The spacecraft is headed to its science orbit and prepping to discover thousands of alien worlds-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 4:30pm -
How adding touch to VR can lead to an “uncanny valley” of sensations—and what we can do about it-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:00pm -
The Swedish furniture has become something of a benchmark for robotics engineers-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 5 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 6:00pm -
The real danger is that the information and social platforms on the internet are being corrupted in the service of con men, political demagogues and thieves-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 11:00am -
Doomsayers say it will put us all out of work, but experience suggests otherwise-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 7 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:00am -
Princeton University's Jennifer Rexford talks about optimizing the internet for the uses it got drafted into performing. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 10:38pm -
Despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to reassure Congress that artificial intelligence can help find fake news and protect privacy, lawmakers worry the tech may be “biased”-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 4:45pm -
U.S. companies follow more comprehensive privacy laws in other countries but have little incentive to protect U.S. consumers the same way-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 13 days ago, 10 Apr 18, 5:15pm -
Astronomers are racing to figure out what causes powerful bursts of radio light in the distant cosmos-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 15 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 12:30pm -
It might be time for automakers to close their corporate sustainability responsibility departments after their American lobbying association reversed efficiency and pollution gains and...-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 15 days ago, 8 Apr 18, 6:00pm -
Are people in Appalachia deprived of the benefits of technology, or are they protecting themselves from harmful effects of its misuse?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 4:30pm -
The city has spent the past two weeks restoring online services disrupted by ransomware that held encrypted data hostage-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 20 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 10:45am -
Photosynthesis actually is an inefficient process, but a biological chemist is trying to crank it up. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 21 days ago, 3 Apr 18, 12:11am -
Today's leading buzzwords seem to describe very separate concepts, but it turns out that they have some amazing commonalities-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 23 days ago, 1 Apr 18, 12:00pm -
Understanding this type of instability can prevent catastrophic failures and help generate power-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 24 days ago, 31 Mar 18, 12:00pm -
It's not just about data protection; it's about strategies designed to induce addictive behavior, and thus to manipulate-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 25 days ago, 30 Mar 18, 11:00am -
Cancerous cells may pick up the characteristics of nearby organs, evading treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com - 25 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 6:45pm -
A US combat veteran wounded by an IED is the recipient of a total penis and scrotum transplant performed by Johns Hopkins doctors during a complex 14-hour surgery. - 30 mins ago, 24 Apr 18, 2:04am -
We collected everything we think we know about the Avengers' next outing right here, including plot points and who we'll see on screen. - 59 mins ago, 24 Apr 18, 1:35am -
The uprising has become a rebellion and that's not all that's changed in season 2 of Westworld. Spoilers for episode one ahead! - 2 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 12:26am -
Yamaha has announced three new MusicCast 2018 receivers, starting at $450, plus wireless speakers that can be used as rears. - 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:40pm -
Monday's earnings story is about a sales and profit boost. The question is how much did Nest smart home devices and an investment in Uber play into the results. - 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:51pm -
While this isn't a new technology, it could be a way to reduce carbon emissions while we wait for widespread use of electric semis. - 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:49pm -
Fans of the quirky Adult Swim comedy will relish the chance to hear Peter Dinklage and the Thrones showrunners chat about the episode. - 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:26pm -
The Alexa Voice Service team at Amazon's Lab126 is busy getting the next generation of Alexa gadgets ready for the real world. The wide majority of them won't be made by Amazon. - 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:12pm -
Completing its first flight today, the Airbus A350 Ultra Long Range can fly 20 hours nonstop, enough to connect Singapore and New York on one load of fuel. - 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:03pm -
Martin Lewis wants to make sure consumers know he never endorses any products. Scammers are making that hard by posting ads featuring him on social media. - 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 9:34pm -
Rube Goldberg's world of whimsical mechanical inventions lives on as teams of students figure out the wildest ways to prepare a simple breakfast. - 6 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 8:07pm -
Braid, a horror flick at the Tribeca Film Festival, is brought to you by blockchain. As with a lot of crypto ventures, its adherents see a revolution. - 7 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 7:48pm -
Currently, Uber drivers have access to all your exact pick-up and drop-off locations, even if you delete the app, but this is changing. - 7 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 7:44pm -
The US army has built a system that can quickly create virtual locations for soldiers to train in. It took only three days to make North and South Korea - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 5:05pm -
Autonomous cars are preparing to drive from Oxford to London. The thorny route includes motorways, pedestrian packed streets and an occasional pheasant - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 11:35am -
A smart glasses app may help children with autism to focus on and interact with other people by overlaying bullseye targets and cartoon faces - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 5:59pm -
