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Microsoft has demonstrated why the FBI’s desire for “Golden Key” backdoors allowing “good guys” to bypass security is such a bad idea: it inadvertently released >>>

Facebook thrives on data, prodding users to provide it with their memories, cherished moments and relationships. Source: How did Facebook get my number? And why >>>

Espionage platform with more than 50 modules was almost certainly state sponsored. Source: Researchers crack open unusually advanced malware that hid for 5 years

Scientists have made a major advance in understanding how the cells of an organism, which all contain the same genetic information, come to be so >>>

A researcher exposes design and control flaws in Windows 10 versions that have the capability to run Linux. Source: Black Hat: Windows 10 at Risk >>>

Scientists have answered a burning question central to the charm of sunflowers: Why do young flowers move their blooms to always face the sun over >>>

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New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of >>>

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