Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations
Environment
Mar 2, 2018
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It's a safe bet that some of the websites and apps you use collect and subsequently sell your personal data. But how can you know which ones? An EPFL researcher has led the development of a program that can answer that question ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 16, 2018
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In an effort to block emerging threats to online security, researchers at Princeton University have developed a method to verify the strength of random number generators that form the basis of most encryption systems.
Security
Dec 22, 2017
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Companies often employ number-crunching data scientists to gather insights such as which customers want certain services or where to open new stores and stock products. Analyzing the data to answer one or two of those queries, ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 20, 2017
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Computer scientists have built and successfully tested a tool designed to detect when websites are hacked by monitoring the activity of email accounts associated with them. The researchers were surprised to find that almost ...
Security
Dec 12, 2017
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A major American credit reporting agency entrusted to safeguard personal financial information said Thursday hackers looted its system in a colossal breach that could affect nearly half the US population as well as people ...
Security
Sep 8, 2017
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The syringe slides in between the thumb and index finger. Then, with a click, a microchip is injected in the employee's hand. Another "cyborg" is created.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 3, 2017
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From credit card numbers to bank account information, we transmit sensitive digital information over the internet every day. Since the 1990s, though, researchers have known that quantum computers threaten to disrupt the security ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 8, 2016
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The Chevrolet Bolt, General Motors' Tesla-fighting electric hatchback for the masses, will be able to go 238 miles (383 kilometers) on a single charge.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 13, 2016
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We might be one step closer to the vision of Internet-connected wireless implanted devices.
Engineering
Aug 17, 2016
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