Some of the last great wildernesses are being considered as likely candidates for geoengineering. It's a sad reflection of climate failings, says Olive Heffernan - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 4:04pm -
The UK's transition from fossil-fuel guzzler to renewable energy pioneer is being driven by flexible technology and clever investment, says Matt Setchell of Octopus Group - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 4:00pm -
Two robotic arms make assembling flat-pack furniture look easy. Faced with a pile of IKEA chair parts they work together to piece it together - 5 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 7:00pm -
Masses of web pages censored in China, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey, have been discovered. They reveal the content each country is most intent on blocking - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 12:23pm -
In an age when a person's online presence can be quickly removed by technology corporations, there's a case for a new right… to be remembered, says Jamais Cascio - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:58pm -
Dozens of underwater SwarmDiver drones can autonomously explore an area or encircle an object. To launch them they are just thrown into the sea - 7 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 5:10pm -
Facebook has been alerting users whose data ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica – and our reporter Timothy Revell is one of the unlucky millions - 8 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 1:52pm -
From next month, EU citizens will have sweeping rights to know what computers are thinking about them – but can that work, and if so how? - 10 days ago, 14 Apr 18, 9:00am -
Hacking into cash machines to get them to spit out money or just blasting them open is on the rise, whilst card skimmers are decreasing in popularity - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 5:00pm -
Mark Zuckerberg wonders what is going on at Cambridge University – I can tell him, but he won’t like what privacy researchers have found, says Ross Anderson - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 3:57pm -
New UN-agreed limits on carbon emissions from shipping don’t go far or fast enough, especially as we already have the tech to make shipping carbon-free - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 3:51pm -
An AI that compresses images by simply throwing bits away and making up what should be there instead could make blocky video calls a thing of the past - 11 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 11:01am -
High-growth small businesses play a crucial role in our economic landscape but they need more support, says Chris Hulatt - 11 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 10:00am -
Artificial intelligence is supposed to make life easier for us all – but it is also prone to amplify sexist and racist biases from the real world - 11 days ago, 12 Apr 18, 5:30pm -
Mark Zuckerberg spent two days answering mostly soft questions from the US Congress, but some of his answers were revealing, says James Ball - 11 days ago, 12 Apr 18, 3:01pm -
The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won’t be a battle of spaceships and bombs - 12 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 6:00pm -
Facebook has built an AI fashion designer that is intended to be truly creative. It has designed more than 1000 handbags, jumpers and T-shirts - 12 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 4:00pm -
The US Senate questioned Mark Zuckerberg yesterday about Cambridge Analytica. He said Facebook will investigate thousands of other apps for similar misuse - 13 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 11:21am -
When Mark Zuckerberg faces US politicians this week, he should admit his network is a global behavioural experiment that needs oversight to match, says Mark Harris - 14 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 3:13pm -
When entire industries treat customers badly, their business is all but broken. That has created huge opportunities, says Simon Rogerson - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 9:00am -
A mind-reading device can answer questions in your head. It works by picking up signals sent from your brain when you think about saying something - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 7:00am -
A South Korean university has dismissed fears it would work on killer robots. The dispute reflects growing worries over autonomous weapons, says Paul Marks - 19 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 1:24pm -
Squadbox lets people team up with their friends to fight back against trolls, so that together they can filter out abusive messages online - 19 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 1:00pm -
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said that Cambridge Analytica may have accessed data from 87 million accounts, 37 million more than previously thought - 19 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 11:15am -
NASA awarded a $247.5 million contract to Lockheed Martin to design and build an aeroplane that breaks the sound barrier without shattering the peace and quiet - 19 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 10:28am -
The Teslasuit is fitted with components that produce electric shocks that make your muscles twitch and is designed to help you immerse yourself more deeply in virtual reality video games - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 7:10pm -
If you’re not paying, you’re the product, so the saying goes. It's time to re-evaluate our pact with the tech giants that has driven the market in our data - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 6:00pm -
New OECD report says that the risk of jobs being handed over to artificial intelligence is a lot lower than previously forecast - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 3:15pm -
We waste $22 billion in gold from electronics that are tossed out instead of recycled. A new technique uses ultrasound to harvest that precious metal from SIM cards - 20 days ago, 3 Apr 18, 3:12pm -
A strange alliance of corporates and environmental groups thinks profits and green credentials can be aligned. But there's some angry pushback - 24 days ago, 31 Mar 18, 10:00am -
A virtual reality simulator for training junior surgeons seems to make them better equipped to cut open real patients - 24 days ago, 31 Mar 18, 8:00am -
Thanks to a spot of genetic hacking, silkworms can make a new form of silk not found in nature that includes a synthetic amino acid. It could be used in medicine - 25 days ago, 30 Mar 18, 9:00am -
Artificial intelligence has created a list of suggested April Fool’s pranks. Some seem cunning, others are completely nonsensical - 26 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 12:34pm -
