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A Security Scanner for Human Vulnerabilities

A tool designed to test key employees with benign phishing messages aims to reduce the risk of corporate data breaches.

Computing

How to Damage a Chemical Plant over the Internet

A security researcher has worked out more than a dozen ways to remotely wreck the guts of industrial facilities.

Energy

India, Solar Technology, and the Monkey Problem

As the government embarks on an ambitious renewables program, researchers seek technology solutions suited to India’s unique conditions.

Biomedicine

How Well Can Bionic Eyes See?

New computer simulations illustrate the limits of prosthetic eyes and suggest pathways for making them better.

Computing

The Least Worst Way of Letting the Government Read Encrypted Messages Is Still a Terrible Idea

A lawyer and cryptographer try to sketch out the most secure way to let the U.S. government intercept encrypted messages—and conclude it still won’t work.

Computing

The Seemingly Unfixable Crack in the Internet’s Backbone

Attacking the Internet’s core infrastructure to intercept Web traffic at mass scale is easier than it should be.

Computing

Teaching Machines to Understand Us

A reincarnation of one of the oldest ideas in artificial intelligence could finally make it possible to truly converse with our computers. And Facebook has a chance to make it happen first.

Computing

Got Sleep Problems? Try Tracking Your Rest with Radar.

A research project called DoppleSleep can tell how well you’re sleeping without getting in the way.

Computing

Mainframe Computers That Handle Our Most Sensitive Data Are Open to Internet Attacks

Mainframe computers have handled our most precious data since the 1960s, but they’re being put online without adequate security.

Biomedicine

Tiny Glue Guns to Patch Surgical Holes

Glue made of nanoparticles, delivered by a needle, can be a better replacement for sutures and surgical staples.