New Security Flaws Render Shellshock Patch Ineffective
Your system is still vulnerable to the Shellshock bug, even if you’ve patched it. Security researchers have found new flaws in bash, rendering previous patches ineffective. See also: How To Detect And...
View ArticleHow To Build Soft Robots
If you’ve ever wondered how to engineer a flexible robot that can move like a flesh-and-blood creature, have we got some tools for you. Thanks, that is, to an open-source collaboration that has...
View ArticleWhy Leadership Is Like A Three-Legged Stool
Researchers at the University of Illinois sought to understand the science of leadership, and what they came up with is a metaphor involving a stool. Past research in this field generally breaks...
View ArticleWhy Are Women Leaving Science, Engineering, And Tech Jobs?
Recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation shows U.S. women working in science, engineering, and tech fields are 45% more likely than their male peers to leave the industry within the year....
View ArticleHow Stress Changes The Brain
We tend to think of stress as an immediate problem: The boss hovering over our desks; the mad dash to the subway at the end of a long day. And in the short-term, stress makes us feel irritable,...
View ArticleIs Anyone Really Buying Anything On Mobile?
We do just about everything on our phones today. We do work, take photos, call cabs, check our heart rate, order food, get directions, and listen to music–but do we buy things? Since the early days of...
View ArticlePopulation with internet access to pass 3bn next year
As internet connections continue to spread into developing nations, thanks largely to smartphones and several ambitious Silicon Valley projects, the number of people online is likely to pass three...
View ArticleDenmark is the ‘world’s most connected country’
Denmark pips South Korea for ease of mobile and internet access, while Britain comes fifth in annual ranking Denmark has been named the world’s “most connected” country based on mobile phone and...
View ArticleBefore Bed, Switch Off The E-Reader And Pick Up A Paperback
Researchers have recommended that couples banish cellphones from the bedroom, thanks to the dark allure of their constant dings and alerts. Now add another item to that list of forbidden devices: the...
View ArticleFord Opens New Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto
Ford Motor Company is opening a new, expanded Research and Innovation Center in Palo Alto. The company plans to employ 125 people in the new building with a focus on future technology in the areas of...
View ArticleRewriting the Rules of Turing’s Imitation Game
Some researchers are searching for more meaningful ways to measure artificial intelligence. We have self-driving cars, knowledgeable digital assistants, and software capable of putting names to faces...
View ArticleData Scientists: Research Parasites?
In just a four years, it seems, data science has devolved from the ‘sexiest job of the 21st century” to a community of “research parasites.” The latest assessment is courtesy of an editorial in the New...
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