Articles by Technology Review from October 2017

Can a smartphone-enabled ultrasound machine become medicines next stethoscope?...

Quantum computers will soon surpass conventional ones, but it will take time to make the machines useful....

With an energy-efficient approach to rural connectivity, Vanu Bose aims to bring cellular coverage to the 1.1 billion people who lack it....

With an energy-efficient approach to rural connectivity, the late entrepreneur founded a company that aims to bring cellular coverage to the 1.1 billion people who lack it....

The 13 most drool-worthy techie gifts for family, friends, and Fido....

Technology outsourcing has been Indias only reliable job creator in the past 30 years. Now artificial intelligence threatens to wipe out those gains....

As robots become smart enough to detect our feelings and respond appropriately, they could have something like emotions of their own. But that wont necessarily make them more like humans....

As director of CSAIL and head of MITs Distributed Robotics Lab, Daniela Rus is dreaming up our robot-filled future....

A new MIT study finds that larger cities are more resilient to technological unemployment....

An emerging trend in artificial intelligence is to get computers to detect how were feeling and respond accordingly. They might even help us develop more compassion for one another....

Tristan Harris thinks big tech is taking advantage of us all. Can its power be used for good?...

Science and marketing clash in the jungle of direct-to-consumer DNA apps....

Automating machine learning will make the technology more accessible to nonAI experts....

Automating machine learning will make the technology more accessible to nonAI experts....

Energy experts believe that blockchain technology can solve a maze of red tape and data management problems....

AI is only loosely modeled on the brain. So what if you wanted to do it right? Youd need to do what has been impossible until now: map what actually happens in neurons and nerve fibers....

Next up, predicting human speech with a brain-computer interface....

The West shouldnt fear Chinas artificial-intelligence revolution. It should copy it....

At Stanford and Google, Fei-Fei Li is leading the development of artificial intelligenceand working to diversify the field....

Can genetic modification appeal to consumers? A new apple will test the market....

Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future....

Hackers are using old tricks and new cryptocurrencies to turn stolen computing power into digital coins....

At least 15 community colleges offer them, but its not clear how many students parlay their new skills into jobs....

An audacious Chinese entrepreneur wants to test your body for everything. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?...

An audacious Chinese entrepreneur wants to test your body for everything. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?...

The goal is to use AI to keep you healthy. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?...

The goal is to use AI to keep you healthy. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?...

The goal is to use AI to keep you healthy. But are computers really smart enough to make sense of all that data?...

Soon you may be able to let your kid watch a video on your phone while you look at Facebook....