When you might start speaking to robots
Last Wednesday, Google made a somewhat surprising announcement. It launched a version of its AI…
Is Google playing catchup on search with OpenAI?
This story originally appeared in The Debrief with Mat Honan, a weekly newsletter about the biggest…
YouTube influencers: Gaming's best friend or worst enemy?
YouTube influencers are shaping the gaming industry in unexpected ways, and a new study in…
The Download: HIV prevention shots, and fixing a broken sex doll
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Co-design empowers inclusive tech for individuals with intellectual disabilities
A series of QUT research studies have shed light on the importance of involving individuals…
Security is just a side quest: Insights from the video game industry
The video game industry is a constantly changing market worth billions. In a qualitative interview…
Unofficial parental control apps put children's safety and privacy at risk
Some "unofficial" parental control apps have excessive access to personal data and hide their presence,…
One Tech Tip: Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use
If you've got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it—checking Instagram, watching…
Electric cars were once marketed as 'women's cars.' Did this hold back their development over the next century?
It was not a given that petrol-powered cars would come to dominate the world. In…
This annual shot might protect against HIV infections
This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in…