
Our Voting System Is Hackable by Foreign Powers
The Russian hacks of Democratic e-mails expose only part of the problem

Our Voting System Is Hackable by Foreign Powers
The Russian hacks of Democratic e-mails expose only part of the problem

Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Threat—Yet
Artificial intelligence as existential threat


Your Echo Is Listening, Which Could Someday Lead to an Invasion of Your Privacy
A murder case raises concerns about the “Internet of Things”

3-D Printing Modification Yields Adorable Micro-Tools
A new method of 3-D printing draws inspiration from the semiconductor industry

Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence?
We are in the middle of a technological upheaval that will transform the way society is organized. We must make the right decisions now

Brain–Computer Interface Allows Speediest Typing to Date
A new interface system allowed three paralyzed individuals to type words up to four times faster than the speed that had been demonstrated in earlier studies

Why I Love AI
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to show us new ways to think about the natural world

The Digital Ocean: Our Next Information Frontier
We need an information superhighway of the seas

Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Earthquakes?
The ability to forecast temblors would be a tectonic shift in seismology. But is it a pipe dream? A seismologist is conducting machine-learning experiments to find out

Facebook, Google and Others Launch Drive against Fake News in France
Social media and news outlets team up as ahead of the country’s presidential election

Trick of Tweet: Data Tool Pinpoints Words Seen as Credible
Computers are sorting real news from fake on social media

Physicists Call for a Soccer-Field-Size Quantum Computer
The proposed system could lead to breakthroughs in currently unsolvable problems