
Computer Beats Go Champion for First Time
Google's DeepMind program, which has mastered the 2,500-year-old board game, is a big achievement in artificial intelligence

Computer Beats Go Champion for First Time
Google's DeepMind program, which has mastered the 2,500-year-old board game, is a big achievement in artificial intelligence

Apple's "Night Shift" Mode: How Smartphones Disrupt Sleep
The company's latest mobile operating system update signals growing awareness of the potential negative health effect of using smartphones and tablets at night


Star Wars Terms among 2015's Worst Passwords
In general, people tend to use passwords that are so common and easily guessable as to be nearly worthless in practice

Making Art with Drones
What can you create with 100 drones flying in formation? Intel and Electronica FutureLab partnered to answer that question, with spectacular results

Bright Idea? Talk to Your Lightbulb to Control Your House
A closer look at the Sengled Voice bulb at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

How 3-D Printing Threatens Our Patent System
Patents will have even more trouble with 3-D copies than copyright law had with digital music sales

HTC Vive Pre Adds Front Camera to Blend VR, Real World
Hands-on with the HTC Vive Pre at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

How to Save the Internet from Ads--and Ad Blockers
New services already let you pay to skip ads, but do we really want to turn the Web into a vending machine?

How to End Online Ads Forever
We could easily go ad-free—if we put our money where our mouse is

NASA and the U.S. Air Force Test a New Ground-Based GPS
The terrestrial network could eliminate the GPS’s blind spots and advance indoor mapping

Google Glass Redux: High-Tech Wearable Gets Ready for Business
Google is modifying the next generation of its Glass wearable for use in the workplace

"Writable" Circuits Could Let Scientists Draw Electronics into Existence
New method uses soft sheets made of silicone rubber that have many tiny droplets of liquid metal embedded inside them