Bree Fowler

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Dallas police respond after shots were fired during a protest over recent fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers during protests; several officers were killed, police said.
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When Dallas police used a bomb-carrying robot to kill a sniper, they also kicked off an ethical debate about technology's use as a crime-fighting weapon.
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In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016, photo, the Global Ionics Beverage Power drinking device is demonstrated during a preview of products at CE Week in New York. The human body, combined with the voltage booster circuit and a single AAA battery inside the waterproof case, generates a small, safe electric current to enhance the beverage.
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Glass Uses Electric Current
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In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 file photo, people wait in front of an Apple store in Munich, Germany before the worldwide launch of the iPhone 6s. Tech and legal experts say if Apple were to create the iPhone-hacking software demanded by the FBI, it would have a tough time staying secret, given the 'potentially unlimited' number of people that would likely get a look at its inner workings.
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iPhone-Hacking Tool Wouldn't Stay Secret
If Apple loses fight with FBI, could it's hacking tool remain under lock and key? Probably not.
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This photo combination of images provided by Stanford University show Whitfield Diffie, left, and Martin Hellman. Diffie, a former chief security officer of Sun Microsystems, and Hellman, a professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Stanford University, have won the year's $1 million A.M. Turing Award, announced Tuesday, March 1, 2016, by the Association for Computing Machinery.
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New Worry: Connected Toy Security
While no crimes have resulted from the hack of a connected toy yet, some experts say it's only a matter of time.
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