Chinese Researchers Achieve Stunning Quantum-Entanglement Record
The feat could pave the way for more powerful computing, although the technology is still in its early stages
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How Tech Companies Are Trying to Disrupt Terrorist Social Media Activity
Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism last year to prevent terrorists from exploiting their services
African Scientists Launch Their Own Preprint
The free, online outlet allows academics on the continent to share their work
Can Robotics Solve Its Diversity Problem?
Fetch Robotics CEO Melonee Wise talks about the need for standardizing robots and diversifying engineering teams
Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media
Researchers have developed tools to study the cognitive, societal and algorithmic biases that help fake news spread
Facebook Redirects Users Searching for Opioids to Federal Crisis Help Line
Tech giants are grappling with questions about illicit sales on their platforms
AI, Robotics and Your Health
At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.
Microsoft's Purchase of GitHub Leaves Some Scientists Uneasy
They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful
New European Rules May Give US Internet Users True Privacy Choices for the First Time
The GDPR may offer a way forward that allows consumers to reclaim control of their information
That Vision Thing: New AI System Can Imagine What It Hasn't Seen
Scientists have developed machine-learning that can teach itself to visualize a three-dimensional scene from unobserved angles
Can Facebook Use AI to Fight Online Abuse?
The task of detecting abusive posts and comments on social media is not entirely technological
Net Neutrality Loss Could Rekindle ISP Alternatives for Internet Access
The FCC’s decision to kill the 2015 Open Internet Order hands more control to large broadband providers, but internet users have other options for getting online
Could Connected Cars Pose a New Threat to Smart Cities?
Next-generation transportation systems are relatively easy to trick
These Apps Don't Exist Yet--but They Should
The Waze model of crowdsourced info is only the beginning
Private Smarts: Can Digital Assistants Work without Prying into Our Lives?
Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy and security intact
Where Will the Ad versus Ad Blocker Arms Race End?
Advertisers and software developers have been trying to outdo one another for years. Is it time for a truce?
Computers Go Head-to-Head with Humans on Face Recognition
The best facial-recognition algorithms are now as good as the best forensic examiners are. But the best results come by combining human and computer skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.
How Close Are We--Really--to Building a Quantum Computer?
Intel’s head of quantum computing talks about the challenges of developing algorithms, software programs and other necessities for a technology that doesn’t yet exist
Google's AI Assistant Does Your Talk Tasks
The new Google AI voice assistant, called Duplex, highlights the intricacies of carrying out a mundane human-style conversation, as it keeps you off the phone.
So, Umm, Google Duplex's Chatter Is Not Quite Human
A systems scientist breaks down the intricacies of making a machine that can fool humans into thinking it’s one of us
