An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus
The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in...
Scraping the Web Is a Powerful Tool. Clearview AI Abused It
The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open...
London Cops Will Use Facial Recognition to Hunt Suspects
The deployment, at an unspecified number of locations, will be one of the largest uses of the technology by government authorities in the West.
Vine Co-Creator Reveals Byte, the Defunct Video App’s Successor
Vine and its sequel, V2, may be dead, but from their ashes arises a new contender to take up the six-second video mantle: Byte.Unveiled...
Scientists Predict Wuhan’s Virus Outbreak Will Get Much Worse
New estimates of how far the virus could spread suggest an explosion of cases will hit the Chinese city and more infected individuals will...
Google Responds to Critics of Its Redesigned Search Results
Over the years, Google’s become somewhat notorious for killing off its projects, beloved or otherwise. The most recent casualty happened today, with the announcement...
An Esports Exodus to YouTube Reshapes the Livestream Wars
The *Call of Duty* League, the *Overwatch* League, and *Hearthstone* Esports all call YouTube home now. That's not great news for Twitch.
Biden Says No Scientists Back Sanders’ Climate Plan. He’s Wrong
The Iowa caucuses are just over a week away, and Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are neck and neck in the polls. In...
YouTube’s Content Moderators Are Being Asked to Sign Forms Acknowledging They Could Experience PTSD
The contractors charged with keeping YouTube clean from the vilest forms of content that surface on the platform are reportedly being coerced to sign...
Clayton Christensen, Father of Disruptive Innovation, Dies at 67
Unless you’re an avid reader of the sort of books CEOs tote around, you may not have heard of Clayton Christensen. You have, however,...
