MIT Technology Review

In the last few years, the machine-learning community has blossomed, applying the technology to challenges like food security and health care.

One measured photon has roughly the energy of a falling ping-pong ball.

A new US bill would make it legal for private companies to chase hackers across the internet. It’s a terrible idea that simply will not die.

Physicists and philosophers have long claimed that life can form only in a universe like ours, with three dimensions of space and one of time. That thinking may need to be revised.

AI, computer modeling, and data mining are tools for a new field focusing on how games have evolved.

Machine learning has the potential to make some real inroads against our biggest threat.

Peter Beck founded Rocket Lab, which 3D-prints rocket engines for NASA. We talked to him about the technology’s benefits—and the future of the fledgling small launch industry.

A new system that listens for a telltale gasping sound could get you vital help in time.

The launch of Facebook’s new coin is certainly a big event, but so much about it remains unsettled.

Bitcoin miners and data scientists love cheap, green Icelandic processing power. Maybe a little too much.

Robots that can rapidly plan out their movements could accelerate factory automation—and help keep fragile humans safe.

Most of it, say astrophysicists, if we want to guarantee the future of humanity.

A group called Xenotime, which began by targeting oil and gas facilities in the Middle East, now has electrical utilities in the US and Asia in its sights.

Construction companies are developing an AI system that predicts worksite injuries—an example of the growing use of workplace surveillance.

A new test for measuring awareness in fruit flies could change the way neuroscientists think about and measure consciousness.

IBM is betting that collaboration with universities and other corporations can help it recover its powerhouse status.

Luminous Computing has developed an optical microchip that runs AI models much faster than other semiconductors while using less power.

With the election approaching, lawmakers are facing up to the fact they need to do something about the explosion in manipulated media.

The latest attempt to assess the environmental impact of the cryptocurrency finds that mining accounts for about 0.2% of global electricity consumption.

Gene-editing company eGenesis is now carrying out experiments to help solve a critical shortage of human organs available for transplant.

Automata hopes its inexpensive devices can bring automation to companies that usually wouldn’t be able to afford high-end robotics.

The company’s AI researchers have developed a speech synthesizer capable of copying anybody’s voice with uncanny accuracy.