Behavior
Don’t Feel Guilty about Your Online Security Habits
Most of the finger-wagging advice you hear is based on little or no evidence
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Quantum Computing
Physicists Create City-Sized Ultrasecure Quantum Network
Capable of connecting eight or more users across distances of 17 kilometers, the demonstration is another milestone toward developing a fully quantum Internet
Policy
Who Wants to Be a Cyborg?
Philosopher Susan Schneider weighs the pros and cons of radical technological enhancement
Computing
The Encryption Wars Are Back but in Disguise
A government push for access is ostensibly about fighting crime, terrorism and child porn. Yet it could put all of us at risk of unwarranted surveillance
Behavior
It Shouldn’t Be Taboo to Publish Images of Those Killed by Violence
Sometimes the need to bear witness outweighs the need for privacy
Computing
A Shiny Snack Bag’s Reflections Can Reconstruct the Room around It
Researchers used the light reflecting off the wrapper to build an image of its surroundings
Biotech
Footstep Sensors Identify People by Gait
A supersensitive detector system can also glean clues about health
Computing
Can AI Fix Electronic Medical Records?
Digitization of patient charts was supposed to revolutionize medical practice. Artificial intelligence could help unlock its potential
Policy
Truly Secure Voting Is on the Way
Unfortunately, it won’t be here by 2020
Computing
This Video Watches You Back
Stealing Ur Feelings sounds an alarm about how companies could use emotion-recognition technology
Quantum Computing
New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers
As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a way to secure sensitive information
Computing
Your Employer May Be Spying on You—and Wasting Its Time
New technologies help companies monitor their workers’ every move. But do those data tell them anything useful?
Electronics
“Anonymous” Data Won’t Protect Your Identity
A new study demonstrates it is surprisingly easy to ID an individual within a supposedly incognito data set
Biotech
In China, Mental Health Care Goes Virtual
Why are VR companies launching their mental health care programs in the nation?
Computing
The Mathematics of (Hacking) Passwords
The science and art of password setting and cracking continues to evolve, as does the war between password users and abusers
Behavior
The Internet Knows You Better Than Your Spouse Does
The traces we leave on the Web and on our digital devices can give advertisers and others surprising, and sometimes disturbing, insights into our psychology
Computing
A Simple Camera and an Algorithm Let You See around Corners
A preliminary study shows how it might be possible one day to use a smartphone app to look around a bend without the help of a mirror
