"Massachusetts Institute of Technology" news, interviews, and features

News about Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Researchers improve de-anonymization attacks for websites hiding on Tor

  Attackers controlling entry nodes on the Tor network could find the location of hidden services or unmask users visiting them

• Groups urge Obama to oppose cyberthreat sharing bills

  They say the Senate's CISA cyberthreat information sharing bill would allow businesses to share too much information

• MIT tests 'software transplants' to fix buggy code

  MIT researchers have shown a way to fix flaws using code copied from a working program

• Wi-Fi access point scans can betray a person's location

  A new study warns that Wi-Fi data collected by applications could be used for tracking

• MIT uses algorithm to banish window reflections in pics

  The software can automatically remove reflections when photographing through windows

• MIT develops wireless trackpad for your thumbnail

  Tiny wireless device is still a prototype, but brings a new way to control electronics

Features about Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• What happens when computer science conferences go Gangnam Style

  From musical trees to mechatronic stilts, computer scientists at CHI embraced the offbeat

• Internet traffic jams, meet your robot nemesis

  MIT researchers have built a system to write better algorithms for tackling congestion

• Six innovations that will change healthcare

  Healthcare is ripe for innovation

• The end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz

  He was extraordinarily smart, nice and dedicated to making the right things happen.