Science & Technology – Week of 06.23.13

China’s Tianhe-2 Supercomputer, Twice as Fast as DoE’s Titan, Shocks the World by Arriving Two Years Early
Extreme Tech | 24 June 2013
In a massive escalation of the supercomputing arms race…

Cracking crime with Twitter in Spain
BBC News | 26 June 2013
With Twitter reaching ever further into all aspects of life…

ICANN Working Group Weeks to Kill WHOIS
ComputerWorld | 26 June 2013
An Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers…

These Goofy-Looking Glasses Could Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition Technology
Slate | 18 January 2013
The rapid rise of facial recognition technology has prompted widespread privacy concerns…

NSA Has Total Access Via Microsoft Windows
WND | 23 June 2013
The National Security Agency has backdoor access to all Windows software…

Bitcoin Foundation Receives Cease And Desist Order From California
Forbes | 23 June 2013
Directly following last month’s Bitcoin 2013 conference event in San Jose, CA…

Could Hydrogen Breakthrough Revive The Fuel-Cell Car?
Forbes | 03 April 2013
Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to efficiently extract hydrogen from plant materials…