Emerging Tech

The Fight Between Waymo and Uber Intensifies

After six weeks of brutally bad PR, the ridesharing giant is ratcheting up its defense.

Emerging Tech

Car Wars

Inside the battle for the future of a technology that could really, truly change the world

Emerging Tech

Physicists Have Created 'Impossible' State of Matter That Could Power Quantum Computers

Quantum computers are predicted to be faster than any supercomputer that can be built with silicon chips.

Modernization

Moore’s Law Can’t Last Forever—But Two Small Changes Might Mean Your Phone Battery Will

It’s true the pace of accelerating computer power is slowing. It’s also true this slowdown is a problem.

Digital Government

Social Media’s Silent Filter

Under-the-radar workers have scrubbed objectionable material from Facebook and other sites since well before the fake-news controversy.

Digital Government

A Visual Search Engine for the Entire Planet

Descartes Labs lets you point-and-hop between features in China and the United States.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Making Life Absurdly Difficult in German Court

The German government is threatening the social media giant with hefty fines if it doesn’t deal with fake news and hate speech.

Emerging Tech

Meet the Satellite in Space that Maps and Predicts Lightning

The agency's next-gen satellite is taking some awesome pictures as it tests its instruments.

Emerging Tech

IBM Thinks It’s Ready to Turn Quantum Computing Into an Actual Business

IBM has announced it is forming IBM Q, a new division around its quantum computing research.

Cybersecurity

Singapore Commuters Can Soon Use Credit Cards to Board Public Transit

Straphangers won’t have to put money on a separate fare card to ride buses and trains.

Emerging Tech

DARPA Tests Dirty-Bomb Hunting Ambulances

You may not have known it, but some D.C. ambulances were searching for radiation while they drove.

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning Is Bringing the Cosmos Into Focus

Training neural networks to identify galaxies could forever change humanity’s perspective of the universe.