Republicans and Democrats had their social media bubbles popped. Rather than opening them up to new ideas, it strengthened what they already believed - 26 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 11:00am -
The UK must answer difficult questions on climate change, food security, aviation and more as it leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 - 26 days ago, 29 Mar 18, 10:15am -
Crimes carried out online are already illegal, so politicians should stop calling for new laws and start enforcing the old ones - 27 days ago, 27 Mar 18, 6:00pm -
A virtual reality game monitors your heart rate. If you’re not finding it scary enough, the game automatically intensifies the horror - 27 days ago, 27 Mar 18, 5:50pm -
We have the international tools to resolve uncertainties over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal – but they will only work if Russia cooperates - 27 days ago, 27 Mar 18, 3:51pm -
An analysis of YouTube videos and Pinterest pins has found that around 90 per cent of affiliate marketing links are not disclosed, in contravention of advertising rules - 27 days ago, 27 Mar 18, 3:06pm -
Is your furry friend on the no-fly list? Build a portable pal who knows just when to shout some words of encouragement - 30 days ago, 25 Mar 18, 7:00am -
Scientists have engineered 9 human cells to work as a simple, programmable computer. It could lead to implants that automatically detect and treat disease - 31 days ago, 23 Mar 18, 5:21pm -
Facebook is made to keep you coming back for another fix, which spells trouble for the #DeleteFacebook movement, says Lara Williams - 32 days ago, 23 Mar 18, 1:53pm -
Small drones that can automatically spot, identify and target vehicles and people are planned by the US military, although humans would still be overseeing them - 32 days ago, 23 Mar 18, 1:13pm -
Use of social media data is important to research in many fields but the fallout over the Cambridge Analytica claims may hamper that, says Annabel Latham - 32 days ago, 22 Mar 18, 3:04pm -
The finalists for the XPrize Water Abundance competition have been announced, where the challenge is to suck two tonnes of water out of the air a day - 33 days ago, 22 Mar 18, 1:00pm -
Underwater robots usually disrupt wildlife with their propellers, but a new mechanical fish gracefully swims through the water like a real one - 33 days ago, 21 Mar 18, 6:00pm -
Allegations about Cambridge Analytica have led some to rethink their relationship with social media. Here are some tips to calm your data worries - 34 days ago, 21 Mar 18, 10:41am -
A genetically engineered yeast makes beer that tastes of hops, without using any hops – and it could make beer cheaper and more environmentally friendly - 34 days ago, 20 Mar 18, 5:00pm -
A pedestrian has become the first to die after being hit by a self-driving car. The autonomous vehicle regulatory free-for-all must end, says Mark Harris - 34 days ago, 20 Mar 18, 3:52pm -
Tired of your dirty data habits? Here's how to regain control over your privacy and stop leaking more than you need to the big tech companies - 35 days ago, 20 Mar 18, 11:05am -
Apple iPhone X: 3 months later Apple iPhone X: 3 months laterBrian Tong tells you whether Face ID on the iPhone X still performs well after three months of use as well as the features he loves, just likes and the one he doesn't use. Subscribe to CNET:...From:CNETViews:1835… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 9:16pm -
Android P could support new phones with an iPhone X-like notch Android P could support new phones with an iPhone X-like notchThe Android P operating system will bring a better Google Assistant and support for all-new screen designs. Subscribe to CNET: http://cnet.co/2heRhep Check out our playlists: http://cn… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:57pm -
Apple fixes app-crashing bug in its OSes Apple fixes app-crashing bug in its OSesApple updated iOS, MacOS, WatchOS and TVOS, taking care of a flaw that would crash all kinds of apps. Read the CNET article: http://cnet.co/2Cyz4OY Subscribe to CNET: http://bit.ly/17qqqCs...From:CNETVie… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:42pm -
How to make an infinite loop with Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo, Google Home How to make an infinite loop with Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo, Google HomeMake these assistants talk in circles on the Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home. Article to link to: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/make-siri-alexa-and-google-assis… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:41pm -
Our big Mobile World Congress preview show (The 3:59, Ep. 358) Our big Mobile World Congress preview show (The 3:59, Ep. 358)Starts @ 1:29 before the edit We talk Samsung Galaxy S9 and 5G, as well as Bitcoin and the "Free Money Guy" from the 90's. Samsung Galaxy S9 MWC: http://cnet.co/2EG2IIb 5G @ MWC: http:… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:33pm -
We played Rocket League in real life with Hot Wheels at Toy Fair We played Rocket League in real life with Hot Wheels at Toy FairPlay car soccer at home with the Hot Wheels Rocket League RC Rivals set, coming out in 2018. Mattel is also adding video game flair to classic race tracks with the Augmoto augmented… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:29pm -
Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., posted the strongest sales growth in almost four years last quarter, indicating that marketers kept flocking to its services even as lawmakers scrutinized how internet companies harness user data to sell ads.… - 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 9:50pm -
Ten years ago, Amazon introduced the Kindle and established the appeal of reading on a digital device. Four years ago, Jeff Bezos and company rolled out the Echo, prompting millions of people to start talking to a computer. Now Amazon.com Inc. is wor… - 12 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 2:35pm -
Apple Inc. stock fell Friday for the third day in a row after analysts at Morgan Stanley cut their forecasts for iPhone shipments, adding to concern about the tech giant’s primary source of revenue. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty lowered her p… - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 8:15pm -
Facebook’s privacy practices are audited every two years, and the most recent audit found no problems — even though it covered the time Facebook knew that data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica had improperly obtained private data from millions of… - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 5:30pm -
