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Drones are the signature weapons of 21st century war – and they come in a lot of shapes and sizes.
With investor unease over AI stocks having just wiped a trillion dollars from markets, have we really learned the big lessons from 25 years ago?
Motion data is well known for improving athletic performance and rehab. Thanks to AI, it’s also turning motion into another vital sign for general health.
Stories about automation eliminating jobs and reducing wages were once common. But a comprehensive analysis of its actual impact paints a less ominous picture.
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
Chatbots and voice avatars are being used to preserve the voices of the deceased.
How people talk about data privacy can overcome – or reinforce – their skepticism that things can change.
Sometimes, no one sees a major global shock coming. Risk analysts call these ‘black swan’ events. Other times, we see them coming – we just don’t prepare.
Cars that mostly drive themselves – but where a human is required to continuously supervise – fall between the cracks of existing law.
The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration on few cloud providers is changing that.
The Russian military claims to have flown its Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile 8,700 miles over 15 hours.
Local conflict and development needs drive the demand for digital authoritarianism technologies.
Workplace productivity and educational challenges get the headlines, but it turns out that ChatGPT and its ilk are more likely to be used for household tasks.
Ethical AI starts with listening. If we want digital systems to be fair, safe and trusted, we must give young people a seat at the table and treat their voices as essential, not optional.
This lens modeled on biological eyes could make it easier to give soft machines and bio-safe tools the ability to see.
Data analytics, putting safety out of bounds for competition, and collaboration among industry, labor and government are key to reducing a technology’s risks.
AI agents are poised to do your online shopping for you, with major consequences for the e-commerce industry – and your ability to make choices.
AI-generated police reports promise to save cops time, but they also raise a host of legal and technical concerns.
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
New technology could leave few places for submarines to hide.



















