Amazon is selling police departments a real-time facial recognition system
New documents obtained by the ACLU shed light on Amazon’s Rekognition project.

May 22, 2018 at 11:22AM
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Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It
Technologists have devised a variety of ways in which lithium batteries can be tweaked to improve battery density, and maybe more importantly, battery safety.

May 22, 2018 at 11:14AM
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Disney’s Research Hub Is Developing An Acrobatic Robot Named ‘Stickman’ That Can Do Gymnastics
We’re sure this is so that they add some flair to the animatronic “Hall of Presidents.” Get ready for Millard Fillmore on trapeze.

May 22, 2018 at 10:59AM
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Body Doubles — Real Life
Deepfakes make clear that images of the body are extensions rather than representations of the self.

May 22, 2018 at 08:01AM
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R. Kelly is still doing just fine on Spotify
The conduct policy that removed him from company playlists has not affected his streams.

May 21, 2018 at 10:15PM
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How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men
Once, Mad Men ruled advertising. They’ve now been eclipsed by Math Men — the engineers and data scientists whose province is machines, algorithms, pureed data, and artificial intelligence.

May 21, 2018 at 09:12PM
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For people with dementia, virtual reality can be life-changing
While the traditional approach of “reminiscence therapy” draws on physical visual stimulus such as photo books, a young UK healthcare start-up has developed a new type of memory portal using virtual reality.

May 21, 2018 at 06:39PM
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How the Clapper Came to Define Modern Home Automation
The Clapper was in the same category — and owned by the same guy — as the Chia Pet. Nonetheless, the somewhat primitive device introduced millions of people to the idea of simple home automation. Would we have Alexa without it?

May 21, 2018 at 03:08PM
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The enduring mythology of the whiz kid
In government, the real change makers aren’t 24-year-old male engineers parachuted in from Silicon Valley, but a diverse range of people who have worked in or around government for years, who are invested in their communities and who simply like intractable problems.

May 21, 2018 at 01:41PM
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This Video Of A Tesla Being Rollover-Tested Makes It Clear Why The Vehicle Has A Five-Star Safety Rating
Tesla certainly has its flaws, but at least you probably won’t flip over in one.

May 21, 2018 at 12:07PM
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