Qualcomm Inc. is slashing at least 1,500 jobs in California, trying to cut costs, at the same time its $44-billion bid to acquire NXP Semiconductors is running into problems getting antitrust clearance from China. The San Diego company, a leading pro… - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 9:20pm -
Lyft Inc. drivers will be permitted to revise a lawsuit alleging Uber Technologies Inc. spied on them using a software called “Hell” as part of a scheme to gain a competitive edge. A San Francisco federal magistrate judge dismissed most of the la… - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 7:15pm -
San Francisco has long been a place where tech companies roll out their services first and seek permission later. City officials, however, are losing patience with such strategies. Members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors on Monday admonishe… - 7 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 1:35am -
The U.S. and British governments on Monday accused Russia of conducting a massive campaign to compromise computer routers and firewalls around the world — from home offices to internet service providers — for espionage and possibly sabotage purpo… - 7 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 11:00pm -
Imagine your smartphone's camera, microphone and motion sensors were monitoring you for signs of illness. That's the future envisioned by scientists at the Pentagon's secretive weapons development arm, where such a system is being built to keep tabs… - 8 days ago, 16 Apr 18, 2:15pm -
Apple Inc. warned employees to stop leaking internal information on the company’s plans and raised the specter of potential legal action and criminal charges, one of the most aggressive moves by the world’s largest technology company to control i… - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 9:20pm -
On any given day, there could be half a dozen autonomous cars mapping the same street corner in Silicon Valley. These cars, each from a different company, are all doing the same thing: building high-definition street maps, which eventually may serve… - 10 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 8:20pm -
If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. That business-world adage has allowed Facebook to thrive, attracting 2 billion users who choose to trade their personal information for no-cost access to the world’s largest social n… - 11 days ago, 13 Apr 18, 10:00am -
After years of resisting major changes pushed by riders and government regulators, Uber announced upgrades this week that it said are aimed at keeping its U.S. ride-hailing customers safe. Uber will add an emergency 911 feature akin to a panic button… - 11 days ago, 12 Apr 18, 9:30pm -
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday where he faced a sometimes confrontational House Energy and Commerce Committee that challenged the tech executive’s positions on user privacy, political bias and re… - 12 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 9:35pm -
During historic testimony Tuesday on Capitol Hill, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg made sure lawmakers knew his company was working hard to protect user data. “I'm committed to getting this right,” Zuckerberg told the Senate Commerce, Sc… - 13 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 10:00am -
The senators groused and grimaced and expressed general disapproval with all that has gone wrong at Facebook, but they stopped short of giving its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, reason for panic on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Zuckerberg’s five-hour… - 13 days ago, 11 Apr 18, 1:40am -
Amazon will begin offering free two-hour delivery of Whole Foods products starting Tuesday to members of its Prime subscription service in Southern California. The service comes nearly a year after Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, shoring… - 14 days ago, 10 Apr 18, 4:00am -
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will take his apology tour to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The CEO will offer contrition for failing to safeguard user data and not doing more to prevent Russian operatives from exploiting his platform to amp… - 14 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 11:25pm -
Ride-hailing giant Uber is buying the electric-bike startup Jump Bikes, adding bike sharing to its transportation options. Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi announced Monday that his company had reached a deal to acquire Jump, which operates doc… - 14 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 8:50pm -
Facebook Inc., aiming to seize the high ground before Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg faces Congress next week, announced changes to its advertising policies that the social media giant says will make it harder for rogue operatives to set up fake acc… - 17 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 8:10pm -
It's been a tough week for Laura Ingraham. And for Lauren Ingram. Laura Ingraham is the embattled Fox News host currently on what the network is calling a pre-scheduled vacation after her comments about Parkland survivor David Hogg sparked social med… - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 10:00am -
Anyone who has spent time on the internet has come across something that confounds them — a blog post that doesn’t seem to make any sense, a rant that goes off the rails, a YouTube video so strange it’s hard to tell if the person behind it is s… - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 10:00am -
Before YouTube became the target of her violence, it was where Nasim Aghdam tried to build an identity and a business. She was among tens of thousands of so-called creators worldwide whose livelihoods rely on YouTube, and who in turn, provide the con… - 19 days ago, 5 Apr 18, 12:20am -
As many as 87 million Facebook users had personal information improperly shared with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, significantly more than what had previously been reported, the company said Wednesday. The affected accounts were most… - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 11:00pm -
The head of the Food and Drug Administration is calling on internet service providers and social media companies to help rid the web of illegal offers of prescription opioids and illicit drugs that have contributed to the nation's drug crisis. Noting… - 19 days ago, 4 Apr 18, 10:25pm -
Facebook and Google are dealing with a privacy backlash and new European rules on data collection. The rules, though, may not be as damaging to the companies as they appear. - 2 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 12:32am -
