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SATURDAY 6. DECEMBER 2014



FRIDAY 5. DECEMBER 2014


Antivirus Companies Should Be More Open About Their Government Malware Discoveries

Antivirus companies had tracked the sophisticated—and likely U.S.-backed—Regin malware for years. But they kept what they learned to themselves.Last week we learned about a striking piece of malware called Regin that has been infecting computer networks worldwide since 2008. It’s more sophisticated than any known criminal malware, and everyone believes a government is behind it. No country...


THURSDAY 4. DECEMBER 2014


Your Online Journal, Built from Heartbeats, Sleep Patterns, and Hikes

A startup called Gyroscope wants to build you a personal website that’s automatically updated with your own data.In the spring, Web designer Anand Sharma saw his doctor for an annual physical and became worried upon learning he had a low level of vitamin D. To fix this, he committed to running more often—an easy way to soak up sunshine—as well as something a little more drastic: monitoring...

The Internet, Politics, and the Politics of Internet Debate

To reflect on the “political implications of the Internet” today is both arrogant and futile. What we call the Internet—computers and routers but also smartphones and the Internet of Things—is invading our existence. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; properly designed and governed, it could actually be a healthy development for democracy. But once the Internet is everywhere, a question...


WEDNESDAY 3. DECEMBER 2014


Cheap Oil Could Kill Off Cellulosic Ethanol

Inexpensive oil could increase the pressure to reduce mandates for biofuels.The plunge in oil prices, accelerated by a recent OPEC decision to maintain production targets, will deal a new blow to efforts to commercialize advanced biofuels such as ethanol made from woody plant waste, or diesel made from plant oils. Lower oil prices may also help strengthen the case for scaling back the federal...


TUESDAY 2. DECEMBER 2014


Google’s Intelligence Designer

The man behind a startup acquired by Google for $628 million plans to build a revolutionary new artificial intelligence.Demis Hassabis started playing chess at age 4, and soon blossomed into a child prodigy. At age 8, success on the chessboard led him to ponder two questions that have obsessed him ever since: first, how does the brain learn to master complex tasks; and second, could computers ever...


MONDAY 1. DECEMBER 2014


Material Cools Buildings by Sending Heat into Space

A new material that requires no electricity uses the universe as a heat sink—even when the sun is shining.A material that simultaneously reflects light and radiates heat at frequencies that vent it through the Earth’s atmosphere could one day help cool buildings on hot days. The material cools itself to a temperature below the ambient air, and has been tested on a rooftop at Stanford...

3-D-Printing Bio-Electronic Parts

With new “inks” containing semiconductors, researchers have been able to print LEDs for the first time.A 3-D printer can already make a prototype or spare part out of metal or polymer. Researchers at Princeton University have now taken an important step toward expanding the technology’s potential by developing a way to print functioning electronic circuitry out of semiconductors and other...


SATURDAY 29. NOVEMBER 2014



FRIDAY 28. NOVEMBER 2014


A Sleek Wristband That Can Track Seizures

A startup wants to make it easier for people with epilepsy to detect seizures and let others know when they need help.A new wristband from a startup called Empatica is built for people with epilepsy—it hopes to detect their seizures and alert family when they’re in the throes of one—but it could also appeal to people who simply want a sleek-looking gadget for logging activities and...


THURSDAY 27. NOVEMBER 2014


A Zippier Way to Share Big Files?

Startup Keyssa wants to replace cords and connectors with speedy wireless transfer technology.A startup called Keyssa has developed technology to wirelessly transfer large amounts of data, like movies and music collections, from one gadget to another in seconds, rather than the minutes (or  longer) it can take with a USB drive or over...