By JOSHUA HAMMER
In support of gender equality, human rights and civil liberties, a group of bloggers is doing battle with Islamists online — and paying dearly for it.
Published: January 2, 2016 at 07:00PM
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By COREY KILGANNON
Nine musical students have banded together to form Jazz House, the university’s first jazz residence and a haven for jam sessions.
Published: December 28, 2015 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
When Avihay Marciano completed his schooling, he didn’t know how to use a computer or speak English and had only elementary math skills. Now, Marciano and 50 others who left the insular ultra-Orthodox community are suing the state, claiming they were…
Published: December 21, 2015 at 08:11PM
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By SCOTT SHANE
The inflammatory videos and bomb-making instructions of Anwar al-Awlaki have turned up as a powerful influence in terrorism investigations.
Published: December 18, 2015 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Want even your younger kids to join the tech revolution by learning to code? Maybe you should get them a robot — or at least a video game.
Published: December 16, 2015 at 06:02AM
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By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
Darius Jones is determined to turn his natural curiosity with computers into a full-time job in technical support.
Published: December 13, 2015 at 07:00PM
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By TRICIA TISAK
Surprising, serious and sometimes silly events and trends noted for the first time ever in 2015.
Published: December 10, 2015 at 07:00PM
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By JOHN MARKOFF
An article in the journal Science reported a type of machine learning that outperformed human capabilities for a narrow range of vision-related tasks.
Published: December 10, 2015 at 07:00PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Since the founding of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in 2009, its inventor — or inventors — have been shrouded in mystery. For six years, that individual or group has lurked behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto and hoarded a pile of the…
Published: December 9, 2015 at 07:05PM
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Since the founding of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin in 2009, its inventor — or inventors — have been shrouded in mystery. For six years, that individual or group has lurked behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto and hoarded a pile of the…
Published: December 9, 2015 at 03:53PM
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By EMMA PIERSON and LEAH PIERSON
If you want to know what students protesters at universities want, you have to actually read what they write.
Published: December 9, 2015 at 11:12AM
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says teaching coding to kids is just as important as teaching any other foreign language. And the younger kids start learning it, the better.
Published: December 9, 2015 at 10:11AM
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By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
This is Computer Science Education Week, and schools around the world are participating in Hour of Code events. How well does your school meet the Hour of Code’s goal, which is to introduce computer science, demystify code and “show that anybody…
Published: December 9, 2015 at 12:04AM
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By JOHN MARKOFF
Donald Trump suggested asking Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, for help in shutting down the Internet in some areas. But the worldwide computer network was designed to thwart such an attempt.
Published: December 8, 2015 at 12:06PM
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As the Girl Scouts’ membership continues a sharp decline, its leaders are betting on technology to reverse the trend, including a major expansion of its year-old program enabling Girl Scout cookies to be sold via mobile apps and the girls’…
Published: December 8, 2015 at 05:41AM
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U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” immigrants and visitors alike, because of what he describes as hatred among “large segments of the Muslim population”…
Published: December 7, 2015 at 08:29PM
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By NICOLE PERLROTH and MIKE ISAAC
Politicians and even some technologists say Silicon Valley’s efforts to crack down on the use of social media and other technologies like encryption by terrorists have been toothless.
Published: December 7, 2015 at 07:00PM
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