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Google wants to make programming quantum computers easier
Its new open-source software will help developers experiment with the machines, including Google’s own super-powerful quantum processor.
How to tell if you’re talking to a bot
The five best ways to detect fake social-media accounts.
This man’s quest to understand memory starts with obsessive bodycam recording and brain-wave tracking
By-products include striking short films that speed up and slow down along in response to body signals.
Forget about VR in the living room; this summer it’s on waterslides and in arcades
VR technology hasn’t been a hit with consumers, so companies are taking it everywhere from specially built arenas to airports.
Meet Oasis Labs, the blockchain startup Silicon Valley is buzzing about
Combining software with something the company calls “trusted hardware” will vastly expand what smart contracts can do.
California’s plan to integrate the West Coast grid is a great idea—that could easily backfire
The state leading the clean-energy charge could wind up importing coal power from Wyoming.
The US may have just pulled even with China in the race to build supercomputing’s next big thing
The two countries are vying to create an exascale computer that could lead to significant advances in many scientific fields.
Bitcoin’s inherent economics could keep it from ever being very important
A new analysis shows how the cost of securing Bitcoin will constrain its growth.
Inside the effort to print lungs and breathe life into them with stem cells
Martine Rothblatt wants to end transplant shortages with 3-D-printed lungs.
35 Innovators Under 35
Better gene editing. Cheaper solar cells. Stretchable electronics. And smarter robots. Meet Jonas Cleveland, CEO of COSY, and the rest of our 2018 list of 35 Innovators Under 35.
Gary Reback: Technology’s trustbuster
Big-money politics is making it harder than ever to tame Big Tech.
Phoenix will no longer be Phoenix if Waymo’s driverless-car experiment succeeds
Shared autonomous vehicles could transform American cities built around car ownership.
Confessions of an accidental job destroyer
Behind every piece of automation is a human who made it happen.
Rebuilding Germany’s centuries-old vocational program
The Ausbildung is widely touted as an example other countries should follow. But it’s struggling to keep up with technological change.
Why robots helped Donald Trump win
Toledo has more robots per worker than any other US city. They’re producing a healthy economy—and lots of anxiety.
Basic income could work—if you do it Canada-style
A Canadian province is giving people money with no strings attached—revealing both the appeal and the limitations of the idea.
Basic income could work—if you do it Canada-style
A Canadian province is giving people money with no strings attached—revealing both the appeal and the limitations of the idea.
It’s time to rein in the data barons
Facebook, Amazon, and Google will resist attempts to restrain their market power. But for the sake of our collective prosperity and our personal privacy, it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose.
Keeping America first in quantum computing means avoiding these five big mistakes
Potential pitfalls include putting the military in charge and spraying too much money around.
From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland
Artificial intelligence is offering an amazing opportunity to increase prosperity, but whether or not ­we will seize it is our choice.
This company tames killer robots
Artificial intelligence can turn the most dangerous industrial robots into helpful coworkers, and that could transform manufacturing.
China’s ambition to power the world’s electric cars took a huge leap forward this week
CATL’s stock has shot up since it raised nearly $1 billion in an IPO to build more lithium-ion battery plants.
AI could get 100 times more energy-efficient with IBM’s new artificial synapses
Copying the features of a neural network in silicon might make machine learning more usable on small devices like smartphones.
The world’s most powerful supercomputer is tailor made for the AI era
The technology used to build America’s new Summit machine will also help us make the leap to exascale computing.
Maybe we can afford to suck CO<sub>2</sub> out of the sky after all
A new analysis shows that air capture could cost less than $100 a ton.
The White House promises to release government data to fuel the AI boom
The president’s most senior technology advisor claims the White House is quietly pursuing an aggressive AI plan.
Your next potato chip could come from a 3-D printer
Additive manufacturing is creating everything from prototype potato chips to sports-car parts.
The secret to stopping the robot apocalypse? Popcorn butter.
Humans are still crucial to Amazon’s fulfillment process.
Trump’s coal pandering plan would raise costs, undermine renewables
Other power producers will immediately challenge the order.
Automation is hitting small US businesses, and—surprise!—it’s not all bad
We talk about the future of work at small firms with MIT professor Liz Reynolds.
Gene therapy is saving children’s lives—but screening to discover who needs it is lagging behind
States in the US have been slow to test newborns for genetic conditions.
NASA’s building new tools to manage water as climate dangers grow
After years of measuring California’s Sierra snowpack from the air, the agency is now developing similar systems for space.
Yes, Alexa is recording mundane details of your life, and it’s creepy as hell
I’m not kicking our smart speaker out of the house just yet, but the consequences of having it in my family’s life are becoming clear.
How to get blockchains to talk to each other
If blockchains are really going to give us the internet of money, they’ll need to work together.
California is throttling back record levels of solar—and that’s bad news for climate goals
Without big changes, the oversupply of renewables will stall efforts to overhaul the power sector.
The US military is funding an effort to catch deepfakes and other AI trickery
But DARPA’s technologists admit that it might be a losing battle.
Job of the future: Embalming your online persona
The woman organizing our messy digital lives to survive us.
Specialized chips are threatening to take over cryptocurrencies, and they look unstoppable
The Chinese firm Bitmain dominates the market for tailor-made mining hardware and shows no sign of slowing down.
The world’s first quantum software superstore—or so it hopes—is here
Zapata Computing plans to build the algorithms for companies that want to experiment with quantum computers.
Subcutaneous Fitbits? These cows are modeling the tracking technology of the future
Livestock Labs is getting bio-monitors under cows’ skin in hopes of helping farmers spot disease earlier, and it wants to bring its tech to people, too.
The scientist still fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot
A decade of investment in advanced biofuels led nowhere, but Jay Keasling remains undaunted.
A stealthy Harvard startup wants to reverse aging in dogs, and humans could be next
Biologist George Church says the idea is to live to 130 in the body of a 22-year-old.
Google’s new tools will make your life more convenient—for a price
Don’t forget that forking over more and more of your data remains part of the bargain.
How uncertainty could help a machine hold a more eloquent conversation
AI startup Gamalon developed a clever new way for chatbots and virtual assistants to converse with us.
How can we be sure AI will behave? Perhaps by watching it argue with itself.
Experts suggest that having AI systems try to outwit one another could help a person judge their intentions.
“Safety,” yes; “sorry,” no: What Mark Zuckerberg did—and didn’t—say in his F8 keynote
At Facebook’s annual developer conference, the social network’s CEO used a lot of familiar words to share a few new things.
Investigators searched a million people’s DNA to find Golden State serial killer
Operator of genealogy website claims “no knowledge” of police exploit on vast data set.
This startup hopes to keep barf bags out of self-driving cars
By filtering out road vibrations, ClearMotion can prevent carsickness in autonomous vehicles.
The blockchain believers
What makes blockchain devotees so passionate about the technology? We sent reporters and photographers to two blockchain conferences to find out.
Let’s destroy Bitcoin
Three ways Bitcoin could be brought down, co-opted, or made irrelevant.
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