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WikiLeaks to help shield tech firms from CIA's hacking tools

WikiLeaks to help shield tech firms from CIA's hacking tools

The approach sets up a potential conflict between Silicon Valley firms eager to protect their products and an agency stung by the radical transparency group's disclosures.
by The Associated Press

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WikiLeaks fallout: Should you worry about alleged CIA hacks?

WikiLeaks fallout: Should you worry about alleged CIA hacks?

If you use messaging apps like WhatsApp or Signal or have smart TVs and PCs, should you worry that the CIA is listening to your conversations? Short answer: no. Long answer: maybe.
by The Associated Press

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Watch: Tracking lightning strikes, from space

Watch: Tracking lightning strikes, from space

NOAA's new weather satellite is carrying the first lightning detector ever parked in orbit over Earth. It has sent back its first images of real-time lightning storms in the Western Hemisphere.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Feeling lonely? Too much time on social media may be why

Feeling lonely? Too much time on social media may be why

It's not clear whether spending a lot of time on Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram leads to social isolation, or whether the lonely seek solace in social media.
by Katherine Hobson

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Amazon and the $150 million typo

Amazon and the $150 million typo

Amazon said a mistyped command caused part of the company's cloud computing service to go down for hours on Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported the outage caused millions of dollars in losses.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Rise of the robot bees: Tiny drones turned into artificial pollinators

Rise of the robot bees: Tiny drones turned into artificial pollinators

Honeybees are a critical part of agriculture, pollinating many of our favorite crops. But bee deaths are on the rise. In Japan, scientists are testing whether insect-sized drones can help do the job.
by Crystal Ponti

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The typo that brought down (a lot of) the internet

The typo that brought down (a lot of) the internet

Amazon says an incorrectly typed command during a routine debugging of its billing system caused the five-hour outage of some Amazon Web Services servers on Tuesday.
by Associated Press

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Embryo experiments reveal earliest human development, but stir ethical debate

Embryo experiments reveal earliest human development, but stir ethical debate

Researchers who study developing human embryos have long limited their experimentation to lab embryos that are no more than 14 days into development. Some scientists are now pushing that boundary.
by Rob Stein

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Someday disposable drones may deliver a payload, then vanish

Someday disposable drones may deliver a payload, then vanish

DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.
by Lucia Maffei

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Women of NASA to be immortalized -- in Lego form

Women of NASA to be immortalized -- in Lego form

Lego figurines of five storied female NASA pioneers will soon grace toy-store shelves. The project, proposed by a science writer, is meant to shed light on women's contributions to the space program.

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