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How the latest iOS update made the iPhone 11’s camera even better
Gear

How the latest iOS update made the iPhone 11’s camera even better

By Stan Horaczek

An exclusive look at Facebook’s efforts to speed up MRI scans using artificial intelligence
Technology

An exclusive look at Facebook’s efforts to speed up MRI scans using artificial intelligence

By Rob Verger

How science fiction could save us from bad technology
Science

How science fiction could save us from bad technology

By Alessio Malizia and Silvio Carta/The Conversation

Algorithms aren’t all created equal
Technology

Algorithms aren’t all created equal

By Martin Erwig/The MIT Press Reader

Artificial intelligence is taking an increased role in diagnosing and treating cancer
Health

Artificial intelligence is taking an increased role in diagnosing and treating cancer

By Nicole Wetsman

Google is working on ‘self-healing’ maps, thanks to artificial intelligence
Technology

Google is working on ‘self-healing’ maps, thanks to artificial intelligence

By Rob Verger

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online
Technology

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

By Stan Horaczek

One more thing artificial intelligence can beat you at: Solving a Rubik’s cube
Technology

One more thing artificial intelligence can beat you at: Solving a Rubik’s cube

By Rob Verger

Artificial intelligence can now dominate at the poker table, and Facebook holds all the cards
Technology

Artificial intelligence can now dominate at the poker table, and Facebook holds all the cards

By Rob Verger

MIT’s new robot takes orders from your muscles
Technology

MIT’s new robot takes orders from your muscles

By Rob Verger

Can AI escape our control and destroy us?
Technology

Can AI escape our control and destroy us?

By Mara Hvistendahl

Last week in tech: Autonomous Teslas, laundry-folding robots, and a fast Nike shoe
Technology

Last week in tech: Autonomous Teslas, laundry-folding robots, and a fast Nike shoe

By Rob Verger

The TSA’s new CT scanners could make airport security less annoying
Technology

The TSA’s new CT scanners could make airport security less annoying

By Rob Verger

This supercomputer will perform 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second
Technology

This supercomputer will perform 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second

By Rob Verger

How self-driving cars can predict the way pedestrians move
Technology

How self-driving cars can predict the way pedestrians move

By Rob Verger

AI
Technology

Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s ‘American AI Initiative’

By Rob Verger

self-driving cars
Technology

Where to find self-driving cars on the road right now

By Rob Verger

Echo Dot
Technology

An ‘acoustic fingerprint’ should keep Alexa from waking during Amazon’s Super Bowl ad

By Rob Verger

MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga
Technology

MIT is teaching a robot to beat you at Jenga

By Rob Verger

Robot stops you from dying
Technology

This may be the friendly robot face you see before you die

By Stan Horaczek

Veoneer driving facial recognition mood
Technology

Artificial intelligence thinks your face is full of data. Could it actually unmask you?

By Eleanor Cummins

ANYmal
Technology

Artificial intelligence made this robot dog a very good boy

By Rob Verger

Bell Nexus
Technology

CES 2019 day three: A superhero helicopter, a bike with Alexa, and a connected kettlebell

By Stan Horaczek

Google Night Sight
Technology

Google’s Night Sight photo mode is great—here’s how to fake it with your smartphone

By Stan Horaczek

Smart foam and artificial intelligence could help robots know if they’re injured
Technology

Smart foam and artificial intelligence could help robots know if they’re injured

By Rob Verger

Here’s how an AI lie detector can tell when you’re fibbing
Technology

Here’s how an AI lie detector can tell when you’re fibbing

By Rob Verger

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Technology

Not all Twitter bots are bad

By Eleanor Cummins

airport
Technology

Get ready for a lot more facial recognition at the airport

By Rob Verger

Adobe’s Project Brush Bounty uses AI to paint animation into static illustrations
Technology

Adobe’s Project Brush Bounty uses AI to paint animation into static illustrations

By Stan Horaczek

This AI can help spot biased websites and false news
Technology

This AI can help spot biased websites and false news

By Rob Verger

Mouser Electronics
Technology

Mouser Electronics

By Molly K. McLaughlin

GoPro’s new action camera fixes an annoying quirk with video stabilization
Technology

