VR doesn’t need to look hyper-realistic for our brains to believe it.
Surveillance software for remote learning is drawing criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers.
Timnit Gebru says she was pushed out of the company; now some are worried it will have a chilling effect on academics in tech.
A breakthrough on the “protein folding problem” can help us understand disease and discover new drugs.
The collapse of America’s middle class crushed department stores. Amazon and the pandemic are the final blows.
Elon Musk’s private space company has now successfully launched two crewed flights into orbital space.
Self-driving cars were expected to roll out by 2021. Here’s what we need to solve and build first.
The company just announced a tiny drone that can carry a Ring camera anywhere in your home.
Neuralink has demonstrated a prototype of its brain-machine interface that currently works in pigs.
The formula predicted rich kids would do better than poor kids who’d earned the same grades in class.
This fall, AI could be watching students social distance and checking their masks.
Computers are getting closer to passing the Turing Test.
In an interview with Recode, Rep. Jackie Speier calls on the company to do an internal audit of misogyny on its platform.
New legislation would require that companies get your consent before taking your biometric data.
TikTok challenged its competitors on transparency. But what does that actually mean?
Following a rocky civil rights audit, Facebook is creating teams to make its platforms work better for everyone.
The self-driving truck company TuSimple is laying the groundwork for a futuristic autonomous freight industry.
A new documentary highlights how the controversial technology can protect people.
After IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft upend their facial recognition businesses, attention turns to federal lawmakers.
A predictable result.
Researchers have for years warned about the problems with facial recognition. Now Big Blue is ditching the tech.
Privately owned orbital human spaceflights are here. A new era of commercialized space travel begins.
Elon Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening. Local officials disagree.
Tons of people are looking for work. AI-powered background checks could stand in the way.
Elon Musk declared he’s selling all his possessions, and Tesla’s stock price dropped 10% in a matter of minutes.
A report on Amazon from the Wall Street Journal appears to contradict statements made under oath by a top company lawyer during a congressional antitrust hearing.
How optimistic should we be about the impact of artificial intelligence in a pandemic?
Making ventilators is hard. Getting politicians to agree on paying for them is harder.
As social distancing limits in-office staff, social platforms are relying more on AI to moderate their content.
In the age of AI advances, self-driving cars turned out to be harder than people expected.
The Vatican’s interest in artificial intelligence isn’t new, but pay attention to the tech companies that are joining along.
The coronavirus is putting a lot of new tech, including robots and artificial intelligence, on display.
Tesla is facing heat from federal officials following an investigation into a fatal crash involving its Autopilot.
An AI expert recently spotted an unusual detail when trying to follow new people on TikTok.
Security researchers found an unsettling vulnerability in Tesla’s intelligent cruise control.
Companies are on a hiring spree for people who can code an alternative reality.
Here’s what a so-called “smart wall” of technology at the US-Mexico border looks like.
Despite a growing number of high-tech tools, law enforcement agencies don’t seem to want to disclose what they’re using.
Tesla’s stock has doubled in the past month, and nobody is entirely sure why.
An OCD drug created via AI will be tested on humans.