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One-Time Pad Reinvented to Make Electronic Copying Impossible
The ability to copy electronic code makes one-time pads vulnerable to hackers. Now engineers have found a way round this to create a system of cryptography that is invulnerable to electronic attack.
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Government Lab Reveals It Has Operated Quantum Internet for Over Two Years
A quantum internet capable of sending perfectly secure messages has been running at Los Alamos National Labs for the last two and a half years, say researchers
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The Phosphorous Atom Quantum Computing Machine
An Australian team unveils the fundamental building block of a scalable quantum computer that could be embedded in today’s silicon chips.
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Second Life Founder’s New Virtual World Uses Body-Tracking Hardware
Hardware that tracks your head, eyes, and hands will make the follow up to Second Life very different from the pioneering virtual world.
Building Solar in Spain Instead of Germany Could Save Billions
Building solar and wind projects in the wrong place is wasting billions of dollars in Europe.
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What Will Hackers Do with the New Kinect?
Upgraded robot vision will be just one of the uses for the new version of Microsoft’s gesture control camera.
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How the Great Firewall of China Shapes Chinese Surfing Habits
Can cultural factors be more important than censorship in shaping Chinese surfing habits? Two researchers argue that a new study of the way global websites cluster together supports this idea.
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Exxon Takes Algae Fuel Back to the Drawing Board
A $300 million project seems to have failed to produce a cheap way to make fuel from algae.
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Severed from Nokia, Ex-Employees Launch Bifurcated Smartphone
Jolla Mobile, formed by Nokia refugees, launches a phone with interchangable back panels and the Sailfish OS.
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It’s Time to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class
How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment?
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