The 35-year-old civilian received security clearance four months ago after working for the U.S. Navy since February.
FBI agents made contact with him, pretending to be with the Egyptian government.
They struck a deal to buy documents about the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, the first in a new line of improved, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.
The man sold four CAD drawings for the carrier, and was later seen photographing another set of schematics. A bond hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Why our churches may be empty in just a few years...
I am a graduate student in his twenties who used to be able to read dozens and dozens of lengthy books in his childhood.
Over the years, I have noticed that my attention span and ability to concentrate has decreased noticeably, seemingly in synchronization with society's increased connectedness with the Internet and constant stimulation from computers and mobile devices alike.
I have noticed that myself and others seem to have a difficult time really sitting down to read anything or focus on anything relatively boring for even more than ten seconds (the "TL;DR Generation," as I sometimes call it).
I see it when socializing with others or even during a professor's lecture. I have tried leaving my mobile phone at home and limiting myself to fewer browser tabs in an effort to regain concentration that I believe has been lost in recent years.
Nonetheless, this is an issue that has begun to adversely affect my academic studies and may only get worse in time.
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The publicized goal of Tesla's "gigafactory" is to make electric cars more affordable.
However, that benefit may soon be eclipsed by the gigafactory's impact on roof-top solar power storage costs, putting the business model of utilities in peril.
"The mortal threat that ever cheaper on-site renewables pose" comes from systems that include storage, said physicist Amory Lovins.
"That is an unregulated product you can buy at Home Depot that leaves the old business model with no place to hide."
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If this continues we will see some bizarre life forms that were man altered.
The shape of DNA is a double helix, right? That's what we are taught. Well, now the answer is "not always."
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered how to program DNA to be shaped like a bowl, or a spiral, or a ring, or other shapes that aren't found in nature.
It's the latest in a string of discoveries about the underlying structure of life and the building blocks by which it's made.
Recently, scientists created new nucleotides that do not exist in nature and inserted them into a living organism.
And now, this: DNA can look like just about anything and can be assembled into many shapes.
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Seriously, I know some who still are using window 98 on older computer platforms bacause they do not trust the US government.
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is trying to proactively block FBI head James Comey's request for new rules that make tapping into devices easier.
The Secure Data Act would ban agencies from making manufacturers alter their products to allow easier surveillance or search, something Comey has said is necessary as encryption becomes more common and more sophisticated.
"Strong encryption and sound computer security is the best way to keep Americans' data safe from hackers and foreign threats," said Wyden in a statement. "
It is the best way to protect our constitutional rights at a time when a person's whole life can often be found on his or her smartphone."
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Oh heads will roll when these hackers are caught for sure...
"It's time to take a moment of silence for Sony Pictures, because more startling revelations about leaked information just came out and employees are starting to panic.
BuzzFeed raked through some 40 gigabytes of data and found everything from medical records to unreleased scripts.
This is probably the worst corporate hack in history.
Meanwhile, Fusion's Kevin Roose is reporting on what exactly happened at Sony Pictures when the hack went down.
The hack was evidently so extensive that even the company gym had to shut down.
And once the hackers started releasing the data, people started 'freaking out,' one employee said.
That saddest part about all of this is that the very worst is probably still to come.
Hackers say they stole 100 terabytes of data in total.
If only 40 gigabytes contained all of this damning information, just imagine what 100 terabytes contains."
Things are going from bad to worse when it comes to the recent Sony Pictures Entertainment breach.
Not only has sensitive financial information been released — including the salaries of high-ranking Sony executives — but more damaging personal information including 47,000 Social Security numbers of employees and actors have been leaked to the internet.
We're now learning some even more disturbing details, unfortunately.
Guardians of Peace (GOP), the hackers claiming responsibility for infiltrating Sony's computer network, are now threatening to harm the families of Sony employees.
GOP reportedly sent Sony employees an email, which just so happened to be riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, that read in part, "your family will be in danger."
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