Brooklyn Lawmakers On The Move Aug. 3, 2016

Malliotakis Promotes Veterans Entrepreneur Training

5G Wireless Is Coming, and It’s Going to Blow You Away

A massive FCC spectrum release—and new advances in wireless technologies—accelerate an era of incredibly fast data.

Unleash the Bandwidth: NYU Wireless Founder on New Possibilities with More Spectrum (video)

A Cybersecurity Expert Told Us What the DNC Hack Means for the Future of Democracy

NYU Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (video)

NYU Tandon is Comin’ in Hot for Artificial Intelligence Startups With This VC-Backed Accelerator

The school says the partnership is the first of its kind. But with its center of gravity at NYU Tandon's SoHo-based incubator, will it still be good for the Brooklyn tech scene?

NYU Teams Up With ff Venture Capital to Launch AI Lab

Company Aims to Make Buildings More Sustainable

NYU Teaches Veterans How to Start a Business

Scissura says program can boost Brooklyn’s economic growth

BP Adams: Make Guns 'Smart' for Better Control

World's Biggest Student Cyber Security Games Expand to India, Middle East, and North Africa

NYU Tandon, NYU Abu Dhabi, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Will Lure Best Young Hackers and Protectors to a Vital Field of Study

Student-Run Cyber Security Event in Abu Dhabi Hacks a Global Issue

This year, the best students from the MENA region, India, and the US will earn travel awards to participate in the final rounds, to be held in November at IIT Kanpur, NYUAD, and NYU Tandon School of…

USDA Helps Students Get Hands-On Data Science Experience

This Software Is So Sleazy Google Calls It ‘Ooze’

You probably don’t even realize you’re downloading this junk.

Google: Unwanted Bundled Software is Way More Aggressive Than Malware

Researchers have exposed the questionable practices of the pay-per-install industry behind the lucrative market for unwanted software.

Google Ramps Up Fight Against Deceptive Software Installations, Aims For 'Clean Software' Industry Standards

Adware Can Turn a Profit for those Who Sneak it into Downloads

Perpetrators are deliberately evading protections, say researchers from Google and NYU

Adware Turns a Tidy Profit for those Who Sneak it into Downloads

Perpetrators are deliberately evading protections, say researchers from Google and NYU

Adware Turns a Tidy Profit for Those Who Sneak it into Downloads

Perpetrators are deliberately evading protections, say researchers from Google and NYU

Google Finds Hijacking, Ad Injection Remain Major Problems

New Research: Zeroing in on Deceptive Software Installations

Push to Tackle Online 'Booter' Services

Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study.

3D Printing Security Risk Caused by Undetectable Defects, and Ways to Prevent It

3D printing hacks could lead to recalls, lawsuits, property damage, and even put people in danger, researchers find. They present two ways to stave off this security threat.

The More You Play a Game, the Less Likely You Are to Get a High Score

Science proves it.

U.S. Opens High-Band Spectrum for 5G Networks

How to Grow a Successful Startup

NYU's business incubators are giving forward-thinking entrepreneurs a boost.

Brooklyn Lawmakers On The Move: Malliotakis Promotes Veterans Entrepreneur Training

Malliotakis Promotes Veterans Entrepreneur Training

Is ‘Brooklyn Tech’ Even a Thing? Does it Matter?

In which a handful of leaders in the Brooklyn tech scene discuss the term and we wonder what it means for the collective power of the community.

Borough President Eric Adams Asks Students to Design Smarter Guns

City Tech and NYU Tandon School of Engineering have already agreed to participate in the $1 million competition.

Borough President to Local Colleges: Make Us a Smart Gun

Adams Will Award $1M to the School Team that Develops the Most Efficient ‘Safe’ Weapon

Google, NYU Reveal Business Model of Unwanted Software Bundles

IIT Kanpur to Host Global Cyber Security Challenge

The event, founded by the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, has expanded this year to NYU Abu Dhabi & IIT-K

What is mmWave and How Does it Fit Into 5G?

‘Extremely high frequency’ means extremely fast 5G speeds

Designing Safety Helmets -- Science of the Summer Olympics: Engineering in Sports (Video)

Hacker Claims to be Selling Stolen NSA Spy Tools

The NSA develops high-powered hacking tools. Now a hacker claims to be selling a stolen batch of them.

Reducing Background Noise in Hearing Devices

How a new noise-reduction algorithm suppresses babble in cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Q&A: What You Can Learn from a 23-year-old Technologist and Self-Starter

NYU Teams Up with Venture Fund to Help Startups Working on Artificial Intelligence (video)

How to Grow a Successful Startup

NYU's business incubators are giving forward-thinking entrepreneurs a boost.

The Science of Diffusion and the Spread of Public Policy

A team of researchers are applying network science and dynamical systems to understand how health policies spread.

City Dangles $1 Million to School with Best 'Smart Gun' Design

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is offering $1 million to the school that can come up with the best 'smart gun' technology.

NYU Tandon Professor Accepts Leadership Posts in the Chemical Engineering World

Ryan Hartman Elected Programming Chair of Major Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; He Will Also Advise New Royal Society of Chemistry Journal

How Adware Invades Your Computer and Steals Your Personal Data

Evidence Mounts that NSA Computer Code was Stolen

How the U.S. Will Respond to the Likely NSA Hack

Alleged NSA Data Dump Contains Hacking Tools Rarely Seen

Cisco said that the sample files reveal an undetected software flaw in its products

Why is Now the Time for Artificial Intelligence

Self-Checking Chip Hunts Out its Own Defects, Signs of Sabotage

Boffins Design Security Chip to Spot Hidden Hardware Trojans in Processors

When fabs go rogue.

