Electronics

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and several smart-home technologies that debuted at last week’s CES add convenience but also raise privacy concerns

The KIBO robot tries to balance the huge potential young children have for learning with the physical realities of how they like to play.

The psychologist who helped draft a complaint letter to Apple weighs in with her opinion about phones and children

As CES gets into full swing in Las Vegas, one of the researchers responsible for part of last week’s security bombshell weighs in on the possible consequences

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

Around the world people are both increasingly dependent on, and distrustful of, digital technology

The first big digital currency gave us a glimpse of a new economic order—one that raises more questions than answers

New financial networks could stop the concentration of wealth and increase participation in the economy—but only if used with care

The ultimate social impact of blockchain technology depends on who controls our digital identities

Some web sites and apps that don’t charge you for their services have found a new way to make money from you: using your computer to generate virtual currencies

The animals can adjust structures in their foreheads to change the echolocation signals they emit