Tech Policy A mathematical model captures the political impact of fake news The mathematical theory of communication—one of science’s finest achievements—provides an objective way to simulate how deliberately inaccurate reports influence voting behavior. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2018-09-11T03:32:00-04:00
Tech Policy Human translators are still on top—for now Machine translation works well for sentences but turns out to falter at the document level, computational linguists have found. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2018-09-05T05:00:00-04:00
Computing Get ready for atomic radio Using a laser to detect the effect of radio waves on certain atoms is the basis for a new kind of antenna that resists interference and can receive a wider range of signals. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2018-09-04T16:35:00-04:00
Blockchain States that are passing laws to govern “smart contracts” have no idea what they’re doing Legislation meant to clarify things for blockchain developers could end up hurting innovation. by Mike Orcutt 2018-03-29T13:25:00-04:00
Humans and Technology Our Best GIFs of 2017 We collected the top short video clips about emerging technology published in MIT Technology Review stories this year. by Antonio Regalado 2017-12-30T00:00:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling Scientists at the Computational Story Laboratory have analyzed novels to identify the building blocks of all stories. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv 2016-07-06T09:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Hard Problems, Elegant Solutions, Big Impact How we choose the “10 Emerging Technologies.” by Jason Pontin 2011-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
