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• Someday your phone may stop an oncoming car

  Verizon is using a simulated city to develop a vehicle-to-pedestrian safety system

• Logjam: How to tell if your browser is vulnerable

  The just-disclosed Logjam flaw has again sent browser makers and website administrators scrambling to craft and apply patches, a repeat of the March rush to ...

• The FTC is worried about algorithmic transparency, and you should be too

  Don't assume your Facebook friends are ignoring you -- it could simply be the site's algorithms at work

• Kevlar could keep lithium-ion batteries from catching fire

  Researchers have found that Kevlar extracts in batteries could prevent batteries from shorting

• President Obama honors standout computer scientists with National Medals

  Computer scientists who made breakthroughs in areas such as software architectures and database management systems were among those honored

• Smaller Windows PC makers nip at Apple's heels in customer satisfaction

  Apple again topped rival computer makers in an annual survey, the 10th year in a row its Macs have whipped Windows PCs.