Disruptive Technologies

A Huawei executive is at the center of a diplomatic firestorm after being arrested in Canada. Credit: Brücke-Osteuropa via Wikimedia Commons.

Unlike Trump, US lawmakers aren’t going easy on Chinese telecoms

By | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Making sense of the 2018 National Biodefense Strategy

By Rachel Bartholomew, Kristin Omberg | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Megaphragma mymaripenne, a microscopic wasp. Credit: Alexey A. Polilov CC BY 4.0.

Microscopic wasps and their tiny brains could help DARPA develop “third-wave” AI

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Biological researcher He Jiankui (right) attends the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on November 28, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Brave new world with Chinese characteristics

By Yangyang Cheng | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Doug Jones speaks at a campaign event. Credit: Digital Campaign Manager for Doug Jones for Senate. CC BY-SA 4.0

A smallish effort to mimic Russian disinformation tactics comes to light in Alabama

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

A black and red computer keyboard.

The government shutdown is affecting US cybersecurity

By Elisabeth Eaves | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by Joe Ravi CC SA-BY 3.0 and Morio CC SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Do social media bots have a right to free speech?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

A quantum processor.

Quantum computing, biotech, and climate change among threats of most concern to US

By Elisabeth Eaves | Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Cyber Security, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Tiananmen Square.

Censorship 101: China’s young censors first have to learn about forbidden topics 

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

autonomous driverless vehicles road rage Tiananmen Square

Road rage against the self-driving machine

By Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Amazon's Seattle properties include The Spheres. Credit: Biodin CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Amazon’s video doorbell: 1984 at the front door?

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Six words that defined 2018

By Thomas Gaulkin | Analysis, Chemical Weapons, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons