Articles by Technology Review from September 2015

Digital technologies are changing the nature of the jobs we do. What does that mean for the future of work?About five years ago, machine learning reached a point where software could, with guidance fr...

Five hundred years from now, says venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, less than 10 percent of people on the planet will be doing paid work. And next year?As a founding partner at the venture capital f...

The number of workers over 65 is growing fast. Technologists see a big business in helping the aging workforce....

Major financial institutions like some technical features of Bitcoin but are building their own versions that leave out the digital cash and built-in economics.In the depths of the financial crisis in...

Novel molecular structures are a first step toward economical carbon capture at a wide scale.Although progress has been made in limiting carbon emissions in some countries, particularly in Europe and...

Novel molecular structures are a first step toward economical carbon capture at a wide scale.Although progress has been made in limiting carbon emissions in some countries, particularly in Europe and...

Researchers covered a touch screen in gel that can harden into buttons of all shapes and sizes so you can use the display even if you cant gaze at it.Touch screens are versatile and easy to use, but t...

An algorithm might create a playlist you enjoy, but dont mistake that for creativity.Zane Lowes first show as a DJ on Apple Music was a bit dizzying. The songs he played lurched from punk-pop to post-...

A California company may have figured out how to use genetic engineering to make extremely versatile fibers the way spiders can.Materials scientists have spent decades trying to mimic spider silk. Not...

Facebooks virtual assistant, M, can handle more complex queries than Apples Siri and might one day become available to all.Late last month a few hundred lucky users of Facebooks mobile messaging app g...

Advanced lithium-ion chemistries offer cooler operation, longer life spans.Driven by the explosion of residential solar power, the market for home energy storagewhich attracted little interest until e...

Developed for cute-centric Japan, a robot called Pepper is getting a personality adjustment for its launch in the United States.In certain Japanese stores, Pepper the robot greets customers with a gig...

Researchers dug through public records to uncover the true shape of cables at the heart of the U.S. Internet.It may not look like much at first glance, but a map created by University of Wisconsin com...

How a team of psychologists and scientists at Riot Games is unlocking the secret to eliminating abuse within an online video game.Like many online spaces, League of Legends, the most widely played onl...

The value placed on biotechnology companies has soared, but are their chances of success any better?Peter Thiel knows a promising tech startup when he sees one. The investor was the first outside inve...

Researchers have shown a new way to help solar cells track the sun as it moves across the sky, which could boost a panels energy generation by 40 percent.Most of the solar panels in the world sit on r...

This $1 billion global sensing network records 26 gigabytes of data per day and will detect a nuclear bomb anywhere in the world.The ultimate nightmare for critics of the Iran nuclear deal being debat...

Apple hopes adding apps, touch controls, and Siri to Apple TV will help it dominate your home entertainment.On Wednesday at a media event in San Francisco, Apple unveiled a slate of new products, incl...

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Making AI software take real school exams might accelerate progress toward machines with common sense.During which season of the year would a rabbits fur be thickest? A computer program called Aristo ...

Are stem cells at the root of common cancers? A startup named Stemcentrx thinks so.In 2002, Scott Dylla, a skinny postdoc with a Minnesota accent answered a Craigslist ad for a room for rent in Palo A...

Researchers say they could build a prototype of a molten salt reactor, a safer, cleaner nuclear power option, in 10 years.For years nuclear scientists have talked about a revival of molten salt reacto...

Researchers have cracked the challenge of printing glass through a nozzle.The palette of materials that can be used as 3-D printing ink is quickly growing in diversity, but one ubiquitous material has...

A group of researchers looked at how people used their phones to figure out when they were bored, then suggested they go read a BuzzFeed article.Add boredom detector to the seemingly endless list of t...

A technology to keep organs alive outside the body is saving lives. And provoking ethical debates.Transplant surgeons have started using a device that allows them to reanimate hearts from people who h...

IBM researchers are developing a system that can predict how bad pollution will be across the city of Beijing 72 hours in advance.IBM is testing a new way to alleviate Beijings choking air pollution w...