
Artificial Intelligence: The Gap between Promise and Practice
A true AI revolution can't happen without a reengineering of how business organizations operate

Artificial Intelligence: The Gap between Promise and Practice
A true AI revolution can't happen without a reengineering of how business organizations operate

Can Taking Down Web Sites Really Stop Terrorists and Hate Groups?
Trump’s assertions notwithstanding, a more strategic approach involving industry, law enforcement and government is needed


Facebook’s Anti-Semitic Ad Categories Persisted after Promised Hate Speech Crackdown
After being contacted by ProPublica, Facebook removed several anti-Semitic ad categories and promised to improve monitoring

Searching for the Next Facebook or Google: Bloomberg Helps Launch Tech Incubator
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.”

The Equifax Hack--Bad for Them, Worse for Us
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

Why Just Play Video Games When You Can Design Your Own?
Spending a week at animation academy got kids looking at one of their favorite hobbies from a brand new perspective

Feds Wants to Know Who's Protesting Trump
Internet hosting company DreamHost is battling the U.S. Justice Department over requests for information about people visiting a Web site for organizing protests. Larry Greenemeier reports.

The Only Safe E-Mail Is Text-Only E-Mail
Webmail is convenient for advertisers but carries with it unnecessary–and serious–danger

Coding for Gender Equality
Early intervention is crucial to close the gender gap in computer science

Is the Power Grid Getting More Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks?
Rising computerization opens doors for increasingly aggressive adversaries, but defenses are better than many might think

Cryptographers and Geneticists Unite to Analyze Genomes They Can’t See
Computer-security methods could help scientists identify disease-causing genes—while preserving patient privacy

How Washington Gridlock Delays High-Speed Broadband to Rural U.S.
Former Congressman Rick Boucher talks about how Congress and electric power lines could break the federal government’s net neutrality deadlock