If Apple patents were written on a scroll it would likely roll right around the globe, twice. So we take these stories with a pinch of salt. That said Apple is looking into smart pedometer algorithms, ...

Now well into the 2020s, we’re awash with ways to make release-quality music at home, via user-friendly DAWs, expansive sample libraries and fine-tuning mix plugins. But, despite access to tools that ...

Smartphones and wearables collect real-time data—like traffic flow, air quality, and crowd density—that fuel smart-city services. But when too many devices offload data at once, networks slow down and ...

As more and more people drive electric cars, congestion and queues can occur when many people need to charge at the same time. A new study shows how AI-controlled charging stations, through smart ...

Solid-state inorganic materials are critical to the growth and development of electric vehicle, cell phone, laptop battery and solar energy technologies. However, finding the ideal materials with the ...

Barry Lynn, Seda Gürses, and Seeta Peña Gangadharan debate what choices people and institutions have—and should have to make—in the design, diffusion, and disruption of automated technologies. Since ...

Computer scientists have developed artificial intelligence that can outsmart the Captcha website security check system. Captcha challenges people to prove they are human by recognising combinations of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The August spike in volatility is underpinning a shift among fund managers to use more sophisticated ways to ...

When the cable from the mainland that supplies power to Isle au Haut, Maine, was laid down on the seafloor to replace aging diesel generators, the community was told it had a 15- to 20-year lifespan.

Barry Lynn, Seda Gürses, and Seeta Peña Gangadharan debate what choices people and institutions have—and should have to make—in the design, diffusion, and disruption of automated technologies. Since ...