In an environment in which information is abundant but understanding is scarce, some books stand out because they fundamentally change the way we think about society, technology, history, and human ...

With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lan ...

In most boardrooms, the final decision still comes down to a small circle of leaders weighing a narrow set of choices. Yet the problems they face now contain thousands, sometimes millions, of possible ...

In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), perception is no longer just social currency, but it is algorithmic capital, writes Aparna Kumar ...

Maynard James Keenan reflects on the "endless barrage of madness and inhumane behavior" that inspired the new Puscifer album, "Normal Isn't." ...

This is where cloud computing and grid technologies are starting to mix. We’re going to look at how these two worlds are ...

The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in quantum error correction has ...

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new way to alter complex drug molecules using light rather than ...

A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

At a potluck, you ate the best chocolate chip cookie—golden-brown, thick and chewy. Unfortunately, you don't know who made the cookie to get the recipe from, so you decide to recreate it. Using ...