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Charge Your Phone (and Your Car) from Afar

Charging systems that send power farther through the air will soon be on sale.

Watson's New Job: IBM Salesman

The Jeopardy-playing computer pays its way by helping to sell products.

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Turing's Enduring Importance

The path computing has taken wasn't inevitable. Even today's machines rely on a seminal insight from the scientist who cracked Nazi Germany's codes.

Tough Times for U.S. EV Battery Makers

Companies need more consumer demand for electric vehicles to grow rapidly.

Shrunken Servers Aim for a Greener Internet

Intel teams up with a startup to create a server twice as efficient as those that power websites and apps today.

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Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey on the Future of Work

Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels

Which Countries Grew the Most GM Crops in 2011?

Image Stabilization Trickles Down

What's in a Name? For Apple, Millions of Dollars

Ultrafast Trades Trigger Black Swan Events Every Day, Say Econophysicists

A 3-D Printed Jawbone

How Networks of Biological Cells Solve Distributed Computing Problems

Google Shoots the Moon, Solves for X

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Aaron Swartz Hacks the Attention Economy

By Antonio Regalado

A digital guerrilla fighter explains what's wrong with anti-piracy laws, why the Internet and copyright law don't get along, and how he got into politics.

Venture Capital, Disrupted

By Tom Simonite

For a new generation of technology company founders, money is the easy part.

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Fisker's Woes Put A123 Systems at Risk

Both the plug-in hybrid startup, and the company that supplies its batteries, appear to be in trouble.

Attacks on Android Devices Intensify

Rising security incidents and poorly defended phones suggest 2012 could be a risky year for smart-phone users.

Tesla's New Car: A Luxury SUV, with Wings

The Model X will help Tesla compete better with large automakers.

A Tough Tip for Nano Manipulation

New coating promises to turn an atomic force microscope into an even more useful tool.

Data Analysis for the People

Wolfram Alpha can now analyze data you provide, so you can do things like map out your e-mail relationships.

A Military Robot that Does It All

iRobot's Warrior is strong enough to tow a car and dexterous enough to open its trunk using the handle.

Super Bowl, and Its Ads, Set a Tweet Record

  • 02.07.2012
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  • By David Talbot

The surging social-media response to TV promises to shape future programming and advertising trends.

Europeans Protest Anti-Piracy Treaty

Opponents say ACTA would curtail Internet freedom.

Concentrated Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency Record

Semprius makes solar modules using tiny cells that need less cooling.

Startup Turns Data Crunching into a High-Stakes Sport

Kaggle organizes contests for organizations looking to make valuable predictions from mountains of data.

Why Viewers Could Soon Control Super Bowl Ads

Tweets and other social media comments are about to drive real-time changes in programming.

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The Law of Online Sharing

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will eventually have to deal with the fact that all growth has limits.

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Artificial muscles could power tiny actuators and microfluidic mixers

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