Author Archive
Steve Mollman
Asia Correspondent
Emerging Tech
Bigger, Faster, Stronger: China’s Ever-Evolving Military Tech
China’s military upgrade goes beyond space-based navigation.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Artificial Intelligence
'We Do Not Have Long to Act': Elon Musk and Others Warn the U.N. About Autonomous Weapons
The prospect of tanks, machine guns and drones that think for themselves becoming widespread is giving tech luminaries the heebie-jeebies.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Security Fears Over Chinese Involvement Are Prompting Australia to Halt an Undersea Cable Project
Huawei, a smartphone and telecommunications equipment maker based in Shenzhen, was supposed to lay the Internet cable.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Digital Government
Tokyo Police Use Nets to Capture Rogue Drones
The idea of catching drones this way isn’t new, and Tokyo’s police chose the method after reviewing various anti-drone efforts underway in other nations.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Artificial Intelligence
MIT Researchers Develop Device That Can Identify People Through Walls
Paranoid about technology chipping away at our privacy? You might want to skip this article.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Digital Government
US Navy Revives Ancient Navigation as Cyber Threats Grow
Satellites and GPS are vulnerable to cyberattack. The tools of yesteryear are not.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz
Digital Government
Join a Drone Over the Indonesian Fires Smoking Out an Entire Region
A strong El Niño climate phenomenon has created particularly dry conditions and led to fast-spreading fires, all captured by drones and satellites.
- By Steve Mollman, Quartz