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July 19, 2013 4:00 AM

Tech companies call for surveillance transparency

Apple, Google, Microsoft and a broad coalition of major tech companies are making a loud call for greater government disclosure of digital communications monitoring.

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July 19, 2013 4:00 AM

Security experts to test phone anti-theft locks

Prosecutors in San Francisco and New York say they are bringing in state and federal security experts to test the newest anti-theft features designed to thwart the surge of stolen smartphones nationwide.

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July 18, 2013 4:59 PM

Astronaut with flooded helmet felt like goldfish

Now he knows what it's like to be a goldfish in a fishbowl.

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July 18, 2013 4:00 AM

Clever hacks give Google Glass unintended powers

Hackers are proving it's possible to re-engineer Google Glass in any number of creative ways. And in the process, they've put Google in an awkward position.

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July 18, 2013 4:00 AM

Big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur unearthed in Utah

Researchers in Utah said Wednesday they discovered a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago in the area of what is now the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

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July 17, 2013 6:05 PM

Drones get crash avoidance tested to improve safety

Be observant. Don't hit anything. Pilots in the cockpit live by those rules. Take the pilot out of the plane, though, and things get complicated. That's the dilemma aviation researchers face as they navigate the future of unmanned aircraft.

by Dan Gunderson

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July 16, 2013 7:17 PM

Spacesuit water leak ends spacewalk; astronaut OK

In one of the most harrowing spacewalks in decades, an astronaut had to rush back into the International Space Station after a mysterious water leak inside his helmet robbed him of the ability to speak or hear and could have caused him to choke or even drown.

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July 15, 2013 7:01 PM

New moon found orbiting Neptune, but what to call it?

Astronomers have found a new moon orbiting the solar system's outermost planet, Neptune. For the moment, it's known as S/2004 N1, but scientists hope to soon give it a catchier name.