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By Jan 8, 2021
Technology

Old text messages are letting people chat with the dead

In giving voice to the digital ghosts of the deceased, chatbots are trying to succeed where memories and mementos fail.
By Dec 23, 2020
Space

Astronomers made a poor bot count 100,000 moon craters

Thank you, patient algorithm, for the most extensive crater catalog yet.
By Sep 26, 2019
Technology

How science fiction could save us from bad technology

Speculation through ‘design fiction’ helps expose human biases—for better and for worse.
By Sep 13, 2019
Technology

Algorithms aren’t all created equal

A recent poll found that most Americans think algorithms are unfair. But was the poll itself biased?
By Oct 2, 2018
Gadgets

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

The GoPro Hero 7 Black cranks up the smoothness.
By Sep 18, 2018
Technology

Twitter will let you see your feed in chronological order again—here’s how and why

The algorithm's grip on your social stream may be loosening.
By Aug 18, 2018
Technology

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

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Why this algebra teacher has her students knit in class

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

It could open closed eyes with surprising accuracy.
By Jan 18, 2018
Science

Courts use algorithms to help determine sentencing, but random people get the same results

Numbers aren’t always as impartial as they appear.