The lack of security built into phone networks leaves callers vulnerable to snooping, but the growth of encrypted communications will help protect privacy
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Urban Bungle: Atlanta Cyber Attack Puts Other Cities on Notice
The city has spent the past two weeks restoring online services disrupted by ransomware that held encrypted data hostage
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Uber Self-Driving Car Fatality Reveals the Technology’s Blind Spots
The ride-sharing company has halted its autonomous vehicle testing while it investigates the accident in Arizona
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Intelligent to a Fault: When AI Screws Up, You Might Still Be to Blame
Interactions between people and artificially intelligent machines pose tricky questions about liability and accountability, according to a legal expert
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: You Can’t Handle the Truth–at Least on Twitter
False information is about 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than faithful reports of actual events, researchers find
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Russia’s New Nukes Are Similar to a Risky Project the U.S. Abandoned
The U.S. Air Force’s Project Pluto sought to create nuclear-powered cruise missiles, but was terminated decades ago after second thoughts over the dangers
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Supreme Court Skeptical of Microsoft’s Irish E-Mail Privacy Claims
Justices are considering whether a law passed prior to the Web and cloud computing allows companies to hide data stored abroad
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Tech Dealers Now Trying to Save the Tech “Addicts” They’ve Created
The new Center for Humane Technology aims to lead the fight against society’s obsession with the Web, apps and social media—but it may just add to the confusion
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Winter Olympics: Could Plastic “Ice” Help Overcome Bias toward Colder Countries?
Bobsled, luge and skeleton tracks lined with plastic rather than ice could make those sports more accessible worldwide
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Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Trump Administration Idea for Nationalized 5G Falls Flat
Critics pan National Security Council call for the government to build its own high-speed wireless network
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