Machine learning & AI

CIA boss compares cutting-edge AI to nuclear weapons

CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Tuesday compared the capabilities of the most advanced artificial intelligence models to nuclear weapons in a tacit defense of the Trump administration's recent hard line on controlling the ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Smart clothing for blind travelers

Researchers have developed a prototype of intelligent, or "smart," clothing designed to improve the safety of blind and visually impaired people by combining embedded electronics with sensors that detect hazards, falls and ...

Telecom

End of the line for Finland's analog phone network

Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analog landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition toward digital infrastructure.

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