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Why Did Agile Fail on Such a Massive Stage?News of the recent collapse of a welfare reform project in the UK has agile in its crosshairs and does little else but blame the philosophy for the project's failure. But a recently released retrospective-like report shows that perhaps the expectations of agile were unrealistic, to say the least. | 
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Think Test Offshoring Is Automatically Less Expensive? Think AgainWhy does senior management split developers and testers? Because they do not realize that software is about collaboration. Success happens when you hire feature teams in one location. When CIOs are under pressure to reduce budget and release faster, they think offshoring—but that has other costs. | 
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NSF Awards $25 Million for Center for Brains, Minds, and MachinesHow does the human brain actually work? To find out, the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $25 million grant over five years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM). | 
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Getting a Sense of Disney’s Eerie New Audio Technology Bone conduction audio transmissions have been around for a long time, but a new creation from Disney definitely has people turning heads—to find out who stuck a finger in their ear, and why they can hear a recorded message being broadcast directly into their brain. Don't worry, we're confused, too. |
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How Tech Companies Can Make Gamification Go to Work for ThemGamification isn’t just about leaderboards and having fun at work. This technique has become an increasingly valuable business practice for understanding which behaviors will drive desired outcomes. From increasing sales to getting more feedback from users, gamification is establishing real worth. | 
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This Far-Reaching Wireless Platform May Support the Internet of ThingsAn in-the-works project called Flutter provides an inexpensive, power-efficient alternative to Wi-Fi and covers an area a hundred times larger. Get enough transmitters to communicate, and you could cover whole cities. This is the future of controlling our connected devices in the Internet of Things. |
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Do You Want Facebook’s Facial Recognition to Remember You?When it comes to the growing use of facial recognition technology, some prefer that their face be forgotten rather than be digitally recognized, remembered, and used in random applications that they may not be aware of. Pamela Rentz looks at Facebook's use of facial recognition technology. |
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How NSA Cracks Encrypted DataNew facts continue to come out about the National Security Agency’s information-gathering programs. Each day's news seems to outdo previous scoops about its spying capabilities. This week is no different, with new reports detailing NSA's efforts to crack encrypted data. | 
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