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The Next Campaign Text You Get May Be From a Friend
Apps for relational organizing—which use personal connections to get out the vote—are the latest political tech arms race. So far, ... -
Microsoft Looms Over the Privacy Debate in Its Home State
The software company helped torpedo a facial recognition bill last year, though a state senator—who’s also a Microsoft program manager—has ... -
AI Can Do Great Things—If It Doesn't Burn the Planet
The computing power required for AI landmarks, such as recognizing images and defeating humans at Go, increased 300,000-fold from 2012 ... -
Worried About Privacy at Home? There's an AI for That
How edge AI will provide devices with just enough smarts to get the job done without spilling all your secrets ... -
The Secret History of Facial Recognition
Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but ... -
How Aid Groups Map Refugee Camps That Officially Don't Exist
Workers from Switzerland-based Medair use clipboards, cell phones, and GIS software to locate informal settlements of Syrian refugees across Lebanon. ... -
He Wanted a Unicorn. He Got … a Sustainable Business
Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia finds a way to thrive outside Silicon Valley’s cult of big riches. http://www.wired.com/ -
PopSockets, Sonos, and Tile Ask Congress to Rein in Big Tech
At a congressional hearing Friday, smaller companies including PopSockets, Tile, Sonos, and Basecamp criticized Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon for ... -
Apple's Latest Deal Shows How AI Is Moving Right Onto Devices
The iPhone maker’s purchase of startup Xnor.ai is the latest move toward a trend of computing on the “edge,” rather ... -
Artist Refik Anadol Turns Data Into Art, With Help From AI
He sees pools of data as raw material for visualizations that he calls a new kind of “sculpture.” http://www.wired.com/
