Electronics
The Vulnerabilities of Our Voting Machines
When Americans go to the polls, will hackers unleash chaos?
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Public Health
Vitamin Vaping Raises Wariness among Scientists
Companies claim e-cigarettes can deliver nutrients, but experts say the science looks shaky
Computing
Here’s What the Quantum Internet Has in Store
Physicists say this futuristic, super-secure network could be useful long before it reaches technological maturity
Automobiles
Survey Polls the World: Should a Self-Driving Car Save Passengers, or Kids in the Road?
More than two million internet respondents pondered dilemmas to consider in letting vehicles make moral choices
Biotech
Can a Mood-Predicting Smartphone App Work?
Evidence behind a digital tech intervention remains scant
Electronics
How Will Trump’s Emergency Text Alerts Work?
The president plans to send a test message in a system that would notify Americans of an imminent attack or other catastrophe
Space & Physics
Laser Advances That Changed Our Lives: Nobel Prize in Physics
Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland shared the Nobel Prize for finding ways to control and enhance laser light, leading to numerous common applications.
Computing
Clicks, Lies and Videotape
Artificial intelligence is making it possible for anyone to manipulate audio and video. The biggest threat is that we stop trusting anything at all
Electronics
Will L.A.’s Anti-Terrorist Subway Scanners Be Adopted Everywhere?
Terahertz millimeter-wave technology will screen passengers for bombs and suicide vests from 10 meters distance as they rush to make the next train
Cognition
Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains?
Some say our gadgets and computers can help improve intelligence. Others say they make us stupid and violent. Which is it?
Cuba's "Sonic Attack" on the U.S. Embassy Could Have Been Merely Sounds Emitted by a Listening Device
A Penn bioengineer disputes a recent New York Times report suggesting microwaves accounted for what occurred at the U.S. embassy in Havana
Computing
Only 150 of Your Facebook Contacts Are Real Friends
Even with social media, we max out at 150 real relationships
Forcefully Unplugged
Temporary reminders of the invisible technology in our daily lives
Biotech
Smartphones Are Helping Health Workers Combat Tuberculosis
Encrypted videos enable medication monitoring from afar
Engineering
How Cryptojacking Can Corrupt the Internet of Things
IoT devices often have weak security, making them prime targets for criminals looking to score digital cash
Electronics
Turn a Wall into a Touch Screen Cheap
Researchers used a couple of hundred dollars worth of materials to turn a wall into a giant touch screen
Electronics
Do Microwaves Cause Cancer?
Let’s take a look at 4 microwave myths that science has proven false
Electronics
Should Law Enforcement Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone?
In Carpenter v. United States , the U.S. Supreme Court is about to tackle its biggest case related to the Fourth Amendment and privacy of data generated by cell phones...
Behavior
Friends of Friends Can Reveal Hidden Information about a Person
Stanford scientist Johan Ugander explains his research on dissimilarities in social networks
Computing
Net Neutrality Loss Could Rekindle ISP Alternatives for Internet Access
The FCC’s decision to kill the 2015 Open Internet Order hands more control to large broadband providers, but internet users have other options for getting online
