Author Archive
Emerging Tech
The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube
Surprise eggs and slime are at the center of an online realm that’s changing the way the experts think about human development.
Digital Government
But His Emails!
The latest White House scandal brings the nation’s attention back to the inbox.
Emerging Tech
The Technology That Will Make It Impossible for You to Believe What You See
With these techniques, it’s difficult to discern between videos of real people and computerized impostors that can be programmed to say anything.
Cybersecurity
Donald Trump’s ‘Impenetrable Cybersecurity’ Is Pure Fantasy
Guarding networked systems is an endless process, and an imperfect one.
Artificial Intelligence
What an AI's Non-Human Language Actually Looks Like
Facebotlish looks pretty weird to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
Cybersecurity
Cyberwar Is Officially Crossing Over Into the Real World
Online warfare already wreaks havoc on the physical world, and it's only going to get worse.
Cybersecurity
Global Ransomware Attack Is Much Bigger Than It First Appeared
A dozen countries were hit in a cyberattack Friday. Such attacks have increased by more than 500 percent in recent years
Digital Government
The Technology That Can Destroy a Presidency
From Xerox copiers to secret tapes to missing emails, machines are still at the center of modern political scandals.
Digital Government
Facebook Data ‘Does Not Contradict’ Intelligence on Russia Meddling
The social platform says it has a problem with government-run efforts to manipulate public opinion.
Digital Government
A Search for the Zombie Websites of 1995
The must-visit destinations from early cyberspace are mostly gone now.
Featured eBooks
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Is Making It Easier for Companies to Track You
In a letter to shareholders, Jeff Bezos wrote about how the company is making machine-learning tools widely available.
Artificial Intelligence
How A.I. Will Redefine Human Intelligence
Machines aren’t just infiltrating the human world, they’re altering our perception of what people can do.
Emerging Tech
Trolls Are Winning the Internet, Technologists Say
And they're pushing the rest of us toward a “Potemkin internet,” a mere shell of the web we know today.
Cybersecurity
Who Owns Your Face?
Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out.
Emerging Tech
What Happens If Uber Fails?
Even if the ride-sharing service goes under, it won't necessarily set off a bubble-popping chain reaction.
Emerging Tech
The Fight Between Waymo and Uber Intensifies
After six weeks of brutally bad PR, the ridesharing giant is ratcheting up its defense.
Digital Government
The 9-1-1 Paradox
Emergency call lines in the United States rarely fail, yet they're more vulnerable than ever.
Emerging Tech
