Technology

A new look at how everything from handwriting to AI quietly reshapes our bodies, habits and sense of connection

Generating and confirming the randomness of qubits could lead to breakthroughs in computer data encryption

Advances in quantum technology might allow astronomers to circumvent age-old issues that limit the size of optical observatories

A small, aging fleet repairs the fiber-optic cables that carry data around the globe, and conflict zones can slow that work to a crawl

There Is No Antimemetics Division explores how to survive when memories and meaning are malleable

Anthropic has been consulting theologians and ethicists on Claude’s behavior, raising questions about who gets to shape a chatbot’s values

The trend of attorneys getting caught citing AI-hallucinated cases points to a broader problem: instead of checking AI’s work, people keep trusting it

Smart-panel start-up Span wants to turn spare household electricity into AI computing power. How far it can scale and what effect that would have on the residential grid remain unsettled

How an experiment involving a made-up skin condition exposes the risks of increasingly popular AI medical advice

Commercial satellites can now watch much of Earth in near-real time. Militaries are learning new ways to fool them

This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its promises are outrunning what the technology has proved

Sharla Boehm, a math teacher, spent her summers coding. She’d go on to build what would eventually evolve into the Internet