There’s a well-known movie trope in which a hacker takes control of the traffic lights in a city, causing general mayhem or ...

A hackerspace is a place that generally needs to be accessed by a wide group of people, often at weird and unusual hours.

Archival storage poses lots of challenges. We want media that is extremely dense and stable for centuries or more, and, ideally, doesn’t consume any energy when not being accessed. Lots of ideas have ...

Forward-looking: While passive RFID-based systems do actually exist, reliably transmitting data within industrial environments can still be problematic. A newly approved standard aims to solve the ...

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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed a bill that will require a cursive handwriting curriculum in all Pennsylvania public schools. “I’m definitely rusty, but I think my penmanship was okay!” Shapiro ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A former Cleveland State University professor is accused of mishandling data from two child studies and having produced controversial research claiming that among mixed-race people, ...

The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...

California's DROP program is now active, giving Californians the ability to stop data brokers from selling their personal information. DROP, which stands for Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, is a ...

Today’s medication supply chain relies heavily on barcodes for tracking and authentication, and these are applied not only at the unit of sale — such as a box of medications — but also at the ...

The PowerScan 9600 RFID combines the ability to read both traditional 1D and 2D barcodes as well as RFID tags in a single, rugged handheld device. This scanner has IP65 and IP67 ratings, can withstand ...