Everything You Know About Artificial Intelligence is Wrong
That fateful day when machines finally become smarter than humans has never appeared closer — yet we seem no closer in grasping the implications of this epochal event.

March 14, 2016 at 11:37AM
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Tumblr Party at SXSW Includes ‘Pizza Fairies’ and Queer Rap
Tumblr never took off the way Yahoo (and outsiders) expected as a business, and its value is still declining. Still, the blogging service remains popular with teens and a blowout party at SXSW is a good way to remind people that Tumblr is still alive and kicking.

March 14, 2016 at 09:18AM
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I Didn’t Know How Much I Loved Autocorrect Until It Was Gonne
This quiet, theoretically invisible technology wields incredible power. Autocorrect allows us to type quickly and sloppily and let the software figure it out. Think about the implication of that: Your phone knows you so well it can correct your mistakes.

March 14, 2016 at 07:42AM
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John Oliver Explains The Importance Of Encryption
As the legal battle between Apple and the FBI escalates, John Oliver wades into the debate over digital privacy versus the interests of law enforcement.

March 14, 2016 at 06:53AM
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Google car crash ‘not a surprise’ – US transport secretary
Anthony Foxx told the BBC that accidents were inevitable, but that the emerging technology should not be compared “against perfection.”

March 14, 2016 at 06:27AM
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Facebook, Google and WhatsApp plan to increase encryption of user data
Spurred on by Apple’s battles against the FBI, some of tech’s biggest names are to expand encryption of user data in their services.

March 14, 2016 at 05:30AM
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What Kind of Legal Rights Should Robots Have?
Science fiction has long consider the legal rights of artificially intelligent beings. But as robots become an increasing presence in our societies and industries, questions about the role of robots in legal decisions, how laws are applied to robots, and the concept of “robot law” itself have begun to emerge.

March 14, 2016 at 12:48AM
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Teenager wins $250,000 in biggest drone race yet
15-year-old Luke Bannister piloted his drone to victory, scoring a quarter million dollars at Dubai’s inaugural World Drone Prix.

March 13, 2016 at 11:13PM
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Isaac Asimov Predicted We’d Be Living Underwater By Now. Why Aren’t We?
In some ways, Asimov was eerily close to the mark. He was pretty right about population pressure and even pretty close in his population predictions. But somehow we’ve managed to find room for everyone on land.

March 13, 2016 at 04:05PM
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The Science and Snake Oil of Neurostimulation
What if learning a skill only required donning a cap that used electric currents to tickle your brain in just the right way? It certainly is an enticing idea, but could it ever really be that easy?

March 13, 2016 at 02:09PM
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