What do the water system in Flint, Michigan, the electrical grid in Puerto Rico, and your search engine have in…
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Technological progress has taken more than its fair share of the workload from humans over the years. Washing machines clean…
Sometime this week, you probably did it: A question came up, and instead of searching for the answer online or…
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are starting to do more than answer questions. New AI “agents” can remember information from previous interactions,…
Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that’s a bilingual text, like the Rosetta Stone,…
Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new restrictions under an urban planning program called…
South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two…
Scientists have crossed an important line in biological engineering. In a recent study, researchers used artificial intelligence to design complete sets…
The 1960s were a time of great change in technology, culture and politics. Television was radically altering the media environment,…
For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search…