TechnologyOctober 1, 2015
Max Tegmark on the Threat of a Robot Takeover
What the co-founder of the Future of Life Institute thinks about the rise of AI
Communications
TechnologySeptember 30, 2015
What Could Criminals Do with 5.6 Million Fingerprint Files?
The hack against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was bad—really bad—but the theft of biometric data was more symbolic than practical
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TechnologySeptember 25, 2015
Aircraft Communication, 1915
TechnologySeptember 22, 2015
More Fun Please, We're Scientists
Mind & BrainSeptember 18, 2015
Nonpolitical Tweets May Reveal Political Bias
Word selection among Twitter users who could be identified as likely members of one or the other political party showed specific usage patterns. Christopher Intagliata reports
HealthSeptember 9, 2015
Electronic Health Records Software Often Written without Doctors' Input
The reason why many doctors find EHRs difficult to use might be that the software wasn't properly tested, research suggests
TechnologySeptember 9, 2015
The Robot Will See You Now
TechnologySeptember 8, 2015
Wikipedia Editors Woo Scientists to Improve Content Quality
The online encyclopedia hosted a conference to enlist the help of scientists and reduce disputes about the quality of entries
Mind & BrainSeptember 8, 2015
Using Technology to Break the Speed Barrier of Reading
New research suggests that one of humanity’s most important inventions can be improved
TechnologySeptember 1, 2015
10 Siri Hacks to Streamline Your Life
Voice assistants can do more than take dictations. Here’s how to put them to work for you
TechnologyAugust 17, 2015
NSA Spying Relies on AT&T's "Extreme Willingness to Help"
The National Security Agency's ability to capture Internet traffic on U.S. soil has been based on an extraordinary, decades-long partnership with a single company: AT&T
TechnologyAugust 11, 2015
Google Will No Longer Build Driverless Cars
Co-founders Page and Brin create a collection of companies called Alphabet that let Google focus on search while others shoot for the moon