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TVA Announces Solar Installations Being Built For Facebook

Tennessee and Alabama will get their largest solar power projects yet, to supply a Facebook data center with 100 percent renewable energy.

Alexa, Send Up Breakfast: Amazon Launches Echo For Hotels

Alexa has a new job: hotel concierge.

How Parallel Processing Is Key To AI Learning To Drive

How parallel processing is key to AI learning to drive

Alarm Will Sound

As long as nuclear power exists, there will be attempts to swipe its radioactive fuel. Meet the people trying to keep that from happening.

The Challenges Of Building An Ethical Machine

Academics worry how A.I. will be programmed to navigate ethical dilemmas. Founders of A.I.-driven companies dont. But they should.

Can We Build Ethical A.I?

A.I. will solve some of our biggest problems. How do we stop it from creating new ones?

Can The Pentagon Weaponize The Brain?

The Pentagons R&D arm, DARPA, gave us drones and the internet. Now the agency has a new mission: to fold computers into the brain and nervous systemor maybe vice versa. Silicon Valley is eating all of this up.

Alexa, How Will You Change Us?”

The voice revolution has only just begun. Today, Alexa is a humble servant. Very soon, she will be much more a teacher, a therapist, a confidant, an informant.

How Big Data Is Revolutionizing Farming

Farmers have access to more information today than ever. Will they be able to make sense of it in time to feed the world of tomorrow?

This App Helps Give Refugees An Education

To bridge educational losses suffered by Syrians displaced by war, a new accelerator looks to technology and personal connections.

Achieve The Perfect Movie Experience Every Time

Neil Mohr takes you on a tour of video codecs for the ultimate theater-quality experience

The Sound Of Plastic

As payments rely less on actualcards, Visa is out to make a literal noise for its brand

The Future Of Computing, Moore Or Less

Its had a very good run, but Moores Law is done, dusted, and dead. Jeremy Laird investigates the future of computing in the post-exponential era

UN Report: Technologies Can Help Lives But Boost Inequality

New technologies from artificial intelligence to gene editing hold immense potential to improve peoples live but can also drive greater inequality and social dislocation, according to a U.N. report launched this week.

Emergency Alert Test Sounds Off On Mobile Phones Nationwide

Electronic devices across the United States sounded off Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test.

What Comes Next In Facebook's Major Data Breach

For users, Facebooks revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question: What happens next?

Aid Groups Now Using The Same Data Technology As Bitcoin

In the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Amar Al-Eid heads toward the checkout of the food distribution store carrying supplies for his two children. The shopkeeper raises a black box to his face and scans the Syrian refugees iris. The transaction goes through and a days rations are secured.

De-Monetize Me: How To Keep Your Data To Yourself

Personal information is the currency on which much of the internet depends.

Traveling With Your Drone

Avoiding airport surprises and more

Mobile Banking Is Catching On

As digital payments grow globally, U.S. companies arequickly adapting to the new world order.

How To Make Your Wired Speakers Wireless

So you have a pair of wired speakers that are connected to a stereo receiver you love, or maybe you have a self-powered pair, or a 2.1 system thats perfect for watching movies.

Going Beyond Visual Line Of Sight

Going beyond visual line of sight.

4 Gears We Are Lusting After This Month

The gear we're lusting after

How AI Could Give Rise To Tyranny

Artificial Intelligence could erase many practical advantages of democracy, and erode the ideals of liberty and equality. It will further concentrate power among a small elite if we dont take steps to stop it.

Beyond Fake News? Facebook To Fact Check Photos, Videos

Facebook says it is expanding its fact-checking program to include photos and videos as it fights fake news and misinformation on its service.

Role Of Technology Increasing In Wildfire Fights

Wildland firefighters are still the heart and soul of the battle against raging blazes, but a technology boom is playing an increasing role in efforts to snuff out flames.

Can Apple Lead The Way On Ad Privacy?

The creator of the iPhone has the freedom to make drastic decisions about user information.

A Seamless Approach To Tech Gadgetry

We all remember the face-plant that was Google Glass.

How The Apple Watch Will Transform Your Healthcare Experience

How the Apple Watch will transform your healthcare experience 

Facebook Adds Alaska's Inupiaq As Language Option

Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home.