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Disruptive Technologies

Apocalypse, a 1903 painting by Albert Goodwin

Stories of technological threat—and hope

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Weapons

A large wave at Banzai Pipeline of the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii

The apocalypse: It’s not the end of the world

By Jamais Cascio | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Risk

Depiction of a carbon nanotube

The threats from nanotechnology

By Margaret E. Kosal | Disruptive Technologies

The latest from AI research: automated fake news trolls

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Multimedia

The Sycamore processor

Quantum supremacy: not a Jason Bourne movie

By | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

A brief field guide to the internet’s tools for repression

By Callum Tennent | Disruptive Technologies

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by gloucester2gaza and Julian Hertzog via Wikimedia Commons. CY BY-SA 2.0 / CC BY 4.0. Stylized.

Top US Army official: Build AI weapons first, then design safety

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

An interactive look at the algorithm powering the justice system

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

An ambulance

Young climate activists, artificial intelligence experts and 25 reasons for hope

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump deals Chinese high-tech firms a heavy blow—for now

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Energy Secretary Rick Perry with President Donald Trump.

When Rick Perry thinks about AI, he thinks about nuclear weapons

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

The dark side of our drone future

By James Rogers | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion, Technology and Security