Preventing Misinformation from Spreading through Social Media
New platforms for fact-checking and reputation scoring aim to better channel social media’s power in the wake of a disaster.
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Why Big Companies Are Investing in a Service that Listens to Phone Calls
A startup that converts conversations to text so it can offer instant information gets financing from Telefónica, Samsung, and Intel.
Introduction to the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013
MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 most important technology milestones of the past year.
Building a Picture of the Bomb Suspects through Social Network Analysis
Police can obtain huge quantities of social network data but must sort out the junk to glean useful information.
How Facial Recognition Tech Could Help Trace Terrorism Suspects
The FBI could use software to help identify suspects, and more advanced techniques are around the corner.
Multifunctional Drugs May Offer Better-Than-Additive Effects
A startup called Catabasis is developing drugs that hit diseases at multiple targets.
In a Data Deluge, Companies Seek to Fill a New Role
A job invented in Silicon Valley is going mainstream as more industries try to gain an edge from big data.
Samsung Demos a Tablet Controlled by Your Brain
An easy-to-use EEG cap could expand the number of ways to interact with your mobile devices.
The Enduring Technology of Coal
Despite the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the burning of coal has only been accelerating.
