Computing

DeepMind’s AlphaStar beat all but the very best humans at the fast-paced sci-fi video game

The secret—as it seems to be with pretty much everything these days—is algorithms

Much like extreme weather, cyberattacks require international monitoring and cooperation

A newly developed algorithm opens a window into understanding the transition from quantum to classical objects

Black patients lose out on critical care when systems equate health needs with costs

Stealing Ur Feelings sounds an alarm about how companies could use emotion-recognition technology

Security experts say that lawmakers’ bills fall short of needed protections

Algorithms are already used to remove online hate speech. Now scientists have taught an AI to respond—which they hope might spark more discourse. Christopher Intagliata reports.

It can help decision makers answer questions such as “When?” and “How bad?”—and “How many people are in harm’s way?”

Eating arsenic, what to do in case of fire, bubble computers, and more

For better or for worse, navigation apps change our sense of direction

The physicist and computer scientist Stephanie Wehner is planning and designing the next internet—a quantum one