Digital Government
Google's Mass-Shooting Misinformation Problem
When no reputable information is available, the search engine promotes fake news.
Digital Government
15 Things We Learned From the Tech Giants at the Senate Hearings
The key takeaways from two days of testimony about Russia’s electoral mischief during the 2016 election
Emerging Tech
Are Facebook, Twitter, and Google American Companies?
This week’s Senate hearing highlights a deep tension in the tech giants’ self-definitions.
Digital Government
Facebook’s Evidence of Russian Electoral Meddling Is Only ‘the Tip of the Iceberg’
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee believes Facebook, Google, and Twitter aren’t searching hard enough to learn the extent of Russian interference.
Digital Government
The Computer That Predicted the U.S. Would Win the Vietnam War
A cautionary tale about the dangers of big data
Cybersecurity
What, Exactly, Were Russians Trying to Do With Those Facebook Ads?
From what we know now, it was too small to seriously influence the election, but too big to be an afterthought.
Artificial Intelligence
Facebook's New 'AI Camera' Team Wants to Add a Layer to the World
The most important technological advances of the past decade are converging inside the battle for your phone’s camera.
Modernization
Why the New iPhone Is So Important
As Apple unveils the latest version of the most successful consumer product of all time, two charts show the critical juncture the company faces.
Emerging Tech
Southwest Florida's Electrical Grid Will Need a 'Wholesale Rebuild'
And several million people may be without power for weeks, thanks to Hurricane Irma.
Digital Government
What We Don't Know About What Facebook Knows
If Facebook data has such a far reach, why does it contain basic errors of plausibility?
Emerging Tech
Inside Waymo's Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars
A look at how Alphabet understands its most ambitious artificial intelligence project
Cybersecurity
Would You Doxx a Nazi?
The dangers of revealing the names and identities of white supremacists
Emerging Tech
DARPA's Ex-Leader's Speculative Dream of Mind-Melding Empathy
Arati Prabhakar imagines a neurologically enhanced future where everyone’s brains are connected.
Emerging Tech
A Silicon Valley Congressman Takes On Amazon
The freshman House representative Ro Khanna wants to see a broad rethinking of how the government evaluates mergers like Amazon-Whole Foods.
Artificial Intelligence
If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think?
Humans made a huge cognitive leap when they first sketched figures onto rocks—now, computers are learning to do the same.
Artificial Intelligence
How Apple Sees the Near Future
Siri is set to play a much larger role in the company’s products.
Modernization
When Everything Works Like Your Cell Phone
When a thing connects to the Internet, three things happen: it becomes smart, it becomes hackable, and it's no longer something you own.
Modernization
The Internet Is Losing Interest in Computers
Google searches for the category of "Computers & Electronics" are down 60 percent since 2004.
Cybersecurity
What Happens When a Car is Hackable? Science Agency Spends $1M to Find Out
The many ways hackers could disrupt autonomous vehicles.
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