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The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9-11 Commission, was created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002. This independent, bipartisan commission had the task of producing a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the attack, including preparedness and immediate response, and providing recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

In this issue, you'll hear how Google and the geeks from Silicon Valley aim to revolutionize the 70-year-old TV industry. You'll learn why your DNA sequence does not determine your entire genetic fate. You'll hear how scientists can now track the precise genetic changes behind an individual case of cancer – and how this could change the way we treat the disease. And you’ll learn what a new wave of plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles have to overcome in order to succeed.

In this issue: "35 Innovators Under 35 2015" by The Editors of Technology Review. "The Next Great GMO Debate" by Antonio Regaldo.

In this issue, you'll hear about how the Microsoft Kinect is fun but its natural user interfaces still have a long way to go. You'll learn about what Google TV has to offer – despite tepid early reviews. You'll learn about a new messaging system that could steal advertising dollars from Facebook's rivals. You'll hear about an app that goes through the clutter of texts, calls, and e-mails on a device to make sense out of a chaotic social network.

Here are some key numbers for content licensors in digital media: Netflix will pay approximately $3 billion in licensing and production fees this year to the television and film industry; Hulu is paying $192 million to license South Park; Spotify pays out 70 percent of its gross revenues to the music labels that hold the underlying rights to Spotify's catalogue.

On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” posters. Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui are, according to a federal indictment unsealed last year, agents of China’s People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398, who hacked into networks at American companies—U.S. Steel, Alcoa, Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Westinghouse—plus the biggest industrial labor union in North America, United Steelworkers, and the U.S. subsidiary of SolarWorld, a German solar-panel maker.

When Southwest Airlines pilot Paul Watson lands in a new city, he often strikes out to visit the labs of local scientists studying Down syndrome. He likes to stay current because his 14-year-old son, Nathan, has the condition. And Watson can take some credit for one idea spreading among parents: that the drug fluoxetine, also known as Prozac, might actually treat Down syndrome.

Technology is now allowing artists to do something they’ve aspired to since the stone age: make their paintings move.

The startup is exploring a molten chloride reactor concept, but says it remains committed to traveling wave reactors.

A few Tesla drivers are rewriting the programming in the Model S to make the car do interesting new things.

An algorithm might create a playlist you enjoy, but don’t mistake that for creativity.

In this issue, Technology Review highlights 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Not all breakthroughs are created equal. Some arrive more or less as usable things; others mainly set the stage for innovations that emerge later, and we have to estimate when that will be. But we’d bet that every one of the milestones on this list will be worth following in the coming years.

In this issue, you’ll hear what technology has fixed since 9/11. You’ll learn about a new standard in wireless data transmission. You'll hear how companies plan on making cloud-computing more reliable. You'll learn about the results of the first family to have their genomes sequenced and analyzed. You’ll hear Intel’s strategy for getting more of their chips into mobile devices. You’ll learn how the energy efficiency of computers is doubling every year and a half.

In this issue, you'll learn what heart cells generated from your blood can tell you about your risk for disease. You’ll hear how Egyptian and Tunisian youths hacked the Arab Spring. You’ll learn how artist David Hockney is trying to capture the experience of seeing. You’ll hear how a virtual medium of exchange could be a real alternative to government-issued money.

In this issue, you'll hear how social media, Wi-Fi gadgets and a sense of shame keep people motivated. You'll learn why an alliance with Facebook should give Microsoft an edge against search rival Google. You'll hear why some of the world's biggest technology companies have on-demand video on their slate for the upcoming year. You'll learn about a new device that can scan fingerprints from up to two meters away.

In this issue, you'll hear how WikiLeaks wants to undermine states and corporations by interfering with their ability to "think." You'll learn how a new company is marrying credit cards with mobile phones. You'll hear about one company that reflects the ambition of a whole generation of energy startups. You'll learn why the Internet is no longer fast enough for Google. You'll hear about the price you pay for using free Web services.

In this issue, you'll hear about a surprise ruling that has left the stem-cell community stunned. You'll learn about an experimental drug that is being considered a major breakthrough in cancer treatment. You'll hear how scientists are using data from genome analysis to help them choose the best drugs for their patients. You'll learn how scientists are closing in on a molecular explanation for certain cases of autism. And you’ll hear news from the worlds of Biomedicine, Technology and Communications.

In this issue, you'll hear how a small group of Web rivals joined forces to save the internet. You'll hear how Google is taking a second shot at thwarting Facebook's dominance over online social networking. You'll learn what the iPad's rivals must overcome in order to have a chance in the marketplace. You'll hear how one of the leading scientists in a new field of biology is using light to control different aspects of behavior.

Despite their ubiquity, smartphones are still not very helpful at getting you information based on what you're already doing. For instance, if you get an e-mail from a friend asking if you want to check out a new restaurant in town, you have to leave the app behind and go conduct a Web search to learn more.

When Milton Wright III got his third cancer diagnosis, he cried until he laughed. He was 20 and had survived leukemia twice before, first when he was eight and again as a teen. Each time he’d suffered through years of punishing chemotherapy.