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Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
Imagine going on a tour through the human circulatory system as a tiny cell. That is just one example of education in the metaverse.
Some Europeans really don't want to use the internet.
Automation could help fix the company's financial troubles.
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
"A modern five-day forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast in 1980."
Shouldn't "flight mode" be obsolete?
"Lethal autonomous weapon" sounds friendlier than "killer robot."
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
After cryptoassets, a wave of central bank digital currencies is set to revolutionize our ideas about what money is and how to manage it.
In the future, driving an app across a bridge could let engineers know how safe it is.
The future of American jobs isn't only services and tech.
Inside the metaverse, your emotions and physical responses will be monitored, and AI will use that data to influence you in real time. Is that essentially mind control?
We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explained recently.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
Most electric car charging is done at night. A grid powered mostly by renewable energy might not be able to meet demand, but there is a solution.
Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years.
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
Who should be compensated?
It's time to let go of those emails from your cousin and the photos of your dinner.
If your computer crashes, it might be due to a star that exploded somewhere in the Universe millions of years ago.
The Rubbee X requires almost no setup and is far cheaper than a brand new e-bike.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
Argentina's black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it's not what crypto proponents expected.
Unplugging only ignores the hard work of overcoming your distractions.
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.