The company behind Taser weapons is putting Oculus Go headsets on Chicago police to train them in empathy—and teach them when to keep their weapons holstered. | Continue reading
Before software came to dominate every aspect of society, we didn’t even know how to spell it. | Continue reading
And the rise of Python. Does Perl have a future? | Continue reading
What moral rights would non-human persons have? Would it be morally permissible to try to thwart their emergence? Or would we have a duty to promote and foster their existence? | Continue reading
The rush toward ethical AI is leaving many of us behind. | Continue reading
American cities have become far too comfortable relying on police as a cure-all for social ills. | Continue reading
NASA needed a supercomputer to get us to the Moon, and it had to be generations ahead of the state of the art at the time. | Continue reading
The CEOs of Basecamp, Flexjobs, InVision, and Dribbble share the ultimate work-life hacks. Tip No. 1: Make sure there’s a door—that locks. | Continue reading
It’s the result of a years-long process that involved the public’s feedback on two potential design directions. | Continue reading
An exclusive look at Dropbox’s all-new version, which adds full-blown Windows and Mac apps, integrations with other workplace tools, and more. | Continue reading
Mozilla CEO Chris Beard said in an interview that the company is looking to launch subscription-based premium features that bolster privacy and security. | Continue reading
2019 was a year that saw branding evolve rapidly. | Continue reading
Carbon capture technology–which helps fight climate change by removing emissions that are already in the air–could be a key part of the climate solution, if it grows fast enough and doesn’t just become an excuse to emit more. | Continue reading
Launching entirely new aircraft types in the 2020s will be a huge technical and regulatory challenge. Brazil’s Embraer aims to keep the design as simple as possible. | Continue reading
Our research has revealed just how much people’s travel preferences could shift with the advent of driverless cars. | Continue reading
“We risk turning the customer off by making them feel like we’re suggesting they be less hygienic. We’re going up against years of cultural conditioning here.” | Continue reading
Experts from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and other companies are bringing their skills to teaching—and reaching students far from the the tech giants’ home turf. | Continue reading
The online giant is facing a growing revolution from within that demands it get serious about climate action. | Continue reading
Imagine Neil Armstrong swinging onto the moon like Tarzan, and you’re there. | Continue reading
Rural Studio’s $20K House has such innovative design that it’s changing the entire housing system–from mortgages to zoning laws. | Continue reading
How a struggling U.S. tech pioneer partnered up with an ambitious Chinese upstart–for a while. | Continue reading
iOS 13 will finally block developers from accessing the notes section of the Contact app. | Continue reading
MIT researchers trained a machine learning model to reconstruct a very rough likeness of someone’s face based only on a short audio clip. | Continue reading
With every post, click, and purchase, we have become the product. I didn’t agree to that, and I bet you didn’t either. | Continue reading
Apple invented privacy problems on mobile devices. And now only Apple can fix them. | Continue reading
The assault on the Affordable Care Act appears to be working. | Continue reading
At WWDC, Apple debuted a slew of new features that let users connect with their families and friends right inside Apple’s apps–no social networks needed. | Continue reading
After a series of ineffective recalls in 2016 and 2017, Ikea finally releases a dresser designed to prevent deadly and dangerous tip-overs. | Continue reading
Pictures from the turn of the 20th century to today show how Amsterdam slowly–and intentionally–changed its car culture. Your city can do it, too. | Continue reading
Apple has been jousting with Facebook and Google over privacy. At WWDC, it did its talking through a major new feature that could hurt its rivals. | Continue reading
The phenomenon of a luxe night out with a brew and a view extends from the big city to big sky country. | Continue reading
The perils of a cloud-connected smart home. | Continue reading
The investigation into the company’s search and “other businesses” may signal the end of Washington’s recent hands-off approach to regulating tech giants. | Continue reading
An investor asked Mark Zuckerberg if he would give up some of his power for the good of the company. She didn’t get an answer, but she asked the right question. | Continue reading
Ten years ago, the bank stopped this practice. Now it’s bringing it back. | Continue reading
Tesla’s touch screens might seem like magic, but UX experts argue they’re poorly designed–which has serious implications for road safety. | Continue reading
White supremacists and misogynists see the ancient Mediterranean as a touchstone. A group of concerned scholars have taken to the web to sound the alarm. | Continue reading
The login credential management company plans to keep fighting the risks of stolen passwords. | Continue reading
Tesla’s touch screens might seem like magic, but UX experts argue they’re poorly designed–which has serious implications for road safety. | Continue reading
When people learn to code, they should also learn about ethics, humanities, and equity. Then perhaps they’ll be more prepared to predict the unintended consequences of their work. | Continue reading
As the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests approaches, China’s AI censors aren’t even breaking a sweat. | Continue reading
Ajay Bhatt was simply trying to upgrade his computer. How that gave way to the one plug to rule them all. | Continue reading
The company recently showed off AI that allows it to “puppet” someone’s face onto another person’s body–using only a single photo for reference. | Continue reading
In her new book, “The Age of Living Machines,” Susan Hockfield argues that we have entered a new era of scientific innovation in America. | Continue reading
Consultant Debunking Unit | Continue reading
The Amazon CEO stayed backstage as employees stood up to demand change in an unusual show of force. | Continue reading
Opening on what would be his 85th birthday, the Moogseum commemorates the inventor who’s been a staple of pop music from the 1960s to today. | Continue reading
The Congresswoman questioned researcher Joy Buolamwini about the accuracy of facial recognition systems used by law enforcement, and the people who develop them. | Continue reading