List of Science and Technology articles
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Cubans protest outside Havana’s capitol. Cuba Needs a Free Internet
The United States can play a key role in supporting online liberty.
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A woman walks in front of a crypto art exhibit. The U.S.-China Data Fight Is Only Getting Started
Beijing is looking to build a unified legal and security system.
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Workers protest Indian government’s spyware operation. India’s Watergate Moment
A journalist hacked by Pegasus says he will survive, but Indian democracy may not.
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David Morales stands near a mural on the side of his building he had painted to honor Jeff Bezos as the billionaire plans to launch his Blue Origin rocket from a launchpad in West Texas in Van Horn, Texas, on July 19. Billionaires’ Ego-Driven Space Adventures Help Everyone
Progress doesn’t happen unless the ambitious get it off the ground.
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A 5G sign at an event. China Knows the Power of 5G. Why Doesn’t the U.S.?
New infrastructure technology will tip the scales in favor of authoritarianism or democracy worldwide.
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Firm Zero-Emission Power Firm Zero-Emission Power
The challenge for deep decarbonization of the grid
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submarine-cables-graphic-secdev The Real-Life Risks of Our Digital World
Our reliance on data and devices has made us extremely vulnerable. The first step is knowing where everything is.
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Lina Khan, nominee for commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, speaks at a Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21. Lina Khan Has Her Own Antitrust Paradox
As the Federal Trade Commission chair, the best thing she can do to regulate tech is nothing.
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The registration room in hut 6 at Bletchley Park on Oct. 22, 1943. British cryptographers used the intelligence center during World War II to decipher top-secret military communiques between Hitler and his armed forces. How World War II Code-Breakers Created the Modern Digital World
In “Geniuses at War,” David A. Price convincingly recounts a heroic and tragic tale.
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Sailors move an X-47B combat drone aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Atlantic Ocean on May 14, 2013. Killer Flying Robots Are Here. What Do We Do Now?
A new generation of AI-enabled drones could be used to terrible ends by rogue states, criminal groups, and psychopaths.
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A shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines arrives at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 9. With Sputnik V, Russia Shot Itself in the Foot
High prices, delayed deliveries, and questions about efficacy raise suspicions about Russia’s vaccine diplomacy in Africa.
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a business leaders breakfast at the St. Regis Beijing hotel in Beijing on Dec. 5, 2013. Biden Opens Sneaky New Front in Trade War Against China
To understand the administration’s new stance, look to the South Korean semiconductor firm Magnachip.
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Syrian refugees recharge their mobile phones from an extension attached to the van of a nearby TV crew as they rest beside the highway on their way to the border between Turkey and Greece in Edirne, Turkey, on Sept. 17, 2015. Cryptocurrency Isn’t All Bad
The blockchain holds the key to sustainable development for the world’s poorest people.
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A man carries a banner during a demonstration in Ojota in Lagos, Nigeria on June 12, 2021. Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Is an Economic Disaster in the Making
A promising tech transformation may be disrupted by the president’s ego.
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An illustration picture taken in London on December 18, 2020 shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag displayed in the background. Biden’s Plan to Cooperate With Europe on Tech
The United States urgently wants to persuade its allies to turn away from digital autonomy.
