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The Problem With Telling Sick Workers to Stay Home
Even with the coronavirus spreading, lax labor laws and little sick leave mean that many people can’t afford to skip work.
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'Surfing Attacks' Could Let Hackers Read Your Texts
“We want to raise awareness of such a threat,” says Ning Zhang, assistant professor at the Washington University in St. Louis.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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What Can Barnstormers Teach Us about Face Recognition?
New technologies and a lack of regulation cause real and imagined problems.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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