Live from Berlin: Falling Walls Conference 2018
Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?
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The Science of Falling Walls
Berlin conference spotlights world-shaping science
A New Supercomputer Is the World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine
The computer has one million processors and 1,200 interconnected circuit boards
Algorithms Designed to Fight Poverty Can Actually Make It Worse
How algorithms designed to alleviate poverty can perpetuate it instead
Happy, with a 20 Percent Chance of Sadness
Researchers are developing wristbands and apps to predict moods—but the technology has pitfalls as well as promise
Illuminating the Dark Web
It might sound scary, but the ‘dark web’ is not much different from the rest of the internet
Artificial Intelligence Is Learning to Keep Learning
A new machine-learning technique mimics the brain’s ability to adapt to new circumstances
Here's What the Quantum Internet Has in Store
Physicists say this futuristic, super-secure network could be useful long before it reaches technological maturity
Survey Polls the World: Should a Self-Driving Car Save Passengers, or Kids in the Road?
More than two million internet respondents pondered dilemmas to consider in letting vehicles make moral choices
The Harm That Data Do
Paying attention to how algorithmic systems impact marginalized people worldwide is key to a just and equitable future
Science News Briefs from around the Globe
A few very brief reports about science and technology from around the globe, including one from Mongolia on horse dentistry.
How to Identify Almost Anyone in a Consumer Gene Database
New techniques that dig more deeply into genetic databases may soon make the anonymity of their customers’ DNA impossible to safeguard
Can a Mood-Predicting Smartphone App Work?
Evidence behind a digital tech intervention remains scant
5G Devices Are about to Change Your Life
It will make 4G phones seem positively quaint
Clicks, Lies and Videotape
Artificial intelligence is making it possible for anyone to manipulate audio and video. The biggest threat is that we stop trusting anything at all
Will L.A.'s Anti-Terrorist Subway Scanners Be Adopted Everywhere?
Terahertz millimeter-wave technology will screen passengers for bombs and suicide vests from 10 meters distance as they rush to make the next train
Algorithms for Quantum Computers
Developers are perfecting programs meant to run on quantum computers
AI That Can Argue and Instruct
New algorithms will enable personal devices to learn any topic well enough to debate it
Augmented Reality Everywhere
Coming soon: the world overlaid with data
Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains?
Some say our gadgets and computers can help improve intelligence. Others say they make us stupid and violent. Which is it?