The video-sharing site said it took down more than eight million videos in the fourth quarter of 2017. The vast majority were flagged by computers. - 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:32pm -
With regulatory pressure looming, Google is spending heavily for its cloud business, hardware products and A.I. assistant. - 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:26pm -
Propel, a start-up, was begun to bring convenience and new services to food stamp recipients. A big government contractor is getting in the way. - 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 9:35pm -
As Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Ms. Brown, a former CNN and NBC anchor, is emerging as a surprisingly adept negotiator for her publishing vision at the social network. - 10 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 4:35pm -
Devious code is sending people to fraudulent quiz and contest pages, so ignore that “lucky winner” notice and run a security scan. - 14 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 1:00pm -
Many of Amazon’s opponents have struggled for years to be heard. Now they have the country’s most powerful bullhorn — President Trump — on their side. - 23 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 3:39am -
Gary Gensler, who once led the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined M.I.T., where he is warning about potential problems for virtual currencies. - 23 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 3:39am -
The shortage, caused by government policies, poses a challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was also responsible for India’s last cash crisis. - 23 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 3:31am -
The personal payment platform Zelle is flourishing. But so are fraudsters, who are exploiting weaknesses in the banks’ security. - 1 day ago, 22 Apr 18, 11:32pm -
Complaints to the Justice Department allege that the companies and a standards group worked together to restrict eSIM technology, a cardless way to easily switch carriers. - 3 days ago, 21 Apr 18, 1:19pm -
Days after a news report focused on conditions at the plant, a California agency said it was investigating an episode that left a millwright’s jaw broken. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 11:14pm -
Despite a first-quarter loss, General Electric reported improving trends in industrial earnings and reaffirmed its profit outlook for the year. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 9:14pm -
Travis VanderZanden, chief executive of electric scooter start-up Bird, is unperturbed by how San Francisco and other cities are in an uproar over the dockless vehicles. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 8:29pm -
Decades ago, Nigel Oakes believed it was possible, using science, to influence human behavior on a mass scale. That ultimately led to data mining. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 7:54pm -
If your screen has become jumbled with too many open files, folders and programs to manage, you can quickly sort the pile. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 1:05pm -
Amazon’s chief executive sent out his annual shareholder letter this week. Our tech columnist recounts what stood out from it. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 1:00pm -
The million-point record of Billy Mitchell, the subject of a 2007 documentary, has been thrown out, and Steve Wiebe, his rival, claims “sweet victory.” - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 7:45am -
A group led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is proposing that some virtual currencies not be regulated as securities. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 3:42am -
PwC, an auditing firm responsible for monitoring Facebook’s compliance with a federal consent decree, effectively gave the company a clean bill of health in a 2017 report on privacy controls. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 11:23pm -
Randall Stephenson, AT&T’s chief executive, defended his deal to buy Time Warner and said a combined company would be no different than those that already exist in Silicon Valley. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 11:05pm -
Tax forms filed by OpenAI provide insight into the enormous salaries and bonuses paid to artificial intelligence specialists across the world. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 10:32pm -
The industrial giant plunged into internet-era software with gusto. But it has trimmed back after finding that becoming a tech player is daunting and costly. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 9:32pm -
While travelers have long been able to set up airfare alerts, these apps go a step further in helping flexible travelers plan a last-minute trip. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 5:37pm -
The incognito and private browsing modes built into most modern browsers shield your online activity at home — but maybe not to the rest of the world. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 1:00pm -
Jeffrey Bewkes, Time Warner’s chief executive, said on Wednesday in federal court that the company is an underdog against Amazon, Netflix and others. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:53am -
The tech giant has moved its entertainment division into Culver Studios, a 14-acre site where “Gone With the Wind” was also filmed. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:53am -
Although its rebuffed proposal was higher on a per-share basis, Comcast didn’t offer protection if a deal was blocked, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 1:50am -
Marketers have long had a symbiotic relationship with the social network. But user concerns about data has companies taking a harder look at how they work with Facebook. - 5 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 10:57pm -
The state is the first to pass legislation requiring education officials to develop health and safety guidelines for digital devices. - 5 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 10:16pm -
If your Windows 10 lock screen changes daily or slows you down in getting to your desktop, you can change its behavior. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 1:00pm -
The former Yahoo chief is renting Google’s original office, where “there’s a lot of good juju,” and planning her next act. She just won’t say what it is. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 9:43am -
Everyone from pro photographers to amateur shutterbugs is using phones to shoot video projects. Here’s how you can get started. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 6:35am -
The data firm was hoping to do its own so-called initial coin offering and quietly helped promote other companies in the unregulated industry. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 3:02am -
