MIT Technology Review

Sucking methane from the air might deliver a bigger bang for the buck than just removing carbon dioxide.

New research could make deep-learning models much harder to manipulate in harmful ways.

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

It might have been less exuberant than last year, but crypto hype isn’t going away anytime soon—and there’s still clearly big money to be made

Dietary habits are notoriously difficult to monitor. Now data scientists have analyzed sales figures from London’s biggest grocer to link eating patterns with local rates of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar.

Facebook, Palantir, Microsoft, and more see big money in migration caused by global warming—and they’re betting on everything from biometrics to blockchain.

The city government can’t use the technology, but private companies still can, and regulating those uses is a thornier problem.

No solar material has managed to supplant silicon. Perovskites, which are far cheaper and can be made into flexible modules, could change that.

He taunted the health authorities. Now he stands accused of pretending to be one.

If you have difficulty hearing, it can be tricky to make out a single speaker in a noisy room. A system that amplifies the voice you want to listen to could help.

By creating a new genome, scientists could create organisms tailored to produce desirable compounds.

Here’s a checklist for assessing the quality and validity of a company’s machine-learning product.

Flying robots are more agile with four wings than two. Engineers halved the weight of a crucial component to make that possible.

The first big test for a platform that lets AI algorithms learn from private patient data is under way at Stanford Medical School.

When humans return to the moon, they’ll want to choose their landing site carefully.

Genetic engineers want to make bio-pot, for fun and health, but their venture could backfire if they help create a public health menace.

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

We’ve been wasting our processing power to train neural networks that are ten times too big.

Facebook has been beset by scandals over the last year and many believe that nothing will change until its founder and CEO is gone.

Physicists are confident that a quantum computer will soon outperform the world’s most powerful supercomputer. To prove it, they have developed a test that will pit one against the other.

At a major AI research conference, one researcher laid out how existing AI techniques might be used to analyze causal relationships in data.

Designer Zac Posen used additive manufacturing to create wearable sculptures for partygoers.

Additions of wind, solar, hydro, and other clean energy sources have unexpectedly flattened after two decades of reliable gains.

An FCC commissioner hopes that machine learning and distributed crypto-ledgers will free up wireless spectrum for billions of devices.