
New whitepaper explains how augmented machines and augmented humans will represent physical reality By Kathy Pretz, IEEE Spectrum Illustration: iStockphoto THE INSTITUTE Transhumanists say someday technology will dramatically enhance human intellect and physiology. That day might arrive sooner than we think. People are already leveraging machines to improve their well-being and athletic performance and…

Lucas Joppa, founder of Microsoft’s AI for Earth program, is taking an engineering approach to environmental issues.

The next generation of wireless communications is expected to leverage spectrum above millimeter waves.

Self-driving technology is hard — so hard that even the industry front-runner is showing its cards to try to get more brainpower on the problem. by Joann Muller for Axios Illustration: Lazaro Gamio/Axios Driving the news: Waymo announced Wednesday it’s sharing what is believed to be one of the largest troves of self-driving vehicle…

Canon has issued a security advisory and firmware patch for the vulnerability By Andrew Liptak | August 11, 2019 Ransomware has become a major threat to computer systems in recent years, as high-profile attacks have locked users out of personal computers, hospitals, city governments, and even The Weather Channel. Now, security researchers have discovered…