Researchers Design Chip that Identifies Defects, Monitors Performance

Self-Checking Chips Could Eliminate Hardware Security Issues

Researchers May Have Found a Way to Validate Chips, So All Concerned Parties are Satisfied the Silicon is Back-Door Free

'Flappy Bird' Holds the Key for Figuring Out the Perfect Difficulty in Video Games

Brooklyn's game whisperers, Aaron Isaksen and Andy Nealen, are back with a case study of the infamous "Flappy Bird."

Adding Bugs to Make Software Better

Released NSA Hacking Kits Unleashed New Generation of Cyber Criminals

Of Course Everyone's Already Using the Leaked NSA Exploits

Android 7 Boasts New Encryption Features as the Crypto War Soldiers On

Android 7.0 pushes easy-to-use encryption further into the mainstream.

Fred I. Nobel Dies, Co-Inventor of Electroplating Process was 98

Business Briefs

Student Cyber Security Games Expand to India

NYU Improving Disability Tech

The Man Who Defends Hardware From Hackers

Siddharth Garg is one of the 10 most brilliant people of 2016.

Researchers Uncover Car Infotainment Vulnerability

Should an automobile manufacturer have to release a patch for a feature that they never deployed? A newly discovered vulnerability in MirrorLink's infotainment software may force an answer.

Hacking a Car Via the Driver's Smartphone

In a recently published paper "A Security Analysis of an In Vehicle Infotainment and App Platform", researchers from New York University and George Mason University unveiled the vulnerabilities posed…

Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in MirrorLink System for Connected Cars

Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in Cars Connected to Smartphones

Rise of the Robots

Five Brooklyn Startups Announced as Finalists for Make it in Brooklyn Innovation Summit Pitch Contest

5 Finalists Announced for Make It in Brooklyn Pitch Contest

These startups are vying to be Brooklyn's next tech darling.

Teaching the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals

Rockstar Professors & Mentors in Automotive Cybersecurity

Journey to an Asteroid: 3D Software Plots OSIRIS-REx's Complete Route

Hayden Planetarium OSIRIS-REx Presentation Showcases Visualization Software

Goldman Sachs Has Started Giving Away Its Most Valuable Software

The bank's new gambit: deploy its technology to win more business from clients

Does the New iPhone 7 Have Intel Inside? This Evidence Suggests it Does

The Most Commonly Used Online Dating Profile Words in 10 Major U.S. Cities

Israeli Online Attack Service ‘vDOS’ Earned $600,000 in Two Years

This Company is Turning Veterans into Entrepreneurs

A.I. is Powering an Invisible Shopping Revolution

Reaching the American Dream

Timely Event Alert: Join a Hackathon for Disaster Relief

This weekend, NYU Tandon is teaming up with the National Defense University to "tackle some of the toughest Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief challenges facing modern urban centers."

These ‘Smart Cities’ Startups Wanna Move to Brooklyn

Meet the finalists for NYU Tandon's Urban Future Competition. Coming from as far as the United Kingdom, they're vying for $25,000 and a space at the Urban Future Lab incubator.

Robots, 3D Printers, Hyperloop Pod: New MakerSpace Opens at NYU Tandon

Will boost Brooklyn's 'innovation economy'

DOT’s Trottenberg Calls for NYC to ‘Think Big’ About Transportation

Comments at Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s Newsmakers event

20 Most Interesting People on Twitter Who Influence Future of Our Cities

Ever wonder who thinks up some of the tech you see in your city? Discover who's dreaming up tomorrow's cities that you should be following today.

Keep Your Email Secure: Experts on How to Avoid the Hacks That Impacted Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton

New Software Traces OSIRIS-REx’s Complex Route to Asteroid Bennu

SEE: Makerspace with 3D Printers Debuts at NYU's Engineering Campus

NYU Tandon Cuts Ribbon on New Makerspace

Go Go Gadgets! NYU Tandon Opens High-Tech Engineering Workshop

NYC Media Lab Demo Awards: $25,000 in Prizes for Tech and Media Projects

CUNY, Columbia, Parsons, NYU projects garner awards

With "Temporary" Tattoo Ink, No More Ragrets

Wow, This Haunting VR Game by NYU Game Center Devs and… Viacom?

The NYC Media Lab's Summit showcased scores of projects, including many developed by students and industry partners like Verizon and Viacom.

A Team of Devs from Brooklyn College Won the $10k Top Prize at NYC Media Lab’s Summit

The team built a programming language called Picat, and judges saw its potential for game development and artificial intelligence problems.

The Lesson About Email Safety We Can Learn From Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell

Yargh! Piracy and Intellectual Property in the 3D-Printing Era

Counterfeiting is the world’s second-oldest profession. An estimated $220 million of U.S. currency is counterfeit. By comparison, according to the OECD, about 2.5 percent of goods, or $461 billion,…

11 Signs Your Computer is at Risk of Being Hacked

No. 3 takes no time but is SO important.

Nonprofits Use Technology to Empower People with Disabilities

Technology is often talked about as a disruptive force, but it can also be an invaluable assistant for those who need help the most.

Who's in Charge of the Internet?

NYU GovLab's Stefaan Verhulst digs into multistakeholder internet governance in a sexy new research paper. We break it down for you.

On Time (And On Budget, FYI) With Mobileware

New Program Helping Brooklyn Veterans Become Entrepreneurs Wins SBA Award

The Star of the New Hub @ Grand Central Tech is Brooklyn’s Own BlocPower

At the ribbon cutting for the new NYCEDC-backed incubator, officials touted the venture-backed BlocPower as its buzziest company. Here's a look at what the socially-minded startup has been up