The justices heard arguments about whether to overrule a 1992 decision that shielded many internet retailers from having to collect sales taxes. - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 8:14pm -
To protect the public without overreacting, the issue for legislators and regulators to weigh is how much the data-driven ecosystem is worth to us. - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:55pm -
A closely watched clash between federal prosecutors and Microsoft fizzled after Congress enacted a new law last month. - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:44pm -
The Chinese telecom giant, which has been dogged by concerns about its ties to Beijing, dropped its top Washington liaison and other American employees. - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 4:47pm -
Scientists reach a milestone in establishing a captive coral population that could reproduce year after year, allowing researchers to perform crucial studies. - 15 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 12:00pm -
Facebook says users own their data and touts its "download your data" tool. But the download doesn't include everything Facebook knows about you. - 16 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:00am -
In suing Russia, the Trump campaign, and others over the hack of its systems in 2016, the Democratic National Committee has also filled in important timeline details. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 8:53pm -
Neuroscientist Anil Seth Answers Neuroscience Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED Neuroscientist Anil Seth Answers Neuroscience Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIREDNeuroscientist and public science communicator Anil Seth uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about neuroscience. How does memory work… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 9:30pm -
Inside the Quest to Make Lab Grown Meat | WIRED Inside the Quest to Make Lab Grown Meat | WIREDFood scientists and startups are trying to make meat more ethically appealing by growing it -- cell by cell -- in a lab instead of on a farm. Even some vegans support so-called "clean" meat....From:… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:50pm -
Black Panther Cast Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED Black Panther Cast Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDBlack Panther stars Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael B. Jordan take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the Internet's most searched questions about Black Pan… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:47pm -
The Ultimate Paper Airplane | WIRED The Ultimate Paper Airplane | WIREDOver the last decade, designer Luca Iaconi-Stewart has been building an incredibly detailed model of a Boeing 777, right down to the tiny seats and moving landing gear, using only paper folders...From:WIREDVi… - 62 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 4:36pm -
Garry Kasparov Answers Chess Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED Garry Kasparov Answers Chess Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIREDChess grandmaster Garry Kasparov uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about the game of chess. Why do chess players point at pieces with their middle f… - 63 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 8:41am -
Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Jacob Collier & Herbie Hancock | WIRED Musician Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Jacob Collier & Herbie Hancock | WIRED23-year-old musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a col… - 63 days ago, 20 Feb 18, 6:33am -
Abolition would see 'official' time unmoored from the Sun.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/news/rss/news_s16/~4/JfsemaNcHGA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> - 8 Nov 11, 9:29pm -
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen thinks scientists and engineers could be more likely to have a child with autism. Some researchers say the proof isn't there. - 2 Nov 11, 10:00pm -
Cities like San Francisco and Austin are struggling to regulate a flood of new transportation options, from electric scooters to dock-less bikes. Residents are angry over sidewalk and safety concerns. - 1 hour ago, 24 Apr 18, 1:06am -
Former special operations agent Paul Scharre helped create U.S. military guidelines on autonomous weapons. His new book Army of None, looks at the advances in technology, and the questions they raise. - 2 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 12:07am -
The former Soviet nation of Georgia now consumes more power in mining cryptocurrencies than the United States. What's going on? - 14 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 12:15pm -
It's little known that the CIA uses Amazon Web Services to store its data, and, now, it's the favorite for a big-money Pentagon contract to do the same. Amazon's tentacles go to other agencies, too. - 18 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 9:00am -
Former Drug Enforcement Administration official Mike Vigil tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro why adding more tech to the battle against Mexican heroin production is unlikely to do much. - 2 days ago, 22 Apr 18, 11:42am -
Worries have increased since Facebook's CEO testified on Capitol Hill. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Om Malik, a partner at a capital firm in Silicon Valley, about what it means for the tech industry. - 3 days ago, 21 Apr 18, 11:36am -
A California tech firm believes that artificial intelligence can help communities prepare for, and respond to, quakes. - 3 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 9:55pm -
Homeland Security and the FBI have blamed Russia for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. power plants. The industry is stepping up efforts to protect the electric grid. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 11:29am -
Researchers in Singapore say they've built a robot that was able to put together a chair from IKEA in about 20 minutes. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 9:00am -
The social media giant will ask users worldwide if they want to continue sharing data for ads as well as personal information such as political and religious leanings and relationship information. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 6:50am -
Netflix flew past Wall Street expectations and added 7.4 million subscribers globally in the first quarter. But a big entertainment rival could challenge the service that made binge-watching popular. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 8:57am -
