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In the age of Big Data, personal and national securities have more threats than ever before. The consequences on these attacks could be catastrophic and affect thousands of people. Financial institutes are having more cyberattacks since people have access to … Continue reading →

Last week Ford revealed its autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid, which has been an ongoing research project. Ford has been partnering with State Farm and researchers at the University of Michigan to make autonomous cars possible. The University of Michigan Computer … Continue reading →

Ethan Duggan is a 12-year-old that found himself being there when his mom needed fashion advice when his father wasn’t home. This sparked an idea where he wanted to create an app that would say certain messages that you choose … Continue reading →

There is a new kit that was developed called Kano that allows children to build their own computers. Each kit, created by a London startup, is $99. The idea was to create something that would be fun enough to keep … Continue reading →

In the next five years they are projecting that there will be 8 million jobs in the fields of science, engineering and mathematics developed. This nation is not producing that many well-rounded students in these fields coming out of school. … Continue reading →

Amazon announced on 60 minutes that in the future they would like to allow for a 30 minute delivery option by using drones. Their idea is to allow customers that live within 10 miles of an Amazon fulfillment center. There … Continue reading →

YouTube has been having problems with users posting spam in the comments section. YouTube is trying to fight back and crack down on this problem by instituting new rules on who can post and what you can post. They initially … Continue reading →

Timescape is a new platform that allows users to visualize data by telling a story through a map. Users can shift though information on the map while also seeing events near that location and how they relate to each other.  … Continue reading →

There is a campaign going on right now in support of the development of robots that teach children the fundamentals of computer programming. There robots are meant for kids as young as five years old and teach them the basic … Continue reading →

Facebook claims that they can tell if users, of their site, who are in a relationship are going to break-up before it even happens.  Facebook uses an algorithm that looks at the strength of ties between mutual friends. They claim … Continue reading →