Computing

An upcoming public discussion triggers some thoughts on exotechnology

The city has spent the past two weeks restoring online services disrupted by ransomware that held encrypted data hostage

New cars have amazing technology everywhere but the dashboard

By pitting AIs against one another, tech companies are creating realistic computer-generated images

Today's leading buzzwords seem to describe very separate concepts, but it turns out that they have some amazing commonalities

It's not just about data protection; it's about strategies designed to induce addictive behavior, and thus to manipulate

Automated social media accounts can create “misinformation networks” that spread falsehoods and fan the flames of partisan disagreement

In the Steven Spielberg movie’s vision of the future, people go to school, go to work, socialize and spend leisure time in a vast virtual environment

Interactions between people and artificially intelligent machines pose tricky questions about liability and accountability, according to a legal expert

Crude data is similar to crude oil—in its raw form, it’s usually too messy to be useful

A new debugging tool can pinpoint errors that cause neural networks to make mistakes

Machines that learn like children provide deep insights into how the mind and body act together to bootstrap knowledge and skills