GoPro’s new action camera fixes an annoying quirk with video stabilization

By Stan Horaczek

Super-recognizers help fight crime, but their powers remain mysterious
Technology

Super-recognizers help fight crime, but their powers remain mysterious

By Eleanor Cummins

Another AI winter could usher in a dark period for artificial intelligence
Technology

Another AI winter could usher in a dark period for artificial intelligence

By Eleanor Cummins

Google says its search can’t be biased—that’s not how search works
Technology

Google says its search can’t be biased—that’s not how search works

By Rob Verger

AI could make MRI scans as much as 10 times faster
Technology

AI could make MRI scans as much as 10 times faster

By Rob Verger

Space Ship
Technology

Let this AI bot turn your words into vaguely-recognizable pictures

By Stan Horaczek

An AI camera and a bigger battery: what to know about the Samsung Note9
Technology

An AI camera and a bigger battery: what to know about the Samsung Note9

By Rob Verger

Artificial intelligence can now help write Wikipedia pages for overlooked scientists
Technology

Artificial intelligence can now help write Wikipedia pages for overlooked scientists

By Rob Verger

Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays
Technology

Scientists are putting the X factor back in X-rays

By Eleanor Cummins

Our first contact with aliens might be with their robots
Technology

Our first contact with aliens might be with their robots

By John Wenz

This is what it’s like to speak with Google’s reservation-making AI service
Technology

This is what it’s like to speak with Google’s reservation-making AI service

By Rob Verger

Facebook is working on AI tools to fix photos ruined by blinking
Technology

Facebook is working on AI tools to fix photos ruined by blinking

By Stan Horaczek

If you’re scared of artificial intelligence, you should know it’s already everywhere
Technology

If you’re scared of artificial intelligence, you should know it’s already everywhere

By Rob Verger

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.
Technology

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.

By Rob Verger

Meet the new fastest supercomputer in the world
Technology

Meet the new fastest supercomputer in the world

By Rob Verger

Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you
DIY

Get your phone’s AI assistant to actually assist you

By David Nield

Artificial intelligence can take your bad whistling and make it sound like Mozart
Technology

Artificial intelligence can take your bad whistling and make it sound like Mozart

By Rob Verger

Self-driving cars should earn people’s trust with good communication
Technology

Self-driving cars should earn people’s trust with good communication

By Rob Verger

Drones, AI, and smart meetings at the beginning of the Microsoft Build conference
Technology

Drones, AI, and smart meetings at the beginning of the Microsoft Build conference

By Rob Verger

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Technology

Facebook used billions of hashtagged Instagram photos to train its AI

By Rob Verger

MIT is making a device that can ‘hear’ the words you say silently
Technology

MIT is making a device that can ‘hear’ the words you say silently

By Rob Verger

We asked a neural network to bake us a cake. The results were…interesting.
Technology

We asked a neural network to bake us a cake. The results were…interesting.

By Janelle Shane

Huawei P20 Pro Smartphone camera
Technology

Huawei’s P20 Pro smartphone has three rear-facing cameras—here’s what each one does

By Stan Horaczek

AI vs Human
Technology

Can AI solve the internet’s fake news problem? A fact-checker investigates.

By Brooke Borel

Now’s your chance to discover a new planet (with Google’s help)
Science

Now’s your chance to discover a new planet (with Google’s help)

By Mary Beth Griggs

a car with steering wheel or pedals
Technology

This car doesn’t need a steering wheel or pedals

By Rob Verger

Alexa should laugh more, not less, because people prefer social robots
Technology

Alexa should laugh more, not less, because people prefer social robots

By Rob Verger

Technology

Stopping package theft could be just the start for Amazon’s smart camera plans

By Rob Verger

Google’s Clips camera uses AI to try to spot your important family moments
Technology

Google’s Clips camera uses AI to try to spot your important family moments

By Rob Verger

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Technology

STANK LOVE, BEAR WIG, and other sayings from AI-generated candy hearts

By Rob Verger

We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?
Technology

We’re told to fear robots. But why do we think they’ll turn on us?

By Steven Pinker

apple face ID
Technology

Chinese cops are using facial-recognition sunglasses. Here’s how that tech works.

By Rob Verger

Chronicle
Technology

What we know about Chronicle, Alphabet’s mysterious new company

By Rob Verger

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