Is China hiding how bad the coronavirus is?
When an authoritarian regime controls all media outlets and arrests anyone who talks outside the party line, truth is hard to discover
James Adams
Saturday
Wednesday
Is it unsafe to fly in a helicopter?
Even if the main rotor on a helicopter fails, it will usually continue to turn and can be landed safely by a skillful pilot
Friday
The cars of the future
For those of us who enjoy a more leisurely driving experience, the future shines bright
Wednesday
The risks and rewards of ransomware
The list of nation state suspects includes Russia, Iran, China, North Korea, India and South Korea
Sunday
Automation and the future of modern warfare
What role will micro drones play in the wars to come?
Monday
How to disappear completely
The technological lowdown on keeping a digital low profile in a world without privacy
Monday
How tech is trying to solve America’s trash pile-up
Some scientists believe that existing microbes in the ocean may already be eating plastic both on the surface and on the ocean floor
Tuesday
What will war with China look like?
China feels increasingly confident in the face of what it perceives as America’s declining power
Monday
The Russian attempt to swing 2020 for Trump
Election interference produces extraordinary value
Monday
The brave new world of 5G
Huawei doesn’t stand a chance
Tuesday
Would UBI actually work in America?
There is an ill-defined and naive hope that UBI will solve whatever particular political bogeyman is brought to the party
Sunday
Space is the place — for war
Foreign hackers have broken codes that are integral to the effectiveness of satellites
Sunday
How drones are dramatically changing warfare
Within a very few years, every vulnerable public building, sports stadium or city center will have to install some kind of drone defense
Saturday
Can we engineer our way out of the climate crisis?
New developments in technology offer the potential to avert disaster
Thursday
When will American schools catch up with the technological revolution?
Children in kindergarten or middle school today are likely to be educated for a world that will largely have disappeared by the time they graduate
Monday
Will Hong Kong’s revolution come West?
American intelligence agencies are watching and learning
Thursday
America’s cyberspace challenge
Military and political inertia is a dereliction of duty
Friday
Silicon Valley is your government now
The government has done nothing to meet the challenge of creating a new generation of graduates qualified for a future world
Tuesday
Microsoft, Google and the artificial intelligence race
Both companies want to be central to the development of the thinking machine
Wednesday
Elon Musk’s brain game
The tech magnate is on a mission to save the world from the attack of the Killer Robots