Because of a "high volume technical issue" that kept key services from functioning, the Internal Revenue Service will give taxpayers one more day, till midnight Wednesday, to get their paperwork in. - 6 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 5:31pm -
Robleh Ali, former crypto specialist for the Bank of England, on why initial coin offerings are dangerous and how to make them more useful. - 23 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 4:00am -
Cryptocurrency networks are turning out to be far less private than we thought, and forensic investigators are turning that to their advantage. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 4:00am -
Despite efforts to boost security, critical parts of America’s voting infrastructure are still vulnerable to cyberattack. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 10:00am -
Long after the training data has been deleted, the models can continue being improved and used to influence future voters. - 14 days ago, 9 Apr 18, 4:29pm -
Government indifference toward AI could let the US lose ground to rival countries. But what would a good AI plan actually look like? - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 4:00am -
Government indifference toward AI could let the US lose ground to rival countries. But what would a good AI plan actually look like? - 18 days ago, 6 Apr 18, 4:00am -
The California-based startup’s new machine takes to the skies just as the US is about to loosen rules governing drone operations. - 21 days ago, 3 Apr 18, 5:00am -
The California-based startup’s new machine takes to the skies just as the US is about to loosen rules governing drone operations. - 21 days ago, 3 Apr 18, 5:00am -
The California-based startup’s new machine takes to the skies just as the US is about to loosen rules governing drone operations. - 21 days ago, 3 Apr 18, 5:00am -
Your Guide to Understanding How CRISPR Works Your Guide to Understanding How CRISPR WorksIs CRISPR really such a big deal? Put simply: Yes. Here's why, and the nitty gritty of how the gene-editing tool works.From:MIT Technology ReviewViews:11031 194ratingsTime:02:23More inScie… - 64 days ago, 19 Feb 18, 11:47am -
Blockchain Decoded Blockchain DecodedWhat is a blockchain and what is it for?From:MIT Technology ReviewViews:4936 96ratingsTime:01:59More inScience & Technology - 64 days ago, 19 Feb 18, 1:49am -
We Tried Out 23andMe's Pain Tolerance Test We Tried Out 23andMe's Pain Tolerance TestTo study pain, 23andMe is making its first foray into at-home research. So we decided to toughen up and put the company's methods to the test. Read more: https://trib.al/bmDn3V7.From:MIT Technology Revi… - 74 days ago, 9 Feb 18, 12:31am -
Meet Ayah Bdeir: 2014 Innovator Under 35 Meet Ayah Bdeir: 2014 Innovator Under 35Ayah Bdeir discusses the work she does at LittleBits Electronics, the hardware startup of which she is the founder and CEO.From:MIT Technology ReviewViews:502 15ratingsTime:03:13More inScience… - 77 days ago, 6 Feb 18, 11:11am -
Nora Ayanian: Innovator Under 35 Nora Ayanian: Innovator Under 35Nora Ayanian's work in multi-robot coördination has applications in home automation, environmental monitoring, manufacturing, and the military.From:MIT Technology ReviewViews:244 12ratingsTime:01:22Mo… - 78 days ago, 4 Feb 18, 4:03pm -
"Letting anyone publish anything for free and get rewarded based on the attention that they can drive was -- is a bad concept in itself," says Ev Williams. - -
A global heatmap from GPS-tracking company Strava that tracks people's exercise habits could pose security risks for military forces around the world. - -
All stories start somewhere, and the story of the driverless car begins in a research lab in Pittsburgh, where Carnegie Mellon University Professor Red Whittaker was one of the first to develop a fully autonomous driving machine. - -
Say goodbye to humans behind the wheel. Self-driving cars are coming faster than you think, and the changes they bring will reach far beyond our roads. Meet the companies building our driverless future and find out what to expect when machines take t… - -
BEIJING (Reuters) - An autonomous driving electric vehicle may not take to the sky any time soon but could one day start to look a bit like The Jetsons’ flying car - a glass bubble without the long hood that is a signature feature of today's gasol… - 1 hour ago, 24 Apr 18, 1:05am -
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Strong growth in ad sales on Google search and YouTube were not enough to offset a surge in costs at parent Alphabet Inc that shrank the first-quarter operating margin, leaving shares flat after hours on Monday. - 2 hours ago, 24 Apr 18, 12:35am -
LONDON (Reuters) - Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to put electric "flying taxis" in the air next decade, has hired Frank Stephenson, the designer behind iconic car brands including the modern Mini, Fiat 500 and McLaren… - 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:10pm -
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday that it removed or put a warning label on 1.9 million pieces of extremist content related to ISIS or al-Qaeda in the first three months of the year, or about double the amount from the previous qu… - 6 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 8:22pm -
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd, India's second-biggest IT firm, plans to renew its focus on digital services as it looks to boost growth amid shrinking profit margins in its legacy business and rising competition from local and international rivals.… - 8 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 6:15pm -
ZURICH (Reuters) - Chipmaker AMS reported first-quarter sales toward the lower end of its guidance range on Monday and warned of a downturn owing to weaker orders from one of its main customers. - 9 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 5:26pm -
TOKYO (Reuters) - Volvo Trucks plans to share battery technology across its brands to tame development and production costs for the crucial but expensive component, as the world's second-largest truck maker ramps up electric offerings, the company t… - 10 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 4:33pm -
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation on Monday into Apple's bid for British music discovery app Shazam, concerned the deal might give the iPhone maker an unfair advantage in poaching users from its rivals. - 11 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 3:54pm -
DUBAI (Reuters) - Careem, Uber's main ride-hailing app rival in the Middle East, was hit by a cyber attack that compromised the data of 14 million users, it said on Monday. - 13 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 1:40pm -
