By STEVE LOHR
An M.I.T.-led research and product development project is trying to bring clothes into the digital age and make textiles a high-tech industry.
Published: March 31, 2016 at 08:00PM
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MARCHESE–Francis Thomas, (called Frank) of New York, NY, died on September 21, 2015. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, to Frank Marchese and Catherine, nee Miller, on May 12, 1949. He attended Brooklyn Preparatory School, NY; earned a B.S. at Niagara…
Published: March 29, 2016 at 04:30PM
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By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Two years before the Paris and Brussels assaults, a special branch of the group was churning out smaller attacks that the authorities repeatedly discounted as isolated or random acts.
Published: March 28, 2016 at 08:00PM
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TENENBAUM–Gerald, of Manhattan and Milford, PA, died on March 18 at the age of 82. Jerry was an electrical engineer, a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and City College of New York. He earned a Masters Degree in Computer Science and an MBA. A…
Published: March 19, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By NATHANIEL POPPER
In addition to virtual currency, Ethereum also provides a way to create online markets and programmable transactions known as smart contracts.
Published: March 27, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By DAMIEN CAVE
The president’s engagement policy and Raúl Castro’s minor opening to free-market ideas have created a new dynamic for Cuba that reveals what the country could become with more freedom to evolve.
Published: March 26, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By JOHN MARKOFF and STEVE LOHR
Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft are using high salaries and games pitting humans against computers to try to claim the standard on which all companies will build their A.I. technology.
Published: March 25, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By LARA N. DOTSON-RENTA
As a Latina girl who dreams of being a NASA inventor, my 7-year-old daughter’s path is unlikely to be smooth, and the deck remains stacked against her.
Published: March 25, 2016 at 03:00AM
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By REUTERS
A frantic 40-second ride on a bumpy, dirt track decided the gold medal in the BMX final at the London Olympics but left Australia’s Caroline Buchanan with four years to stew over a chance gone begging.
Published: March 24, 2016 at 05:57AM
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By SUSAN LEHMAN
The Times columnist Gail Collins talks about how she does her job.
Published: March 21, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By STEVE LOHR
A new project seeks to collect, label and pay for mobile sensor data and encourage innovation in many fields.
Published: March 22, 2016 at 08:00PM
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By JONATHAN KANDELL
He helped lead the semiconductor revolution, which proved to be as momentous for economic and social development as hydrocarbon fuels, electricity and telephones were in earlier eras.
Published: March 21, 2016 at 08:00PM
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Much has been made of both the benefits and dangers that come with strong encryption, especially the methods used by Apple to secure its devices. But new research shows that Apple’s security isn’t as impenetrable as both the company and its critics…
Published: March 21, 2016 at 01:30PM
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By REUTERS
More than a year after Uber announced a research pact with Carnegie Mellon University – and then hired away four of the institution’s faculty and 36 researchers and technicians – the ride-hailing company and university have not collaborated on a…
Published: March 21, 2016 at 02:06AM
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TENENBAUM–Gerald, of Manhattan and Milford, PA, died on March 18 at the age of 82. Jerry was an electrical engineer, a graduate of Stuyvesant High School and City College of New York. He earned a Masters Degree in Computer Science and an MBA. A…
Published: March 19, 2016 at 04:02PM
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Suppose Apple loses its court fight with the FBI and has to produce a software tool that would help agents hack into an iPhone — specifically, a device used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters. Could that tool really remain secret and…
Published: March 18, 2016 at 10:46AM
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A teenager who injured four people in a stabbing spree on a California university campus before he was shot dead by police last year was inspired by the Islamic State militant group but acted alone, the FBI said on Thursday.
Published: March 17, 2016 at 04:44PM
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