Digital Government
Do People in Silicon Valley Ever Turn Off Their Phones?
Even the world's tech leaders crave moments without Wi-Fi. (Well, some of them.)
Emerging Tech
The (Hypothetical) President of Silicon Valley
Elon Musk is the tech world's favorite potential future candidate.
Digital Government
What WIll Happen when Humans and Robots Share Roads?
Safety may actually worsen before dramatically improving.
Emerging Tech
Self-Driving Cars Could Save 300,000 Lives Per Decade in America
Automation on the roads could be the great public-health achievement of the 21st century.
Emerging Tech
Water Is Flowing on Mars
In a major scientific finding, researchers confirm briny water flows seasonally on the Red Planet.
Digital Government
Computers Can Predict Schizophrenia Based on How a Person Talks
A new study finds an algorithmic word analysis is flawless at determining whether a person will have a psychotic episode.
Digital Government
Why the Definition of 'Computer' Keeps Changing
It used to be a person. Now, it's a machine. What's next?
Modernization
Tech Tools That Let You Get Closer to Sharks
A roundup of apps, websites and livecams that will get you close—but not too close—to hammerheads, great whites and other ocean beasts.
Cybersecurity
Hacking and the Future of Warfare
The latest massive data breach, which could affect up to 14 million people, is a reminder that the U.S. government has been hacked before and it will be hacked again.
Emerging Tech
The Internet in Space? Slow as Dial-Up
Astronauts gripe that connectivity is “very slow,” but that could change with laser-based data transmission NASA has already tested.
Emerging Tech
When Google Self-Driving Cars Are in Accidents, Humans Are to Blame
The autonomous vehicles have been in a dozen crashes since 2009, but haven’t caused any of them, the company says in a new report.
Emerging Tech
Unbreakable: A Robot That Can't Be Stopped
New research shows that artificial intelligence can use trial and error to finish a job even when a robot's body is damaged.
Emerging Tech
Long Live Secrets on the Internet
The app Secret may be dead, but people have been confessing things to strangers for centuries.
Digital Government
Google Joins the Search for the Loch Ness Monster
Now anyone with an Internet connection can search for Nessie using Street View imaging of murky Scottish waters.
Artificial Intelligence
Teaching a Computer Not to Forget
One of the keys to unlocking artificial intelligence will be to figure out why biological brains are so good at remembering old skills—even when learning new things.
Modernization
The Amazon Button Isn't an April Fools' Joke
Designed to correlate with specific products around your house, it's basically a physical manifestation of the one-click-to-buy feature on Amazon's site.
Emerging Tech
Remember ‘Computerphobia?’ When People Feared PCs
When the machine became ubiquitous in homes across America, a new kind of anxiety captivated consumers.
Emerging Tech
Inspector Gadget, but for Nuclear Waste
Four years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, robots are cleaning up the contaminated power plant.
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