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The latest app du jour is a social network centered on talking—and it’s building buzz with the oldest trick in the book.

In an interview, the Google and Alphabet CEO discusses working from home, weathering antitrust probes, and how the company needs to do a better job on diversity.

Plus: a tradition of perks at Google, a controversial toilet paper decision, and a baffling new Netflix policy.

Amid the pandemic, life has moved online. That's good news for the tech giants that run data centers, and the companies that supply them.

A composer and the co-creator of Siri are trying to create background music that responds to the listener's feelings.

Samasource, which employs data labelers as a form of aid program, is housing them in hotels after its offices were closed by government lockdowns.

Military scholars warn of a “battlefield singularity,” a point at which humans can no longer keep up with the pace of conflict.

Thinking machines think just like us—but only up to a point.

Millennia of evolution have left us ill prepared to crack open the black box of AI and peer inside.

We’ve built machines that are capable of incredible feats, yet still they have nothing on a baby.

The key to good AI is solid data, and that’s been tough to come by in a global health crisis.

Now you don't need to know any programming to launch a company. We've been approaching this moment for years.

Two DOJ veterans lay out a roadmap for cracking down on the company’s digital advertising juggernaut.

Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen […]

Makers of product-tracking beacons suggest using the tools to help enforce social distancing in the workplace.