's no secret that the study tools can be deathly dull.Luis von AhnPhoto: courtesy of...
View ArticleHow The Cybersecurity Industry Is Coping With A Skills Shortage
Security breaches and digital attacks are a regular part of the news cycle these days. An even scarier reality is that, according to experts, there aren't enough people trained to fend off these cyber...
View ArticleWhy The Suspected Russian Hack Of The DNC Is Such A Game Changer
As the FBI confirmed that it's investigating the recent hack that led to last week's disclosure by WikiLeaks of tens of thousands of Democratic National Committee emails, multiple leading cybersecurity...
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An All-Seeing Eye In The Sky Will Watch Over The Rio Olympics
When the Olympic Games begin next month in Rio de Janeiro, billions of people are expected to watch athletes from countries around the world compete.But also watching over the Olympic and Paralympic...
View ArticleHow WikiLeaks Has Changed: From Whistleblower To Weapon
When last week WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of emails believed to have been obtained by Russian hackers from top Democratic National Committee officials, experts say it marked a dramatic change...
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Target's Tech For Tots Aisle: Sure To Be A Guilty Parenting Hotspot
The Connected Nursery section at 450 stores will sell devices—including a $99 rubber ducky—aimed at making life easier for parents.The under-slept, overworked parents of small children are often happy...
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How Hackers Are Going For Gold At Rio's Olympics
The Olympic organization, multinationals, and fans will likely be targets for cybercriminals, experts say.This month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro aren't just a showcase of the greatest athletes...
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This Security Company Based Its Tech On The Human Immune System
A new cybersecurity approach could keep your data safe.The program coordinator at the Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County in California never suspected that an email she received earlier this year...
View ArticleSAP Targets Terrorism With AI
Can machine learning help government agencies track down terrorists? A secretive arm of the business intelligence firm SAP says yes.A specialized division of the business software powerhouse SAP...
View ArticleTurbulence Ahead: Delta Computer Outage Is Just The Start, Say Experts
A combination of complex legacy computer systems and strict uptime requirements make more of these disruptions almost inevitable.After a data center outage caused Delta Air Lines to cancel more than...
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Hackers Use Google's Ad Network To Spread "Fake Login" Malware
So-called "overlay malware," which impersonates other apps' login screens, is becoming increasingly prevalent.For years, security firms have warned of keystroke logging malware that surreptitiously...
View ArticleHow Machine Learning Will Change What You Eat
Smarter technology could make farms more efficient and food tastier, though environmentalists argue none of it is guilt-free.During the 20th century, advances in fertilizers, irrigation, and mechanized...
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MailChimp Brings Data-Driven Product Recommendations To Small Online Stores
The company wants to bring mom-and-pop e-commerce vendors the kind of automated recommendations made famous by Amazon and Netflix.Automated product recommendations are a signature feature of big-name...
View ArticleRansomware Attacks Are Still On The Rise, Experts Warn
"Never before in the history of humankind have people across the world been subjected to extortion on a massive scale as they are today."Ransomware attacks, in which online criminals block access to...
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Under My Skin: The New Frontier Of Digital Implants
"Biohackers" are putting microchips and magnets in their bodies for everything from unlocking the front door to detecting moon earthquakes.Tim Shank can guarantee he'll never leave home without his...
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How Banks Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Blockchain, Bitcoin's...
Bitcoin was going to disrupt the world's big banks. Instead, its technology is poised to save them billions of dollars.When bitcoin first appeared a little over eight years ago, early adopters saw the...
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Defense Researchers Plan To Bring "GPS" Where It's Never Gone Before: Under...
A system of audio transmitters would stand in for GPS's satellite broadcasts and let underwater drones navigate without surfacing.We take for granted that GPS can get us where we're going pretty much...
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Customized Or Creepy? Websites And Your Data, A Guide
A Princeton "web census" sheds new light on how websites are customizing and testing content for different users and audience segments.Two visitors to the same news site see different headlines on the...
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