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Racism is Poisoning Online Ad Delivery, Says Harvard Professor
Google searches involving black-sounding names are more likely to serves up ads suggestive of a criminal record than white-sounding names, says computer scientist
50 Disruptive Companies 2013
Our fourth annual list of companies around the world whose innovations will reshape markets.
Free Speech in the Era of Its Technological Amplification
A letter to John Stuart Mill about the limits of what may be shown or said on the Web.
The Brain Is Not Computable
A leading neuroscientist says Kurzweil’s Singularity isn’t going to happen. Instead, humans will assimilate machines.
F-22’s Human Interface Kills Humans, Then Lands Them Safely
User experience design eats its own tail in a high-tech military boondoggle.
Buyers Circle Around Ailing Fisker Automotive
Electric vehicle company Fisker Automotive is in talks to be acquired by Chinese auto companies, a sharp contrast to competitor Tesla Motors.
Solid-State Sequencer Debuts at Genome Conference
Nabsys’s technology could provide the positional accuracy missing from current DNA sequencing methods.
Getting Ahead in the Clouds
Atmospheric scientist Dan Cziczo takes his lab to the upper troposphere to solve a pressing climate puzzle.
Tesla Needs a Tim Cook
Inefficiencies keep Tesla from hitting Wall Street expectations.
Google Glass Needs Phatic Interaction, Stat
When you’ve got a computer strapped to your face, do you really want to be talking to it all the time?