23 October 2019
Vint Cerf wrote the protocols that allow computers to talk to one another. Now Google’s chief internet evangelist, he argues the net is a powerful global force for good
31 October 2018
Educationalist Sugata Mitra's pioneering experiments suggest teaching facts doesn't work in the internet age – fostering creativity and collaboration is the key
25 December 2017
This was the year computers took creativity to extraordinary levels. Whether this is welcome news is entirely down to us, says Will Heaven
30 October 2017
Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain they run on already slurp as much energy as some countries, and as they go mainstream, something needs to be done
6 October 2017
Despite recent headlines saying we don’t live in a simulation, the answer to a question that’s more science fiction than science remains far out of reach
19 July 2017
Now that technology is finally getting emotion-savvy, could the machines give us the benefit of their new-found wisdom? Rosalind Picard thinks so
31 May 2017
A survey of more than 350 artificial intelligence researchers predicts how long it will take for machines to beat us at all tasks
