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Social Robots Play Nicely with Others

Droid friends and assistants are penetrating deeper into our lives

The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2019

“Emotional AI” Might Sound Good, but It Could Have Some Troubling Consequences

But its consequences could be troubling

Social Media Bots Deceive E-cigarette Users

Social media bots promote unproved benefits of e-cigarettes

A New “Law” Suggests Quantum Supremacy Could Happen This Year

Quantum computers are improving at a doubly exponential rate

The Quantum Internet Is Emerging, One Experiment at a Time

Breakthrough demonstrations using defective diamonds, high-flying drones, laser-bathed crystals and other exotica suggest practical, unhackable quantum networks are within reach

The Problem with Quantum Computers

It’s called decoherence—but while a breakthrough solution seems years away, there are ways of getting around it

High School Cheaters Nabbed by Neural Network

Researchers trained a neural network to scrutinize high school essays and sniff out ghostwritten papers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side

It leads users down rabbit holes

Virtual Assistants Are Getting Smarter All the Time. Can We Trust Them with Our Data?

Virtual assistants are getting smarter. Let's think about how that will play out

Online Voting Seems like a Great Idea—Until You Look Closer

Tech experts can’t guarantee it’s safe

Don’t Panic about Rare Earth Elements

The materials used in iPhones and Tesla cars need not become a long-term casualty of a U.S.-China trade war

A World Run with Code

Rethinking computation casts light on free will, intelligence and more

Rescue Drones Need to Learn How Lost Humans Think

New research seeks to improve the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue operations

Simulating Evolution to Determine the Fastest Wing

Researchers combined laboratory and simulated experiments on 3-D-printed wings to find the ideal wing shape

An AI System Spontaneously Develops Baby-Like Ability to Gauge Big and Small

On its own, the neural network seems to recap a process experienced by human infants

Can Robots Help Pick Up after the Recycling Crisis?

They will have to overcome the challenges of America’s convenient single-stream recycling system

Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks

Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports. 

Doglike Robots Learn New Tricks

Quadruped robots simulate their skills before going out in the real world

Machine Learning Gets a Bit More Humanlike

How machines could learn creativity and common sense, among other human qualities