Computing

The world’s most populous country is home to a slew of cyberspies and hackers who have likely stolen more secrets from businesses and governments than any other country

Like fingerprints and facial recognition, the shape and beat of your heart can be used to verify your identity. Christopher Intagliata reports.

It's a no-brainer, as long as privacy concerns are taken seriously

It's weird to see how you act when nobody's looking

More reflective telescope mirrors allow astronomers to capture more photons—and do more science. Christopher Intagliata reports.

New FaceID biometrics will unlock the smartphone and provide access to Apple Pay and other apps

Consumers waiting for driverless vehicles to improve road safety might be overlooking the boring near-term advances that could make a real difference

A true AI revolution can't happen without a reengineering of how business organizations operate

Trump’s assertions notwithstanding, a more strategic approach involving industry, law enforcement and government is needed

After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring

The former mayor speaks with Scientific American about the new Cornell Tech campus in New York City: “Culture attracts capital a lot quicker than capital will attract culture.”

If all of our personal information is now widely available many of our current methods of authenticating identity, if not all of them, are suspect