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Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular level, unlocking breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Yet significant quantum technology hurdles remain before this vision becomes reality.
Much of the world still needs to make progress in regulatory terms, and platform transparency cannot be treated as a corporate choice.
The recent capture of a Russian position using ground robots is a milestone for the use of machines in warfare.
Business culture has long embraced grit as a winning value. But modern examples show that companies will do better if they acknowledge mistakes quickly and pivot.
Technology is intensifying isolation, and recognizing our shared human struggles — or common humanity — is a practical, evidence-based way to reconnect.
Independent tests suggest Mythos Preview is a major leap forward in the ability of AI to act as a truly autonomous agent.
Money management guidance used to be uncontroversial and staid. It’s become something completely different on social media.
The first piece of ransomware was sent it out on 20,0000 floppy discs in 1989, to raise awareness of health- rather than cyber-hygiene.
John Ternus will become only the third chief executive in Apple’s history. Here’s what we may expect from the long-term hardware engineer.
Robots have a growing role on the battlefield – but for the immediate future, they are more likely to support the fight than lead it.
One-way attack drones have changed the face of the Russia-Ukraine war and give Iran a boost in countering US and Israeli forces.
Environmental solutions that come in the guise of technological progress may harbour dangers we can’t fully fathom or control.
Quantum hardware and software are advancing rapidly – and our online encryption systems need to change to stay ahead.
NASA’s Artemis II mission has revived lunar ambition – and a potential new race between nations. Very different visions now complicate the human future of space.
As AI usage in conflicts increases, a strategy will be needed to protect humans from ‘autonomous robots’.
Canada’s cybersecurity labour shortage cannot be solved simply by recruiting skilled immigrants, because systemic barriers — especially for racialized immigrant women — limit their integration, advancement and retention.
Young people are being coerced into performing violent acts on themselves, family members or their pets, with vision of these crimes often shared online.
A cyberattack on a US corporation illustrates how state-aligned hackers operate, and how damage in war today isn’t always readily visible or geographically confined.
For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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