The Six Apps That Mattered Most in 2017

Some are obvious, some are awful. They were all a big deal…

Google’s Self-Training AI Turns Coders Into Machine-Learning Masters

Automating the training of machine-learning systems could make AI much more accessible.

Slack Hopes Its AI Will Keep You from Hating Slack

The fastest-growing business app is relying on machine-learning tricks to fend off a deluge of messages — as well as competition from Facebook and…

The tricks propagandists use to beat science

A model of the way opinions spread reveals how propagandists use the scientific process against itself to secretly influence policy makers.

Six Cyber Threats to Really Worry About in 2018

From AI-powered hacking to tampering with voting…

We’re about to kill a massive, accidental experiment in halting global warming

A forthcoming UN regulation will slash shipping industry pollution but may also speed up climate change.

Forget Viruses or Spyware — Your Biggest Cyberthreat Is Greedy Cryptocurrency Miners

2017 Was the Year of the ICO — Now What?

The past year marked a turning point in the cryptocurrency…

Strava’s privacy PR nightmare shows why you can’t trust social fitness apps to protect your data

Companies still aren’t taking user privacy seriously enough, so you need to figure it out for yourself.

23andMe Launches Giant Weight-Loss Study

The consumer DNA testing company seeks 100,000 volunteers to…