Erik Brynjolfsson has some suggestions for avoiding the negative economic impacts of automation

Computer analysis can predict a book’s appeal

The Federal Communications Commission may still be able to enforce open network regulations despite losing the latest court case

Kodak thought it had a reliable way to estimate what its IP was worth. It was sadly mistaken

As the demand for bandwidth increases, wireless engineers are trying to figure out how to efficiently use all available networks, without sacrificing privacy and security

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft succumbed to mechanical failure, but there is more data—and perhaps some life yet—for the mission

Putting a public electric-vehicle charger in front of his house and changing local ordinances are just first steps for this passionate promoter of electric vehicles

Amazon’s talk of package delivery drones may just be pie-in-the-sky, but start-up Matternet has already begun testing a delivery-drone network in developing countries

A smarter technology reduces seizures in epileptic patients by identifying dangerous patterns of brain activity

Swarms of cyborg insects could one day map disaster sites