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Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending 25 May 2013)
The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server
Now Television Advertisers Know You’re Tweeting
If you tweet about a TV show or its ads, don’t be surprised if the advertisers “sponsored tweet” you back.
Stories from Around the Web (Week Ending May 24, 2013)
A roundup of the most interesting stories from other sites, collected by the staff at MIT Technology Review.
Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending May 24, 2013)
Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.
Teens’ Coded Language is Latest Challenge for Facebook’s Ad Algorithms
Most teenagers deliberately hide what they are really talking about on Facebook - a practice that could make it harder to pitch ads at them.
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An Interplanetary GPS Using Pulsar Signals
Spacecraft could determine their position anywhere in the solar system to within five kilometres using signals from x-ray pulsars, say astronomers.
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Tesla Wires Half a Billion Dollars to the Government
Tesla Motors’ loan repayment is a bright spot for the DOE loan program.
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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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How Apple Avoids Taxes through R&D Spending
In Washington, CEO Tim Cook defended Apple’s R&D cost-sharing arrangements.
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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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