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Judge Rules That FBI Tor Hack Must Be Revealed to Lawyer
FBI this, FBI that. It would seem that the FBI just can’t help but keep out of the news these days with Apple Vs the FBI seeming to turn companies against the government, but this is not the only case where the FBI is having trouble. The other case is when they…
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Russia Has Plans to Nuke Asteroids
We’ve seen the movies. I’m thinking about the one with Bruce Willis in, the asteroid hurtling towards earth and a timer that just won’t stop ticking. I am course referring to Armageddon, a film in which an asteroid could end all life on earth. We’ve heard the chances of asteroids…
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iPhone Unlock Perused After Defendant Pleads Guilty
In recent years, technology has evolved in such a way that the law is often trying to catch up with the technology that comes out. In the last few months, technology companies have come to odds with the government regarding a range of topics but none more so than encryption.…
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Artificial Skin with a Sense Of Touch Being Developed
The technology behind prosthetic limbs has dramatically evolved over time for the benefit of assisting individuals who have had the misfortune of losing a limb. The next step forward to that is a coined Bionic limb that gives the user something akin to natural human skin. This realization looks to…
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Army Wants Automated Defences For Their Bases
Security is of key importance for a lot of people, be it locking your door before you leave for work or having your phone so you can call people if something happens. We all like that kind of security, but some are most vested in developing it beyond what we…
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A Portable Blood Cleanser Being Developed by Harvard Researchers
Science and tech are compatible with each other when it comes to developing new ideas for a variety of applications. This is certainly evident in the health sector which has seen a wide scope of innovations which in turn have been implemented to save lives. Portability is essential and Harvard…
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Airforce Wants Its Jets To Have Lasers By 2020
Everyone loves a good laser, be it shot into the sky at a festival, or at your favourite hero as they try to save the galaxy. Even the real world is liking them, with more and more of science fiction being created and used in the real world. The Navy…
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Ransomware Locks Your Android Phone Pin And Asks For Cash
Ransomware is akin to the booming stock market of yesteryear for hackers, the notion of locking an individual’s infected device is a powerful reality for today’s modern day connected gadgets. As such it can be no surprise that a new technique has surfaced which implements a free app on third-party…
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UK Solicitor Will Defend You Free Against Copyright Trolls
More and more customers of UK ISPs have received letters from copyright trolls in recent weeks, demanding settlement fees for alleged illegal downloads and threatening with lawsuits if not paid. Both Sky Broadband and Virgin Media customers are affected, but not exclusively. The companies behind it all, GoldenEye International also…
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Facebooks Emotion Study Now Linked to the Military
But wait, there’s more! Recently we wrote about how Facebook users were outraged when they found out that 689,003 users news feeds were altered to display overly positive or negative content. Since then, more information has surfaced showing that this emotion manipulation study also has possible ties to the military. As…
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Google Robot Pulled out of Military Service, Aims to Develop Consumer Model
Schaft was working on developing some truly impressive robotics hardware for the military as part of the $2 million Robotics Challenge. This was an incentive setup by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to seek the most advanced robotics in the world. With barely half of the three year…
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8″ Floppy Marked “Top Secret” An Integral Part Of US Nuclear Security!?
This week saw CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl with a look of surprise on her face after discovering that part of the computer system for Minuteman III requires data from an 8-inch floppy disk. What is wrong with that you ask? Well Minuteman III is the intercontinental ballistic missile…
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