ALAN MISLOVE studies algorithms. Recently, his research at Northeastern University, in Boston, has shown that Facebook’s software was leaking users’ phone numbers to advertisers. He has also found new ...

In 2012, the New Orleans police department quietly partnered with the data mining company Palantir to implement a predictive policing system to help identify likely criminals and victims. For six ...

There are already tens of thousands of pieces of large debris in orbit, some of which pose a threat to functional satellites. Various agencies and organizations have been developing novel solutions to ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is computer software. AI computer software differs from traditional computer software in a single significant respect, namely how the algorithm is created (i.e. how the ...

Much is still unknown about the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia, but one potential explanation is that a malfunctioning physical sensor caused a software algorithm to incorrectly intervene ...

More and more new system-on-chip (SoC) designs at leading semiconductor companies embody software algorithms conceived and developed on host computers and in earlier embedded designs. Migrating such ...

Talk about finding a needle in a haystack. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it wants to develop sophisticated code that can find faults in key algorithms used to anchor major ...

Sepsis is an overwhelming infection: bacterial, viral, or fungal. It requires immediate medical attention and intervention. EPIC, the company with the largest share of the electronic medical records ...

What if you could mix and match different tracks from your favorite artists, or create new ones on your own with their voices? This could become a reality sooner than later, as AI models similar to ...

There are already tens of thousands of pieces of large debris in orbit, some of which pose a threat to functional satellites. Various agencies and organizations have been developing novel solutions to ...