
How Online Subscription Services Deal with the Problem of Password Sharing
In principle, you could share your password with anyone

How Online Subscription Services Deal with the Problem of Password Sharing
In principle, you could share your password with anyone

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2017
Disruptive solutions that are poised to change the world


Redefining “Safety” for Self-Driving Cars
Even when autonomous vehicles are doing everything they’re supposed to, the drivers of nearby cars and trucks are still flawed, error-prone humans

How an Underwater Sensor Network Is Tracking Argentina’s Lost Submarine
An expert from a nuclear-test-monitoring system explains how his team is trying to help in the search for the ARA San Juan

Should Law Enforcement Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone?
In Carpenter v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court is about to tackle its biggest case related to the Fourth Amendment and privacy of data generated by cell phones

A New Recipe for Counting Cranberries
Estimating cranberry harvests involves tedious hand-counting. But microwave analysis could change all that. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Technology from Harry Potter Movies Brings Magic of Brain into Focus
Software lets scientists explore the brain in 3-D and perform “virtual dissections”

How Different Subscription Services Handle Password Sharing

Jobs and Robots: Bracing for Technological Disruptions to Come
Jobs are not created or lost because of a single technology, but because of the business models designed to leverage the power of the technology

Nearby Exoplanets Invigorate the Search for E.T.
SETI pioneer Jill Tarter and Berkeley researcher Dan Werthimer talk about how the discovery of nearby exoplanets is inspiring new efforts to gain info about these galactic neighbors.

On-Board Computers and Sensors Could Stop the Next Car-Based Attack
Much of the necessary technology already exists

Stop Doing Companies’ Digital Busywork for Free
Consumer technologies—whether user reviews and recommendations, social media or health care portals—involve logistical effort that means more administrative work at home.