Emerging Tech
The Hazard of Tesla’s Approach to Driverless Cars
A fatal crash calls into question the car company’s approach to building autonomous vehicles—and underscores the stark contrast between its strategy and Google’s.
Digital Government
A Tesla Fatality and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
The Model S’s Autopilot isn’t technically a driverless feature, but the federal investigation into why a driver using it was killed will still influence the future of driverless vehicles.
Digital Government
The Ultimate Facial-Recognition Algorithm
New research finds that machines designed to identify people still have difficulty with accuracy as datasets grow.
Emerging Tech
Sending an Armored Tank to Outer Space
The spacecraft Juno was designed to make it all the way to Jupiter, then orbit the planet without getting destroyed in the process
Digital Government
Things People Googled After Britain Voted to Leave the EU
In times of uncertainty, search engines become oracles.
Digital Government
Welcome to the Internet of Things: Your Toaster is Watching You
Get ready for home appliances that track your movements and know what you want before you do.
Emerging Tech
Where Google’s Driverless Cars Should Wind Up Next
If the company’s not ready for snow, it should head to a sunny place where traffic problems and road safety are particularly bad.
Artificial Intelligence
A Computer Tried (and Failed) to Write This Article
For now, machine journalists should probably stick to box scores and basic weather reports.
Digital Government
Your Spare Computing Power Could Help Fight Zika
Scientists are using a network called the World Community Grid to process huge amounts of data in an attempt to understand how to tackle the virus.
Modernization
Smartphones Rule the Internet
Among the world’s most popular websites, most traffic comes from mobile devices.
Modernization
The Internet’s Favorite Website
As Web traffic shifts toward mobile, a new study finds Wikipedia remains the most popular informational site around.
Emerging Tech
These Robots Act Differently When You're Around
The machines of the future will tailor their behavior to humans—and even individual personalities.
Emerging Tech
Should We Feed the Trolls?
When it comes to reducing online harassment, deeper social change could have a bigger impact than fighting back one jerk at a time.
Modernization
From Phonographs to iPhones: An American History of Gadget-Buying
As seen in seven decades of government statistics.
Digital Government
The People Who Built the Atomic Bomb
A new website assembles thousands of biographies and oral histories from the Manhattan Project.
Emerging Tech
Why the Future Needs Huggable Robots
The distance between people and machines—the fact that robots aren’t more snuggly—poses a real problem for the future of robotics.
Digital Government
Driverless-Car Makers on Privacy: Just Trust Us
Members of Congress are calling for new rules that determine how companies can use personal data collected by autonomous vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence
What Exactly is a Robot?
This has become an increasingly difficult question to answer, yet it’s a crucial one.
Digital Government
Self-Driving Cars and the Looming Privacy Apocalypse
Driverless vehicles will learn everything about you, and influence your behavior in ways you won’t even realize.
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