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ATTRACTIVE TARGET: Exelon nuclear power generating station.

Power hacking

Technology | Electric utilities are a growing target for international cyberattacks

Troll fees
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Troll fees

Technology |  Some attorneys make it big off copyright settlements

Gateway gambling
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Gateway gambling

Technology |  Nevada launches the country’s first legal betting website

BIT BY BIT: Homemade bitcoin tokens created by a collector in Utah.
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Funny money

Technology |  Bitcoins are a new fad for online currency, but their value may be as illusory as they are

Closed mikes
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Closed mikes

Technology |  Upcoming wireless signal sale has churches and others worried about losing sound

PERSISTENT CHALLENGE: A tower on the U.S. side of the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., contains cameras and other sensors to detect fence crossing.
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Buggy border

Technology |  Border Patrol sensors are bedeviled by aging hardware and false alarms

Stop, frisk, and scroll
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Stop, frisk, and scroll

Technology |  Police in some jurisdictions have the right to search a suspect’s cellphone during an arrest

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Bad connections

Technology |  One mobile service provider made it big thanks to government handouts

Wild eye
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Wild eye

Technology |  Drones take to the skies to hunt illegal hunters

Shot down
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Shot down

Technology |  ‘Smart gun’ safety options haven’t appealed to manufacturers or buyers

Only deal in town
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Only deal in town

Technology |  In at least some cases online pricing has three rules—location, location, location

Spring cleaning
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Spring cleaning

Technology |  Hackers may be planning to steal millions of dollars from American bank accounts

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