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A Checklist for Congress and the President in a Divided America

There are technologies waiting to be tapped as forces for good.

  • By Gary Shapiro
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How Can We Prepare for the Coronavirus? 3 Questions Answered.

First and foremost, people need to be prepared for their daily life to be affected.

  • By Aubree Gordon, The Conversation
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Where Everyone Goes When the Internet Breaks

Downdetector is a simple, ugly utility, which becomes a weird little life raft for displaced communities when their websites crash.

  • By Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic
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FBI Cyber Crime Report Shows the Weakness of Password Protection

It’s time we see passwords for the paper tigers that they are.

  • By John Breeden II
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Ancient Animistic Beliefs Live on in Our Intimacy with Tech

We’re learning that humans can bond, form attachments and dedicate themselves to non-conscious objects or lifeless things with shocking ease.

  • By Stephen T. Asma, aeon
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You May Feel More Focused with Your Phone Nearby

Leaving phones behind can be distracting.

  • By Tim Christie, Futurity
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Keeping Up with Compliance in the Digital Age 

Late adopters to the Homeland Security Department’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program can still benefit.

  • By Marc Chenoweth
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What Can Barnstormers Teach Us about Face Recognition? 

New technologies and a lack of regulation cause real and imagined problems. 

  • By Craig Arndt
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Corporate Buzzwords Are How Workers Pretend to Be Adults

Circle back and kill me now.

  • By Olga Khazan, The Atlantic
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A Military Perspective on Climate Change Could Bridge the Gap Between Believers and Doubters

Rather than debating the causes of climate change or assigning blame, military leaders focus on practical steps to slow its advance and minimize damage.

  • By Michael Klare, The Conversation
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Coronavirus Is a Data Time Bomb

It will be a long time before we understand what the outbreak did to the global economy.

  • By Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic
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AI Algorithms Intended to Root Out Welfare Fraud Often End Up Punishing the Poor Instead

These systems must be designed in ways that are fair, transparent and accountable to prevent hurting society’s most vulnerable.

  • By Michele Gilman, The Conversation
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To Protect Data, Organizations Must Stop Being ‘Cloud Dumb’

The first thing executives need to understand is that the cloud providers aren’t responsible for protecting data.

  • By Eric Trexler
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How to Fast-Track Next-Gen Cybersecurity Tools from Government Labs 

Startup foundries can help transform government ideas for public protection.

  • By Tony Surak
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How Citizen Scientists Can Help Protect Water Quality

One of the ways to help these groups gather data is to give them better tools and training.

  • By Matt Swayne, Futurity
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America’s Hopelessly Anemic Response to One of the Largest Personal-Data Breaches Ever

The government has indicted four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for hacking into the credit-reporting agency Equifax. The question is why.

  • By Robert D. Williams, The Atlantic
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Longer Thumbs Lead to More Smartphone Touch Errors

It's not your big, dumb thumbs, it's your long, dumb thumbs.

  • By Maria Hornbek, Futurity
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Hackers Could Shut Down Satellites—or Turn Them into Weapons

On the mundane end of scale, hackers could simply shut satellites down.

  • By William Akoto, The Conversation
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Why It’s Time to Drop Passwords for Federal Networks

At very least, stop using pop culture references.

  • By John Breeden II
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How Your Laptop Ruined Your Life

Smartphones aren’t the only killers of work-life balance.

  • By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic
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