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc said on Monday it planned to raise $1.5 billion in debt, the second time the company is tapping the debt market in less than a year to fuel a rapid expansion in original content. - 14 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 12:37pm -
Neutron scattering has revealed, in real time, the fundamental mechanisms behind the conversion of sunlight into energy in hybrid perovskite materials. A better understanding of this behavior will enable manufacturers to design solar cells with incre… - 9 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 5:24pm -
Engineers have developed an LC-TEM device that uses multiple windows and patterned features to explore the impacts of high-energy electron bombardment on nanoparticles and sensitive biological samples. - 9 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 5:19pm -
The new composite material also is more than twice as strong and four times more water resistant than existing concretes. - 13 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 1:46pm -
Pjysicists have developed a high-power laser system that generates ultrashort pulses of light covering a large share of the mid-infrared spectrum. The researchers envisage a wide range of applications for the technology - in the early diagnosis of ca… - 15 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 11:16am -
An international group of physicists managed for the first time to experimentally observe the transition between two different states of matter: propagating polariton-solitons and a Bose-Einstein condensate. - 16 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 10:05am -
A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) utilizes charges arising from friction similar to the static we experience on dry winter days; and by nanostructuring the materials in a TENG device, the produced energy could be amplified by increasing the contac… - 20 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 7:01am -
Scientists have devised a new technique to decorate gold nanoparticles with a protein of choice so they can be used to tailor drug to more accurately target an area on the body, such as a cancer tumour. - 20 hours ago, 23 Apr 18, 6:49am -
Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 10:51am -
Researchers use a high-resolution 3D printing process to produce tiny beam-shaping elements directly on optical microchips or fibers and, hence, enable low-loss coupling. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 10:32am -
A model of the interactions between magnetic vortices and material impurities could aid the development of low-power magnetic memories. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 7:08am -
Electricity can be used to control magnetic patterns in an alloy, opening up the possibility of using them in high-performance devices. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 7:04am -
The growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains may pose grave risks for society: A post-antibiotic era means, in effect, an end to modern medicine as we know it. New research findings could point the way to new treatments for now-invinc… - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 6:50am -
A remote command could one day send immune cells on a rampage against a malignant tumor. The ability to mobilize, from outside the body, targeted cancer immunotherapy inside the body has taken a step closer to becoming reality. - 4 days ago, 20 Apr 18, 6:35am -
Scientists have been able to confine light down to a space one atom thick in dimension, the smallest confinement ever possible. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 5:15pm -
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a 'bewildering' surprise, according to the scientists who made the discovery: a new way of creating gold nanoparticles and nanowires using water droplets. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 5:10pm -
Researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that can be used to repair broken load-bearing bones without the complications sometimes presented by other materials. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:57pm -
Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in computational science by combining atomic-level modelling and machine learning. For the first time, the method has been used to realistically model how an amorphous material is formed at the atomic… - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:51pm -
Perfection is not everything, according to an international team of researchers whose 2-D materials study shows that defects can enhance a material's physical, electrochemical, magnetic, energy and catalytic properties. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:44pm -
A silk hybrid material attacks bacteria when illuminated by a green light, thanks to a far-red fluorescent protein researchers transferred to its genetic makeup. - 4 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:38pm -
Scientists have found a new effect regarding the optical excitation of charge carriers in a solar semiconductor. It could facilitate the utilization of infrared light, which is normally lost in solar devices. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:32pm -
A new blood test using gold nanoparticles could soon give oncologists an early and more accurate prognosis of how cancer treatment is progressing and help guide the on-going therapy of patients. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 2:08pm -
Collaborative research team developing biological sensors that would analyze saliva, send information electronically to doctors. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 11:14am -
For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides. - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 10:57am -
The advent of graphene resulted in a massive, world-wide, effort directed at investigation of other two-dimensional (2D) layered materials. One-dimensional (1D) bundled materials have received considerably less attention. Similar to the 2D layered ma… - 5 days ago, 19 Apr 18, 10:51am -
Scientists have found a way to write and delete magnets in an alloy using a laser beam - a surprising effect. The reversibility of the process opens up new possibilities in the fields of material processing, optical technology, and data storage. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 2:23pm -
Flexible televisions, tablets and phones as well as 'truly wearable' smart tech are a step closer thanks to a new nanoscale transistor. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 2:18pm -
Scientists have developed an automated robot that greatly speeds up the collection of 2D crystals and their assembly to form van der Waals heterostructures. - 6 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 2:12pm -