Engineering

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Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy and security intact

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.

Reducing water consumption from power plants is a worthy conservation strategy, but the cost may outweigh the benefits compared with alternatives like desalinating saltwater

A systems scientist breaks down the intricacies of making a machine that can fool humans into thinking it’s one of us

Techbridge Girls believes in the power of creating a space where students feel like they belong

The InSight Mission will look at Mars's seismic activity and latent heat to find out more about how planets get made--and how humans might live there.

How much does electricity cost in your state? Where does it come from? Here's a chart

The Swedish furniture has become something of a benchmark for robotics engineers

A focus on costly space telescopes is hurting the field

New cars have amazing technology everywhere but the dashboard

By pitting AIs against one another, tech companies are creating realistic computer-generated images