
How Does Google Know Everything about Me?
You may wonder how Google knows what you’re typing, where you are or even what you’re thinking—they use your data to do it all.

How Does Google Know Everything about Me?
You may wonder how Google knows what you’re typing, where you are or even what you’re thinking—they use your data to do it all.

The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard of
Stanford Ovshinsky changed your life, and the full impact of his brilliance may still be to come


So, Umm, Google Duplex’s Chatter Is Not Quite Human
A systems scientist breaks down the intricacies of making a machine that can fool humans into thinking it’s one of us

4 Ways “Internet of Things” Toys Endanger Children
Such toys wirelessly connect with online databases to recognize voices and images, identifying children’s queries, commands and requests and responding to them

The “Clips” Camera Just Might Be the Weirdest Product Ever
Google's new camera decides what to photograph, based on AI algorithms

What Sensors Are in a Smartphone?
Smartphone sensors locate your phone in time and space. Working together, several sensors can paint a fairly complete picture of your daily activity, with implications for your privacy.

Alexa, How Do We Take Our Relationship to the Next Level?
If voice interfaces are to replace keyboards and touch screens, they are going to have to get a lot smarter

IKEA-Building Robot Conquers Touchy-Feely Challenge
The Swedish furniture has become something of a benchmark for robotics engineers

Spot the Fake: Artificial Intelligence Can Produce Lifelike Photographs
By pitting AIs against one another, tech companies are creating realistic computer-generated images

New Studies Link Cell Phone Radiation with Cancer in Male Rats
Researchers call for greater caution, but skeptics say the evidence from rat studies is not convincing

Ready Player One: We Are Surprisingly Close to Realizing Just Such a VR Dystopia
In the Steven Spielberg movie’s vision of the future, people go to school, go to work, socialize and spend leisure time in a vast virtual environment

Embroidering Electronics into the Next Generation of “Smart” Fabrics
Unlike today’s wearables, new fabrics promise to come with antennas and batteries that are flexible and washable