Intelligent Machines

Malware on the Move

As mobile devices are used to perform more financial transactions, cybercriminals are taking greater interest.

• by Mike Orcutt

Intelligent Machines

My Life, Logged

If a device could capture every moment in life for your easy recall later, would you want it to? There are plenty of things I’d rather forget.

• by Rachel Metz

Sustainable Energy

A Plan B for Climate Agreements

U.N. negotiations are going nowhere, and greenhouse-gas emissions are soaring. It’s time to move on.

• by Kevin Bullis

Intelligent Machines

Imposing Security

Computer programmers won’t stop making dangerous errors on their own. It’s time they adopted an idea that makes the physical world safer.

• by Simson Garfinkel

Rewriting Life

Reading the Mind

A 1961 essay speculated on where research into the physical basis of thinking and communication might eventually lead.