New research increases our understanding of how light interacts with atomically thin semiconductors and creates unique excitonic complex particles, multiple electrons, and holes strongly bound together.

Alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices, say researchers.

As wireless devices flourish, security pros break into cold sweats... (Second column, 16th story, link)

 Pretty much every company, to some extent, has to power their algorithms with data and machine learning if they’re going to be competitive with anyone else in their space. The challenge there, though, is that not everyone can have the massive computational power and data of a company like Google — especially not startups. Siddharth Mall and his co-founders started Playment in… Read More

The partnered companies will use financial incentives to encourage people to use Fitbits, James Park says.

BILL WOULD ALLOW GOVT TO LOCATE PEOPLE WITH TRACKING DEVICES... (Third column, 4th story, link)

Apple is recognizing that "Touch Disease" is a thing.

Prospective online learners also value access to a physical campus and prioritize cost when choosing a program, one report finds.

Police in New Jersey took custody of Ahmad Khan Rahami in a shootout. He's suspected in incidents involving explosive devices in New York and New Jersey, one of which exploded Saturday in Manhattan.

There was a dangerously close call in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, early Monday — explosives were found in a backpack. On Saturday in lower Manhattan, a device exploded injuring 29 people.