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Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab

The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave Two.

Google’s Social Network Gets Smarter

With dozens of new features, Google’s social network is becoming more like a photo service and a news site.

Google Wants to Help Apps Track You

Google will help people who build Android apps follow their users around without draining too much battery life.

Treading Carefully, Google Encourages Developers to Hack Glass

Breaking its own restrictions, Google will show developers how to build any kind of app for Google Glass.

China Comes to Silicon Valley at One Startup Accelerator

A year after launch, a startup program is helping U.S. companies reach China—and vice versa.

New Kind of LED Could Mean Better Google-Glass-Like Displays

Micro-display LED tech could light up the next generation of face-wearable gadgets.

Facebook Reacts to Criticisms of “Home” App; Promises Upgrades

A month after the release of Home, Facebook is working to answer criticisms with improvements.

Glimpses of a World Revealed by Cell-Phone Data

An examination of simple cell-phone records reveals maps of poverty levels, ethnic divides, and the movements of sports fans.

Honeypots Lure Industrial Hackers Into the Open

Dummy water-plant control systems rapidly attracted attention from hackers who tinkered with their settings—suggesting it happens to real industrial systems, too.

Broadcast Video Will Soon Be Packed into Smartphone Signals

Putting broadcast signals within LTE mobile network technology could open up bandwidth and disrupt business models.

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