The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.

China was preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission early Saturday to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to ...

If the U.S. loses its lead in furniture making, big deal. The same can't be said of high tech.

Update: On December 6th we released WordPress 5.0. It was definitely the most controversial release in a while, but the usage and adoption metrics are looking similar to previous releases. I’…

Monopolies are bad.

By Emma Young. It didn’t matter how good the drawings were for the memory benefits to manifest.

Fragments: limitations, solutions and our approach

The great photographers Don McPhee and Martin Jenkinson both shot a miner in a policeman’s helmet confronting cops at Orgreave – but whose image became iconic, and who decides?

Late last week, European safety watchdog Euro NCAP released its findings about the nature of automated driving technologies (ADS). It is the first time a global organization conducts a comprehensive assessment of ADS, and the results are surprising, to say…

A little over half of what IBM paid for Lotus. That's Big Blue business, folks!

Technical writings about computing infrastructure, HTTP & security.

For years, American entrepreneurs saw opportunities in China. But worsening costs, taxation, tech transfer and increased regulations are prompting foreign-owned businesses to throw in the towel.

In July, we shared our views about the need for government regulation and responsible industry measures to address advancing facial recognition technology. As we discussed, this technology brings important and even exciting societal benefits but also the…