
Your Phone Could Be Used to Prosecute for Getting an Abortion: Here’s How
Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.
Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.
To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency
To propel itself higher than any known engineered jumper or animal can, it had to ignore the limits of biology
They could find use as protective material, 3-D printer “ink” or longer-lasting batteries
The Putin regime has a portfolio of digital tools to control information and crack down on protests within the country
But tech companies and governments are fighting back
An ecological model suggests islands are better at preserving literature as well as species
The program also challenges certain assumptions about self-driving cars
A falsified video would be an update on the traditional use of propaganda campaigns during warfare
The method could extend the lifetime of lithium-metal batteries by 30 percent, a new study suggests
A delayed rollout bought time to address worries that the new telecommunications standard would interfere with aviation instruments
FaceBit tracks a face covering’s fit and wear time, as well as its wearer’s vital signs
“Doomscroll Reminder Lady” Karen K. Ho explains how to step away from the screen
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A cybersecurity expert explains how the widely used logging software is already making us more vulnerable
The World Economic Forum and Scientific American team up to highlight technological advances that could change the world—including self-fertilizing crops, on-demand drug manufacturing, breath-sensing diagnostics and 3-D-printed houses...
The device can sit beneath a bandage and send infection alerts directly to a smartphone
The novel material mimics the layered structure of nacre
One of the experts who grades U.S. utilities every four years explains what needs to be fixed
The technique is the latest method to glean a surprising amount of surveillance from a meager source
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